Long-term efficacy of a self-disinfecting coating in an intensive care unit

Strategies to optimize photosensitizers for photodynamic inactivation of bacteria

“…An overview about such surfaces is given elsewhere [78][79][80][81]. Such self-disinfecting surfaces can maintain general disinfection approaches; thereby surfaces of catheters, medical devices, door handle and intensive care units are coated with an antibacterial layer.…”

Antimicrobial activity of a continuously active disinfectant against healthcare pathogens

“…If the microbial load on surfaces is pathogen free or if pathogens are substantially reduced, the treated surface will not act as reservoir for pathogens and, thus, will not be linked to disease transmission. Thus, CAD 5,8,9 (and other continuous room decontamination technologies) may reduce or eliminate the problem of recontamination and minimize the role of contaminated environmental surfaces and equipment in transmission of healthcare pathogens.…”

Journal Roundup: Ebola, antibiotic use and abuse, and the usual suspects

“…The implementation of antimicrobial surfaces is a promising universal approach, and a recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control found that a quaternary ammonium organosilane product reduced the average bacterial count on ICU surfaces by approximately 2-logs for eight weeks after application. 18 However, chitosan-impregnated scrubs did not fare so well, with no significant reduction in bacterial contamination compared with untreated controls. 19 One of the commonly cited reasons for moving away from contact precautions for patients infected or colonized with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is that patients under contact precautions have an increased rate of adverse events.…”