Increased time spent on terminal cleaning of patient rooms may not improve disinfection of high-touch surfaces

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research,Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System,Temple, Texas.
² Veterans Affairs Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple, Texas.

John D Coppin et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;40(5):605-606.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.44. Epub 2019 Mar 25.

¹ Department of Research,Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System,Temple, Texas.
² Veterans Affairs Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple, Texas.

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Comment in

Increased time spent on terminal cleaning of patient rooms may not improve disinfection of high-touch surfaces.
Hooker EA. Hooker EA. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Sep;40(9):1086. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.181. Epub 2019 Jun 27. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019. PMID: 31244447 No abstract available.
Methods of a study of terminal cleaning of patient rooms.
Coppin JD, Villamaria FC, Williams MD, Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Jinadatha C. Coppin JD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Mar;41(3):375-376. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.361. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020. PMID: 32081113 No abstract available.