A three-month initiative increased the percentage of high-touch surfaces thoroughly cleaned throughout the day and at discharge in affected longterm care facilities, according to an article on the Healio website.
Participating facilities In Brooklyn and Queens, New York, were expected to fill out a questionnaire on current cleaning and disinfection practices, attend an in-person training session, participate in three follow-up conference calls and conduct two assessments of thoroughness of cleaning with a fluorescent marking system,
The percentage of facilities thoroughly cleaned during daily cleaning increased from 52 percent to 68 percent.
For discharge cleaning, the researchers observed a 26 percent relative increase.
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