A novel color additive for bleach wipes indicates surface coverage and contact time to improve thoroughness of cleaning

Tyan, Kevin; Jin, Katherine; Kang, Jason

doi:10.1017/ice.2018.323

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“…These results demonstrate that the implementation of a color additive to enhance visualization of bleach disinfectant wipes can improve thoroughness of cleaning. These data are consistent with previous hospital studies of the color additive, including in a 500bed academic center in which ATP failure rate was reduced from 5.7% to 0%, 7 as well as in a 781-bed academic center in which failure rates were reduced from 15.0% to 4.5% (fluorescent marker removal) and from 3.6% to 2.5% (ATP assay). 9 This study of the color additive features the largest sample size of high-touch surfaces thus far (N = 3,288), with detailed insights into cleaning performance across 23 types of surfaces.…”

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“…The color additive is dispensed onto bleach wipes through a lid device that attaches onto commercially available bleach-wipe containers, as previously described. 7,8 Thus, the color additive confers an advantage to traditional disinfectants, which are transparent in color and difficult to visualize when applied to a surface. Other potential benefits to this indicator system include immediate visual feedback on wiping technique by revealing which parts of a surface are incompletely wiped, as well as preventing interference with a surface before wet-contact time is achieved.…”

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Implementation of a novel color additive for bleach disinfectant wipes enhances cleaning performance in an academic medical center

Tyan

Kang

2023

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

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Implementation of a novel color additive for bleach disinfectant wipes enhances cleaning performance in an academic medical center

Tyan

Kang

2023

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

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“…4 Many of the 46 submitted abstracts detailed projects that had significant, albeit isolated effects, some of which have been the subject of other papers. [5][6][7] In this article, we reviewed the 43 abstracts aligned with the goals of HSS to explore whether there are larger themes medical students working in teams with other medical and health professions students and guided by a faculty mentor are helping to address.…”

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Triple Challenge: How Medical Students May Solve 3 Long-Standing Problems Bedeviling Health Systems and Medical Education

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Medical education and the health system must address challenges that, despite significant effort, seem unsolvable. Health systems science (HSS)-the fundamental understanding of how care is delivered, how health professionals work together to deliver that care, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery-is increasingly being recognized as a potential source of solutions to these challenges.

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Best practices for disinfection of noncritical environmental surfaces and equipment in health care facilities: A bundle approach

Rutala

Weber

2019

American Journal of Infection Control

115

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Over the past decade, there is excellent evidence in the scientific literature that contaminated environmental surfaces and noncritical patient care items play an important role in the transmission of several key health care−associated pathogens including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Acinetobacter, norovirus, and Clostridium difficile. Thus, surface disinfection of noncritical environmental surfaces and medical devices is one of the infection prevention strategies to prevent pathogen transmission. This article will discuss a bundle approach to facilitate effective surface cleaning and disinfection in health care facilities. A bundle is a set of evidence-based practices, generally 3-5, that when performed collectively and reliably have been proven to improve patient outcomes. This bundle has 5 components and the science associated with each component will be addressed. These components are: creating evidencebased policies and procedures; selection of appropriate cleaning and disinfecting products; educating staff to include environmental services, patient equipment, and nursing; monitoring compliance (eg, thoroughness of cleaning, product use) with feedback (ie, just in time coaching); and implementing a "no touch" room decontamination technology and to ensure compliance for patients on contact and enteric precautions. This article will also discuss new technologies (eg, continuous room decontamination technology) that may enhance our infection prevention strategies in the future.

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A novel color additive for bleach wipes indicates surface coverage and contact time to improve thoroughness of cleaning

Cited by 7 publications

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Implementation of a novel color additive for bleach disinfectant wipes enhances cleaning performance in an academic medical center

Implementation of a novel color additive for bleach disinfectant wipes enhances cleaning performance in an academic medical center

Triple Challenge: How Medical Students May Solve 3 Long-Standing Problems Bedeviling Health Systems and Medical Education

Best practices for disinfection of noncritical environmental surfaces and equipment in health care facilities: A bundle approach

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