Impact of Educational Intervention on Cleaning and Disinfection of an Emergency Unit

Bruna Andrade dos Santos Oliveira, Lucas de Oliveira Bernardes, Adriano Menis Ferreira, Juliana Dias Reis Pessalacia, Mara Cristina Ribeiro Furlan, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Denise de Andrade, Dulce Aparecida Barbosa, Luis Velez Lapão and Aires Garcia dos Santos Junior
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Bruna Andrade dos Santos Oliveira: Campus Três Lagoas, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas 79600-080, Brazil
Lucas de Oliveira Bernardes: Campus Três Lagoas, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas 79600-080, Brazil
Adriano Menis Ferreira: Campus Três Lagoas, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas 79600-080, Brazil
Juliana Dias Reis Pessalacia: Campus Três Lagoas, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas 79600-080, Brazil
Mara Cristina Ribeiro Furlan: Campus Três Lagoas, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas 79600-080, Brazil
Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa: Network in Exposome Human and Infectious Diseases (NEHID), School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-902, Brazil
Denise de Andrade: Network in Exposome Human and Infectious Diseases (NEHID), School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-902, Brazil
Dulce Aparecida Barbosa: Paulista School of Nursing, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-062, Brazil
Luis Velez Lapão: Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal
Aires Garcia dos Santos Junior: Campus Três Lagoas, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas 79600-080, Brazil

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: We aimed to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on the surface cleaning and disinfection of an emergency room. This is an interventional, prospective, longitudinal, analytical and comparative study. Data collection consisted of three stages (Stage 1—baseline, Stage 2—intervention and immediate assessment, Stage 3—long term assessment). For the statistical analysis, we used a significance level of α = 0.05. The Wilcoxon and the Mann–Whitney test tests were applied. We performed 192 assessments in each stage totaling 576 evaluations. Considering the ATP method, the percentage of approval increased after the educational intervention, as the approval rate for ATP was 25% (Stage 1), immediately after the intervention it went to 100% of the approval (Stage 2), and in the long run, 75% of the areas have been fully approved. Stage 1 showed the existence of significant differences between the relative light units (RLU) scores on only two surfaces assessed: dressing cart ( p = 0.021) and women’s toilet flush handle ( p = 0.014); Stage 2 presented three results with significant differences for ATP: dressing cart ( p = 0.014), women’s restroom door handle ( p = 0.014) and women’s toilet flush handle ( p = 0.014); in step III, there was no significant difference for the ATP method. Therefore, conclusively, the educational intervention had a positive result in the short term for ATP; however, the same rates are not observed with the colony-forming units (CFU), due to their high sensitivity and the visual inspection method since four surfaces had defects in their structure.

Keywords: infection control; hospital cleaning service; cleaning products; feedback; disinfection; patient safety; continuing education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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