UV Sheds Light on Hospital Room Disinfection Adding UV to standard cleaning reduced the risk of lingering drug-resistant pathogens

"Enhanced" cleaning of hospital rooms, added to standard procedures, appeared to reduce the risk of transmitting drug-resistant pathogens from patient to patient, a researcher said here. In a large cluster-randomized trial, adding bleach to the standard quaternary ammonium cleaning significantly reduced the risk of transmission of four organisms that cause healthcare-associated infections, according to Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH, of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/IDWeek/54043?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-10-12&eun=g721819d0r