“Does environmental decontamination enhance patient safety, or create an operational nightmare?”
From his experience of working with hospitals around the globe, Tom will evaluate several peer-reviewed studies as well as discuss emerging decontamination technologies to open a discussion as to whether environmental decontamination does bring a benefit to patients, or whether it is a prohibitively challenging process.
3. Discussion Points:
1. The Positive impact of
decontamination
a. Addenbrooke’s Data
b. Leeds Data
2. The negative impact of
decontamination
a. Time constraints
b. Operational constraints
3. Decontamination Technologies
4. A Risk-Based Approach
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4. Addenbrooke’s Data
Ref: Impact of cleaning and other interventions on the reduction of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile
G.J. Hughes et al
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5. What interventions were there?
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Cephalosporins
banned (1997)
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Hand hygiene
campaign
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programme
N2 opens with
daily MDT
patient review
Ciprofloxacin
banned
Deep clean
programme
formalised with single
dedicated decant
facility
Hydrogen
peroxide
fumigation
Deep clean
programme
expanded and
wards decanted
Deep clean
programme on
Care of Elderly
wards started
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Patient episodes per month
Enhanced cleaning
programme
N2 opens with
daily MDT
patient review
Ciprofloxacin
banned
Cephalosporins
banned (1997)
KK33 ooppeennss
Hand hygiene
campaign
Cleaning interventions
Other interventions
Deep clean
programme
formalised with single
dedicated decant
facility
Hydrogen
peroxide
fumigation
Deep clean
programme
expanded and
wards decanted
Deep clean
programme on
Care of Elderly
wards started
6. Periods of relative stability:
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Enhanced cleaning
programme
Deep clean
programme on Care
of Elderly wards
started
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programme
expanded and
wards decanted
Hydrogen
peroxide
fumigation
9. Ref: Effectiveness of deep cleaning followed by hydrogen peroxide decontamination during high
clostridium difficile infection incidence E.L. Best et al
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Leeds Data
10. • Reduce environmental contamination
• Reduce infection
• Enhance Quality of life for patients
• Reduce patient stay – up to 11 days for C. Diff
case¹
• Reduce cost of patient care – up to
US$60,000¹
¹ US Journ of Clin Microb
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Positive Impact of Decontamination
11. The negative impact of decontamination:
Time constraints
Exit block from ED?
Only able to be carried out in vacated
rooms
What do we do in bay scenarios?
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13. Deprox HPV
Strengths
High level efficacy
Multiple applications
Weaknesses
Down time
Operational complexities
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14. Uvo Decontamination:
• Strengths
• Rapid decontamination – suited to
high-pressure environments
• Self calibrating spectrome
monitoring – known efficacy
• Intelligent processing – no over-exposure
• Bay decontamination
• Weaknesses
• Line of site technology
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15. RAG Cleaning System:
• RED –High risk
Infectious patients
from single side
rooms
• AMBER – Lower risk
infectious patients
• GREEN – Non-
Infectious patients
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Clean
Equipment
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Sink
Equipment
Cleaning Area
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Decontamination
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Decontaminated
Equipment Out
Storage before
transportation to
wards