Xu Hong, Jin Hui, Zhao Lan, Wei Xiaojun, Hu Liangen, Shen Linhai, Wei Lingya, Xie Lijun, Kong Qingxin, Wang Yinghong, Ni Xiaoping
Department of Disinfection Surveillance and Vector Control, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Department of Infection Control, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Am J Infect Control. 2015 Mar 1;43(3):292-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.009. Epub 2014 Dec 30.
The hospital environment is a reservoir for pathogens, and environmental service workers (ESWs) play an important role in infection prevention. A randomized, double-blind comparison was carried out in a 23-bed intensive care unit of a traditional Chinese medical-Western medical hospital. Aerobic colony counts (ACC) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were used to compare the effectiveness of environmental cleaning between infection control professionals and ESWs. The results suggest that high-touch surfaces around MRSA patients are often not sufficiently cleaned and are even cross-contaminated by ESWs after cleaning. Further educational intervention is needed for improvement of environmental cleaning.
医院环境是病原体的储存库,环境服务人员(ESW)在感染预防中发挥着重要作用。在一家中西医结合医院的一个拥有23张床位的重症监护病房进行了一项随机双盲比较研究。采用需氧菌落计数(ACC)和耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(MRSA)来比较感染控制专业人员和环境服务人员在环境清洁方面的效果。结果表明,耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌患者周围的高接触表面往往清洁不充分,甚至在清洁后还会被环境服务人员交叉污染。需要进一步的教育干预来改善环境清洁。