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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/40967| Title: | The role of ultraviolet marker assessments in demonstrating cleaning efficacy. | Authors: | Ryan S.;Lovegrove A.;Abernethy M.;Vandergraaf S.;Gillespie E.;Wright P.L.;Snook K. | Institution: | (Gillespie, Wright, Snook, Ryan, Vandergraaf, Abernethy, Lovegrove) Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia | Issue Date: | 14-Apr-2016 | Copyright year: | 2015 | Publisher: | Mosby Inc. (E-mail: customerservice@mosby.com) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | American Journal of Infection Control. 43 (12) (pp 1347-1349), 2015. Date of Publication: 2015. | Journal: | American Journal of Infection Control | Abstract: | Cleaning standards measuring compliance using visual auditing alone can be misleading, because visually clean surfaces might not be cleaned of pathogens. An evidence-based system using both visual auditing and ultraviolet marker (UVM) assessments is recommended. Using a UVM system has enabled our health service to measure infection risk and implement actions to improve results. We recommend adopting a combined monitoring process using visual auditing with UVM audits to enhance cleaning and reduce the risk of health care-associated infection.Copyright © 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.025 | PubMed URL: | 26654236 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=26654236] | ISSN: | 0196-6553 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/40967 | Type: | Article |
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