用抗菌剂处理的织物擦拭剂可以防止病原体在擦拭剂上扩散
Cheryl Westlake1, Kathleen M Young2, Brandi Cassingham2
1Risk Management, MemorialCare Shared Services, Fountain Valley, CA; School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
The Journal of hospital infection
|August 1, 2025
概括
与未经处理的对照组相比,用抗菌素处理的织物擦拭剂显著减少了衣物上的病原体扩散. 这一创新可能会减少病原体传播和与医疗相关的感染 (HAI).
科学领域:
- 防治和预防感染.
- 织科学 织科学
- 医疗流行病学 医疗流行病学
背景情况:
- 医疗相关感染 (HAI) 是一个严重的问题,每年在美国医院发生数百万例.
- 医疗保健工作人员的衣服可能会受到污染,并作为病原体传播的载体.
- 之前对抗微生物织品的研究受到小样本大小,特定的工作环境和缺乏遮的限制.
研究的目的:
- 评估抗微生物处理的织物擦拭剂在减少注册护士 (RN) 和患者护理技术人员 (PCT) 获得病原体方面的有效性.
- 调查患者因素和病原体在医疗保健工作者服装上的获取之间的关系.
- 评估与不同类型的抗微生物擦拭剂相关的用户满意度和不良事件.
主要方法:
- 一个双盲,三臂,随机对照试验与交叉设计,涉及127名医疗保健专业人员.
- 对两种类型的抗微生物处理过的擦拭剂 (-和-/流体屏障) 与未经处理的对照进行评估.
- 在连续12小时的班次中穿着的 scrubs 上收集病原体的获取和扩散的数据.
主要成果:
- 在所有灌木类型中,病原体获取率没有显著差异.
- 与只有-和对照相比,在-二/流体屏障擦拭剂上观察到明显较低的病原体扩散.
- 没有发现患者相互作用/特征和病原体在擦拭物上获取之间的显著相关性;报告了高用户满意度.
结论:
- 用抗菌剂处理的织物擦拭,特别是那些带有二/液体屏障的织物擦拭,有效地减少了病原体的增殖.
- 在医疗保健机构实施这些先进的擦拭剂有可能减少从员工服装中传播病原体的可能性.
- 这种干预措施可能有助于降低医疗保健相关感染的总体发病率.
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