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Verification of Efficacy of Silver Antibacterial Agent for Hospital Room Privacy Curtains
Tamae HIRAMATU1), Yukako KUGUMINATO1)3), Hirofumi ABE2), Tetsuro KUSUNOKI2) and Satoshi IWATA3)
1)Department of Nursing, National Cancer Center Hospital, 2)Medical System Business Division, Fujifilm Corporation, 3)Office of Infection Control and Prevention, National Cancer Center Hospital
Despite being high-frequency contact surfaces, it is difficult to perform daily environmental maintenance and disinfection in hospital room privacy curtains and they are likely to serve as potential sources of secondary infection. In the present study, the antibacterial effect of an alcohol-based silver antibacterial agent was verified by spraying it on 40 target cloth curtains at a surgical hospital ward. The samples were collected from the surfaces of curtains on days 1, 7, 14, and 28 after the start date. The mean increased amount of bacteria calculated after 28 days was 15 CFU/100 cm2 with the agent and 106 CFU/100 cm2 without the agent, showing a statistically significant difference (p<0.01). Therefore, the antibacterial agent used may have a lasting disinfectant effect on hospital room privacy curtains. The silver antibacterial agent can be considered effective in reducing the risk of infection in hospital privacy curtains.
Key words：environmental cleaning, environmental contamination, high-touch item, silver antibacterial agent, privacy curtain
e-mail: thiramat＠ncc.go.jp
Received: January 15, 2018
Accepted: June 6, 2018
33 (5)：225─229,2018
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