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Healthcare Surfaces Summit. "Research has shown
that microbes survive on surfaces for days, weeks and
possibly months [and that] biofilm forms on dry sur-
faces, not just on moist, damp surfaces. Based on the
bioburden in any given area, cross-contamination can
occur on hands, clothing, equipment and furniture,"
traveling throughout a facility, and putting patients at
risk, in a short amount of time.
Best practices for surface disinfection depend in
large part on the surfaces themselves — which is to
say, the equipment that's in an OR, procedure room or
patient bay, the manner in which it's been used, and the
materials it's made of. Different clinical environments
demand different cleaning processes. But there's one
thing that a lot of places have in common:
Housekeeping duties may fall to an inadequately staffed
team, under pressure to turn rooms over quickly.
Don't let a focus on turnover times compromise your
facility's infection rates, though. Instead, take the time
to educate your staff to the task, and train them to dis-
infection diligence.
"Every member of the turnover team needs to know
what to clean, when to clean it and who should do the
cleaning," says Nancy Havill, MT(ASCP), CIC, accredi-
tation and regulatory specialist for Yale-New Haven
Hospital in Connecticut. "Note each responsibility in
your policies and procedures. List specific items to be
cleaned, the order in which they should be cleaned
and the position responsible for cleaning them, the
product to be used and the corresponding manufactur-
er's directions for use."
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