Beyond high-touch surfaces: Portable equipment and floors as potential sources of transmission of health care-associated pathogens.

C. Donskey

American journal of infection control, 2019

Efforts to improve environmental cleaning and disinfection typically focus primarily on high-touch surfaces in patient rooms. This review highlights evidence that portable equipment and other shared devices and floors may be underappreciated as sources of dissemination of health care-associated pathogens. Practical approaches to address these sites of contamination are emphasized.

Cited by 15 publications.

Field of study: Medicine

10.1016/j.ajic.2019.03.017