AI Article Synopsis
- - A study in a pediatric hematology-oncology unit showed that using whole-room ultraviolet-C disinfection significantly reduced the occurrence of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections (P< .01).
- - The same disinfection method did not have a significant impact on healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections, with a trend P-value of .06 and a level P-value of .36.
- - Additionally, there was no significant effect on central line-associated bloodstream infections, as indicated by P-values greater than 0.75 for both trend and level.
Article Abstract
A quasi-experimental study performed in a pediatric hematology-oncology unit demonstrated that whole-room ultraviolet-C disinfection was associated with a significant reduction in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (P< .01, trend and level), but not healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections (P= .06 for trend, P= .36 for level) or central line-associated bloodstream infections (P> 0.75, trend and level).
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