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Manager's Guide to Hot Technology - April 2016

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A P R I L 2 0 1 6 O U T P A T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T 4 7 N o matter how thoroughly your staffers wipe down surfaces in the OR, they're bound to over- look some spots. That's where whole-room disinfection comes into play. The technology doesn't take the place of elbow grease, but it can help kill harmful drug-resistant organisms and spores that remain on surfaces after your staff is finished manually cleaning. Not all solutions are created equal, so determining which is best for your facility demands an understanding of the plus- es and minuses of each. Clean air "Hydrogen peroxide vaporization is the most efficacious and there's the best data out there on it," says Trish Perl, MD, MSc, infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. "But, it is the most expensive option and takes the longest time, depending on how you use it." Dr. Perl says staffers at Johns Hopkins clean a patient's room, wheel in 2 portable units and seal up the room's air vents and doors. Once the room is Disinfect Whole Rooms At a Time UV light and airborne solutions attack surfaces that manual cleaning might have missed. Kendal Gapinski Associate Editor • LIGHT THE WAY Ultraviolet robots reduce contamination on surfaces in a relatively short amount of time.

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