TY - JOUR AU1 - Kampf, G AU2 - Ostermeyer, C AB - Kampf and Ostermeyer Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013, 2(Suppl 1):P375 http://www.aricjournal.com/content/2/S1/P375 POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access P375: Effective processing of reusable dispensers for surface disinfection tissues – the devil is in the details 1,2* 3 G Kampf , C Ostermeyer From 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013) Geneva, Switzerland. 25-28 June 2013 Introduction oxygen-releasing disinfectant cleaner for 1 h was also Surface disinfectant solution based on surface-active effective. All three automatic procedures were effective as ingredients such as quaternary ammonium compounds, long as the minimum temperature was 60°C and the pro- alkylamines or glucoprotamin which are prepared in cess time at least 5 min irrespective of using a cleaning reusable tissue dispensers may contaminate heavily with agent or not. gram-negative bacterial species if the dispensers are not processed adequately. Conclusion Some commonly recommended procedures for dispenser Objectives processing do not prevent recontamination of the disinfec- We determined the efficacy of various manual and auto- tant solution when it is based on surface-active ingredi- matic procedures on contaminated dispensers with the ents. Manual procedures with a real cleaning step and aim to prevent re-contamination of the disinfectant some automatic procedures were effective. It becomes evi- solution TI - P375: Effective processing of reusable dispensers for surface disinfection tissues – the devil is in the details JF - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control DO - 10.1186/2047-2994-2-S1-P375 DA - 2013-06-20 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/p375-effective-processing-of-reusable-dispensers-for-surface-3M7V2U7f5H SP - 1 EP - 1 VL - 2 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -