Patient privacy curtains in hospitals become progressively contaminated with bacteria
Patient privacy curtains in hospitals become progressively contaminated with bacteria
Patient privacy curtains in hospitals become progressively contaminated with bacteria
Patient privacy curtains in hospitals become progressively contaminated with bacteria, including MRSA and increased MRSA positivity was observed between 10 and 14 days after being hung.
President Elect CMAAO & President Heart Care Foundation of India, Padma Shri Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal said in a MED talk -
“Test curtains showed increased microbial contamination (mean colony-forming units
Test curtains became increasingly contaminated over time, with mean CFU/cm2 for days 17 and 21 of 1.86 and 5.11, respectively. By day 10, 1/8 test curtains tested positive for MRSA, and 5/8 were positive by day 14.
This is the time to either change or clean the curtains, suggests the study (American Journal of Infection Control, Sept. 2018).”
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