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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 44(8): 1361-1364, 2023 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36177872
RESUMO
Contaminated shoes are a potential vector for dissemination of healthcare-associated pathogens. We demonstrated that healthcare personnel walking into patient rooms frequently transferred pathogens from their shoes to the floor. An 8-second treatment of shoes with a UV-C decontamination device significantly reduced the frequency of transfer of vegetative bacterial pathogens.