Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system

"Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system for decontamination of hospital rooms of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage"
Am J Infect Control. 2010 Apr
Jury LA, Cadnum JL, Jennings-Sanders A, Eckstein EC, Chang S, Donskey CJ.
Geriatric Research Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland

A power sanitizing system that delivers a sanitizing mist of alcohol, rendered nonflammable by a carbon dioxide carrier, and a low concentration of quaternary ammonium compound, was easy to use, provided thorough coverage of surfaces, and significantly reduced vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination on commonly touched hospital surfaces. However, it was not as consistently effective for elimination of pathogens as 10% bleach solution.

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