Methods of a study of terminal cleaning of patient rooms

John D Coppin¹, Frank C Villamaria¹, Marjory D Williams^{1

2}, Laurel A Copeland³, John E Zeber^{1

4}, Chetan Jinadatha^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research, Central Texas Veterans' Healthcare System, Temple, Texas.
² Department of Nursing, Central Texas Veterans' Health Care System, Temple, Texas.
³ Veterans' Affairs Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, Massachusetts.
⁴ University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health & Health Science, Amherst, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Central Texas Veterans' Health Care System, Temple, Texas.
⁶ College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas.

Comment

John D Coppin et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;41(3):375-376.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.361.

John D Coppin¹, Frank C Villamaria¹, Marjory D Williams^{1

2}, Laurel A Copeland³, John E Zeber^{1

4}, Chetan Jinadatha^{5

6}

¹ Department of Research, Central Texas Veterans' Healthcare System, Temple, Texas.
² Department of Nursing, Central Texas Veterans' Health Care System, Temple, Texas.
³ Veterans' Affairs Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, Massachusetts.
⁴ University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health & Health Science, Amherst, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Central Texas Veterans' Health Care System, Temple, Texas.
⁶ College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas.

No abstract available

Comment on

Increased time spent on terminal cleaning of patient rooms may not improve disinfection of high-touch surfaces.
Coppin JD, Villamaria FC, Williams MD, Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Jinadatha C. Coppin JD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 May;40(5):605-606. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.44. Epub 2019 Mar 25. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019. PMID: 30905326 No abstract available.
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.