Kreitenberg Arthur, Martinello Richard A
University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92617, USA.
Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol. 2021 Aug 20;126:126015. doi: 10.6028/jres.126.015. eCollection 2021.
Patient well-being must be the driving force for determining standards for disinfection systems based on ultraviolet-C (UV-C) radiation. Reductions of inoculated bacteria on carriers is the optimal method of validating a UV-C-emitting system. We make specific, evidence-based recommendations regarding room description, organism selection, carrier material, quantity, orientations, and locations. Criteria for a satisfactory performance are discussed. Adoption of these requirements will ensure that devices intended for room disinfection provide the greatest chances for prevention of environmentally derived healthcare-associated infections.
患者的福祉必须是确定基于紫外线-C(UV-C)辐射的消毒系统标准的驱动力。减少载体上接种的细菌是验证紫外线-C发射系统的最佳方法。我们针对房间描述、微生物选择、载体材料、数量、方向和位置提出了具体的、基于证据的建议。讨论了令人满意性能的标准。采用这些要求将确保用于房间消毒的设备为预防环境源性医疗相关感染提供最大的机会。