RESEARCH ARTICLE
Correlation Between Surface Cleaning and Disinfection Methods in an Emergency Room
Bruna Andrade dos Santos Oliveira1, Elaine Mazuqui Rigonato1, Alvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa2, 3, *, Adriano Menis Ferreira1, Larissa da Silva Barcelos1, Mara Cristina Ribeiro Furlan1, Marcelo Alessandro Rigotti1, Guilherme Schneider2, Denise de Andrade2, Luis Velez Lapão3, Aires Garcia dos Santos Junior1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 15
First Page: 103
Last Page: 108
Publisher ID: TONURSJ-15-103
DOI: 10.2174/1874434602115010103
Article History:
Received Date: 28/9/2020Revision Received Date: 9/3/2021
Acceptance Date: 15/3/2021
Electronic publication date: 18/06/2021
Collection year: 2021
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective:
To evaluate the correlation between microbiological culture, ATP tests by bioluminescence and visual inspection for monitoring the surface cleaning and disinfection in an emergency room.
Methods:
This is a prospective, analytical study with a quantitative approach. Data analysis was guided by the following tests: Spearman’s correlation, Fisher ‘s exact test and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
Results:
There was a correlation between ATP quantification methods and microbial count for the women’s bathroom door handle (ρ = 0.526; p= 0.008). In this study, considering the ROC curve, the ATP value below 20 RLU is suggested to classify surfaces as approved in the emergency room.
Conclusion:
Using different methods of monitoring the cleaning and disinfection process is essential, considering that each method has a different purpose.