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Efficacy of an automated ultraviolet C device in a shared hospital bathroom.Am J Infect Control. 2016 12 01; 44(12):1692-1694.AJ
Abstract
Toilet flushing can contribute to disease transmission by generating aerosolized bacteria and viruses that can land on nearby surfaces or follow air currents. Aerobic and anaerobic bacterial bioaerosol loads, and bacterial counts on 2 surfaces in a bathroom with a permanently installed, automated ultraviolet C (UVC) irradiation device, were significantly lower than in a comparable bathroom without the UVC device. Permanently installed UVC lights may be a useful supplementary decontamination tool in shared patient bathrooms.
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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eng
PubMed ID
27575773
Citation
Cooper, Jesse, et al. "Efficacy of an Automated Ultraviolet C Device in a Shared Hospital Bathroom." American Journal of Infection Control, vol. 44, no. 12, 2016, pp. 1692-1694.
Cooper J, Bryce E, Astrakianakis G, et al. Efficacy of an automated ultraviolet C device in a shared hospital bathroom. Am J Infect Control. 2016;44(12):1692-1694.
Cooper, J., Bryce, E., Astrakianakis, G., Stefanovic, A., & Bartlett, K. (2016). Efficacy of an automated ultraviolet C device in a shared hospital bathroom. American Journal of Infection Control, 44(12), 1692-1694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.07.004
Cooper J, et al. Efficacy of an Automated Ultraviolet C Device in a Shared Hospital Bathroom. Am J Infect Control. 2016 12 1;44(12):1692-1694. PubMed PMID: 27575773.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy of an automated ultraviolet C device in a shared hospital bathroom.
AU - Cooper,Jesse,
AU - Bryce,Elizabeth,
AU - Astrakianakis,George,
AU - Stefanovic,Aleksandra,
AU - Bartlett,Karen,
Y1 - 2016/08/26/
PY - 2016/03/17/received
PY - 2016/07/12/revised
PY - 2016/07/13/accepted
PY - 2016/8/31/pubmed
PY - 2017/12/16/medline
PY - 2016/8/31/entrez
KW - Ultraviolet C
KW - bathroom
KW - bioaerosol
KW - contact surface
KW - environmental cleaning
KW - toilet plume
SP - 1692
EP - 1694
JF - American journal of infection control
JO - Am J Infect Control
VL - 44
IS - 12
N2 - Toilet flushing can contribute to disease transmission by generating aerosolized bacteria and viruses that can land on nearby surfaces or follow air currents. Aerobic and anaerobic bacterial bioaerosol loads, and bacterial counts on 2 surfaces in a bathroom with a permanently installed, automated ultraviolet C (UVC) irradiation device, were significantly lower than in a comparable bathroom without the UVC device. Permanently installed UVC lights may be a useful supplementary decontamination tool in shared patient bathrooms.
SN - 1527-3296
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