Disinfectants In Interventional Practices

Abstract

Purpose of Review This review aims to provide relevant, aggregate information about a variety of disinfectants and antiseptics, along with potential utility and limitations. While not exhaustive, this review’s goal is to add to the body of literature available on this topic and give interventional providers and practitioners an additional resource to consider when performing procedures. Recent Findings In the current SARS-CoV2 epidemiological environment, infection control and costs associated with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are of paramount importance. Even before the onset of SARS-CoV2, HAIs affected nearly 2million patients a year in the USA and resulted in nearly 90,000 deaths, all of which resulted in a cost to hospitals ranging from US$28 billion to 45 billion. The onset SARS-CoV2, though not spread by an airborne route, has heightened infection control protocols in hospitals and, as such, cast a renewed focus on disinfectants and their utility across different settings and organisms. Summary The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of disinfectants used in the inpatient setting.

The impacts of masks and disinfectants on migraine patients in the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Disinfectants are not innocent chemicals free from side effects, and respiratory and skin diseases due to disinfectants have been frequently reported over time. Although the effects on the nervous system have not been studied in detail, headache due to disinfectants has been reported in a handful of studies [24][25][26]. The lack of studies investigating the relationship between disinfectants and migraine in the literature is an important deficit.…”

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A Phage Receptor-Binding Protein as a Promising Tool for the Detection of Escherichia coli in Human Specimens

“…Bacterial cells were subjected to different concentrations of sodium hypochlorite (commercial bleach with a stock concentration of 5%) to induce the cells to enter a compromised state (Liu et al, 2009 ; Fernandes et al, 2014 ; Ye et al, 2020 ). Dead cells were prepared by incubation with 5% of bleach (Aranke et al, 2021 ).…”

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Resistance to Antibiotics and Disinfectants: Challenges Still Ahead

“…Considering that there is no optimized detection and treatment against NTM isolates, appropriate strategies need to be taken to minimize and control their spread [ 83 ]. Therefore, sterilization and use of disinfectants play a crucial role in proper NTM control, especially in medical care units [ 84 ]. Nonetheless, different NTM species have presented strong resistance to different disinfectants and have typically drawn more attention in the studies related to disinfectant-resistant bacteria [ 85 ].…”

“…As a strong sterilization system with a low cost, chlorination is often used to obtain high-quality water and offers residual disinfection [ 82 , 83 ]. However, some bacteria, particularly several NTM isolates, can overwhelm chlorine disinfection [ 84 , 87 ]. Some studies reported the high viability of M. fortuitum and M. avium rather than Escherichia coli during chlorine disinfection [ 87 , 88 ].…”