대한의료관련감염관리학회 Korean Society for Healthcare-associated infection Control and Prevention.

pISSN 0705-3797. eISSN 2586-1298.

Environmental cleaning and disinfection methods by types of hospital N=191

Items Total Types of hospital (n [%])
Tertiary hospital General hospital Hospital/long-term care hospital χ2/F (P)
Cleaning and disinfection procedure
Announcement of the cleaning and disinfection procedure
Yes 99 (51.8) 18 (64.3) 42 (54.5) 39 (45.3) 3.41 (.197)
No 92 (48.2) 10 (35.7) 35 (45.5) 47 (54.7)
Cleaning and disinfection from high to low places
M±SD 3.27±0.66 3.46±0.51a 3.38±0.59b 3.10±0.74c 5.09 (.007) a, b>c
Cleaning and disinfection from clean to contaminated area
M±SD 3.40±0.60 3.57±0.50 3.44±0.55 3.31±0.66 2.25 (.108)
Cycle of environmental cleaning and disinfection
General patient's room
Daily 153 (80.1) 23 (82.1) 66 (85.7) 64 (74.4) 3.34 (.203)
Others 38 (19.9) 5 (17.9) 11 (14.3) 22 (25.6)
Multidrug resistant organisms isolated patient's room*
Daily 138 (88.5) 28 (100.0) 68 (90.7) 42 (79.2) 8.42 (.013)
Others 18 (11.5) 0 (0.0) 7 (9.3) 11 (20.8)
Clostridioides difficile patient's room*
Daily 132 (88.6) 27 (96.4) 68 (89.5) 37 (82.2) 3.57 (.178)
Others 17 (11.4) 1 (3.6) 8 (10.5) 8 (17.8)
Tuverculosis patient's room*
Daily 119 (90.2) 27 (96.4) 64 (88.9) 28 (87.5) 1.55 (.531)
Others 13 (9.8) 1 (3.6) 8 (11.1) 4 (12.5)
Environmental cleaning and disinfection for discharged room
Cleaning and disinfection every time when a patient is discharged
M±SD 3.77±0.44 4.00±0.00a 3.82±0.45b 3.66±0.48c 7.17 (.001) a, b>c
Wipe with a cloth soaked in disinfectant
Yes 167 (87.4) 28 (100.0) 72 (93.5) 67 (77.9) 13.71 (.001)
No 24 (12.6) 0 (0.0) 5 (6.5) 19 (22.1)
Cleaning and disinfection of environments contaminated with blood and body fluids
Immediately clean and disinfection with disinfectant
Mean±SD 3.62±0.52 3.57±0.50a 3.50±0.58b 3.73±0.45c 4.12 (.018) b<c
When exposure to a large amount, it is disinfect after absorption with an absorbent paper
Mean±SD 3.57±0.64 3.64±0.56a 3.42±0.75b 3.67±0.52c 3.71 (.026) b<c
Staff in charge of environmental cleaning and disinfection wear personal protective equipments
Wear an N95 mask in the airborn precaution patient's room
Mean±SD 3.76±0.64 4.00±0.00a 3.78±0.60b 3.61±0.83c 3.51 (.032) a>c
Wear a mask in the droplet precaution patient's room
Mean±SD 3.83±0.46 3.96±0.19 3.82±0.39 3.78±0.59 1.58 (.208)
Wear a gown and gloves when cleaning and disinfecting a room with contact precautions
Mean±SD 3.67±0.61 3.89±0.31a 3.71±0.51b 3.53±0.75c 4.18 (.017) a>c

*Non-response was excluded from the item analysis. 4-point scale (‘Always’ for 4 points, ‘Usually’ for 3 points, ‘Not frequently’ for 2 points, ‘Never’ for 1 point).

Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev 2022;27:141~152 https://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2022.27.2.141
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