Effectiveness Evaluation of a UV-C-Photoinactivator against Selected ESKAPE-E Pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) worldwide includes infections by ESKAPE-E pathogens. Environmental surfaces and fomites are important components in HAI transmission dynamics, and shoe soles are vectors of HAI. Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection is an effective method to inactivate pathogenic microorganisms. In this study, we investigated whether the SANITECH UV-C shoe sole decontaminator equipment that provides germicidal UV-C radiation could effectively reduce this risk of different pathogens. Six standard strains and four clinical MDR strains in liquid and solid medium were exposed to a UV-C System at specific concentrations at other times. Bacterial inactivation (growth and cultivability) was investigated using colony counts and resazurin as metabolic indicators. SEM was performed to

SUBMITTER: Rangel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9778679 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature