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. 2014 Feb;42(2):195-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.08.012.

Direct feedback with the ATP luminometer as a process improvement tool for terminal cleaning of patient rooms

Westyn Branch-Elliman  1 , Ernie Robillard  2 , Gary McCarthy Jr  3 , Kalpana Gupta  4
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Direct feedback with the ATP luminometer as a process improvement tool for terminal cleaning of patient rooms

Westyn Branch-Elliman et al. Am J Infect Control. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

We assessed the adenosine triphosphate luminometer as a tool for point-of-cleaning education. Following a terminal cleaning, infection preventionists met with cleaning staff and used the luminometer to evaluate multiple surfaces; 820 surfaces in 210 rooms were sampled. The mean proportion of clean surfaces improved significantly over the study period, P = .012. These findings suggest that direct measurement and education at the point of cleaning with an objective tool is useful for improving terminal cleaning.

Keywords: Environmental hygiene; Infection prevention; Quality improvement.

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