An effective and automated approach for reducing infection risk from contaminated privacy curtains

Abstract

Privacy curtain contamination, including with multidrug-resistant organisms, and the associated infection transmission risks have been well described; however, current approaches for addressing these risks and available guidance are limited. The present study describes the successful reduction of curtain contamination in five different units within a tertiary care hospital utilizing continuous dry hydrogen peroxide (DHP). Microbial load was reduced by 99.47 percent on Day 1 and statistically significant reductions were maintained throughout the 28-day study.

Keywords: Continuous microbial reduction; Dry hydrogen peroxide; Privacy curtain cleaning; Privacy curtain contamination; Privacy curtains; Soft surface contamination.