Feasibility of Routinely Using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor to Decontaminate Rooms in a Busy United States Hospital
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology2009Vol. 30(6), pp. 574–577
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Jonathan A. Otter, Matthew Puchowicz, David Ryan, James A. G. Salkeld, Timothea Cooper, Nancy L. Havill, Kathy Tuozzo, John M. Boyce
Abstract
During a 22-month period at a 500-bed teaching hospital, 1,565 rooms that had housed patients infected with multidrug-resistant pathogens were decontaminated using hydrogen peroxide vapor. Hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination required a mean time of 2 hours and 20 minutes, compared with 32 minutes for conventional cleaning. Despite the greater time required for decontamination, hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination of selected patient rooms is feasible in a busy hospital with a mean occupancy rate of 94%.
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