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

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Types of environmental disinfectants used in each patient room N=191

Items Total Types of hospital (n [%])
Tertiary hospital General hospital Hospital/long-term care hospital χ2 (P)
General patient’s rooms Chlorine compounds 117 (61.3) 4 (14.3) 31 (40.3) 82 (95.3) 92.83 (<.001)
Quaternary ammonium compounds 27 (14.1) 8 (28.6) 17 (22.1) 2 (2.3)
Chlorine compounds or quaternary ammonium compounds 42 (22.0) 14 (50.0) 26 (33.8) 2 (2.3)
Others 5 (2.6) 2 (7.1) 3 (3.9) 0 (0.0)
MDROs patient’s rooms* Chlorine compounds 78 (49.1) 2 (7.1) 28 (36.4) 48 (88.9) 65.44 (<.001)
Quaternary ammonium compounds 28 (17.6) 11 (39.3) 15 (19.5) 2 (3.7)
Chlorine compounds or quaternary ammonium compounds 48 (30.2) 13 (46.4) 31 (40.3) 4 (7.4)
Others 5 (3.1) 2 (7.1) 3 (3.9) 0 (0.0)
Spore forming bacteria isolated patient’s rooms (C. difficile etc)* Chlorine compounds 129 (85.4) 20 (71.4) 64 (84.2) 45 (95.7) 13.42 (.012)
Quaternary ammonium compounds 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.3) 0 (0.0)
Chlorine compounds or quaternary ammonium compounds 13 (8.6) 3 (10.7) 9 (11.8) 1 (2.1)
Others 8 (5.3) 5 (17.9) 2 (2.6) 1 (2.1)
Rotavirus patient’s rooms* Chlorine compounds 91 (73.4) 16 (57.1) 47 (71.2) 28 (93.3) 11.90 (.039)
Quaternary ammonium compounds 7 (5.6) 4 (14.3) 3 (4.5) 0 (0.0)
Chlorine compounds or quaternary ammonium compounds 19 (15.3) 5 (17.9) 12 (18.2) 2 (6.7)
Others 7 (5.6) 3 (10.7) 4 (6.1) 0 (0.0)
Tuberculosis patient’s rooms* Chlorine compounds 88 (63.3) 7 (25.0) 50 (65.8) 31 (88.6) 31.10 (<.001)
Quaternary ammonium compounds 20 (14.4) 10 (35.7) 10 (13.2) 0 (0.0)
Chlorine compounds or quaternary ammonium compounds 22 (15.8) 8 (28.6) 12 (15.8) 2 (5.7)
Others 9 (6.5) 3 (10.7) 4 (5.3) 2 (5.7)

*Non-response was excluded from the item analysis.

Abbreviation: MDROs, multidrug resistant organisms.

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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