Consistent Disinfectant Foam Use Linked To Fewer Epidemiologically Important Pathogens Being Reported In Patient Room Sinks, Study Finds

Healio (5/16, Stulpin) reported a study presented at the SHEA Spring Conference found that “the use of a disinfectant foam intervention in the sinks in patient rooms led to fewer positive cultures and less sink contamination.” In the study, “sinks were randomized 1:1, with 15 intervention sink drains being cleaned with foam disinfectant every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 15 control sinks undergoing standard disinfection.” Researchers observed that “on the first round of sampling, six intervention sinks and three control sinks already harbored” epidemiologically important pathogens. Of them, “none of the intervention sinks were detected during later samplings, whereas all three from the control arm were detected.”