ATP measurement as an objective method to measure environmental contamination in 9 hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to determine the level of environmental contamination in hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area, using ATP measurements.

Design

A cross-sectional observational survey.

Methods

Standardized ATP measurements were conducted in 9 hospitals on 32 hospital wards. Thirty pre-defined surfaces per hospital ward were measured with the 3 M Clean Trace NG luminometer. Results are displayed in relative light units (RLU). RLU > 1000 was considered as "not clean." Differences in RLU values were compared between countries, hospitals, fomite groups and medical specialties.

Results

A total of 960 ATP measurements were performed, ranging from 60 up to 120 per hospital. The median RLU-value was 568 (range: 3-277,586) and 37.7% of the

SUBMITTER: van Arkel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7254657 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature