Monitoring of surface cleaning and disinfection in a Brazilian pediatric unit.
Lucas de Oliveira BernardesFernando Ribeiro Dos SantosNatália Liberato Norberto AngeloniMara Cristina Ribeiro FurlanLarissa da Silva BarcelosAdriano Menis FerreiraAlvaro Francisco Lopes de SousaDenise de AndradeMarília Duarte ValimOdinea Maria Amorim BatistaLuís Velez LapãoAires Garcia Dos Santos JuniorHelder de Pádua LimaPublished in: Therapeutic advances in infectious disease (2023)
). The analysis of the ROC curves suggests that the surfaces presenting ATP below 108 RLUs can be considered approved. The ATP method yielded 78.6% sensitivity; in turn, microbial count presented a sensitivity of 85.7%. It is important to use different methods to monitor the cleaning and disinfection of surfaces, as each one has different sensitivity and specificity.