Efficacy of pulsed-xenon ultraviolet light for disinfection of high-touch surfaces in an Ecuadorian hospital.

José E VillacísMario LopezDeborah PasseyManuel Hernando SantillánGermán VerdezotoFreddy TrujilloGustavo ParedesCarmen AlarcónRonny HorvathMark Stibich

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

This study is one of the first of its kind in an Ecuador Hospital. We found that pulsed-xenon ultraviolet disinfection technology is an efficacious complement to the established manual cleaning protocols and guidelines in the significant reduction of MDRO.

Keyphrases

drinking water
healthcare
acute care
adverse drug
clinical practice
emergency department