Evaluation of the decontamination effectiveness of a steam mop for hospital floors
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چکیده
Steam disinfection is a trusted method of decontamination and leave no residues, but yet has not been commonly applied for hospitals environment decontamination, hence we aimed to evaluate whether steam mop an effective device against pathogens on natural contaminated hospital floors (polyvinyl chloride, PVC) artificially (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii Candida albicanson) PVC cloth. The number microorganisms was significantly reduced after the procedure (p < 0.05) all floors. Steaming 15, 10 5 seconds could achieve full elimination high-, moderate-, low concentration PVC, respectively, whereas 10, High-, concentrations microorganism were completely killed first, second third routine mopping respectively. These results imply that be efficient environment-friendly alternative cloth towels disinfection.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental pollutants & bioavailability
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2639-5940', '2639-5932']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2023.2212128