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HPV and enhanced manual cleaning terminates the transmission of VRE

“In recent years hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) has been shown to be efficient in ridding the hospital environment of VRE where routine cleaning has failed. ….with enhanced cleaning this terminated spread in the ward and there have been no new cases of the VRE since the decontamination process.”

Engelhardt et al.

Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine-WA, Fremantle

Background

Infections of vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) in Australian hospitals had been on the increase. Repeated introduction of VRE in Fremantle Hospital had seen a spread of VRE across their wards as a result.

Method

The hospital tested the efficacy of Inivos’ hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) system in preventing the environmental transmission of VRE in high risk units (HRU) and screened patients in HRU on admission and regularly thereafter.

Result

Using the HPV system alongside enhanced manual cleaning in toilet areas on a ward, terminated spread where it had, before, been known to have increased.

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