Adenovirus infections within the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation setting can lead to high rates of mortality and hospital-acquired cases have been associated with environmental reservoirs. To establish both location and levels of environmental adenovirus contamination, 48 cubicles containing 794 surfaces were screened postterminal clean over a 4-year period. After initial cleaning 23% of these sites had detectable adenovirus. These data were then used to develop and implement a cleaning standard algorithm for terminal cleaning that was implemented to ensure cubicles were adenovirus-free before the next patient admission.
Humans
,Adenoviruses, Human
,Cross Infection
,Adenovirus Infections, Human
,Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
,Models, Statistical
,Environmental Microbiology
,Environmental Monitoring
,Algorithms
,Health Facilities
,Housekeeping, Hospital
,Hospital Units
,Intensive Care Units, Pediatric