INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL ARTICLES

Following their recent article in Pathology in Practice which proves the relationship between air contamination and surface contamination, Andrew Kemp and Denise Hanson ask how can this knowledge be used to improve cleaning, and reduce potential cross contamination and microbial resistance to disinfectants?

Andrew Kemp and Denise Hanson describe a long-term project to measure air and surface contamination in a variety of settings across a university campus. The study set out to evaluate cleaning technologies and the relationship between air and surface contamination levels.

Dr Andrew Kemp and Dr Vanessa Hodgkinson present a study comparing the bacterial load on surfaces and the air particle counts in a working office environment, after the introduction of two new disinfecting technologies.

Does the introduction of two new disinfecting technologies reduce the risk of cross infection in a busy office environment? Andrew Kemp, Head of the Scientific Advisory Board for the British Institute of Cleaning Science presents a study examining the measurement of surface contamination levels.