An overview of automated room disinfection systems: When to use them and how to choose them

JA Otter, S Yezli, F Barbut, TM Perl - Decontamination in hospitals and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional disinfection methods are limited by reliance on the operator to ensure
appropriate selection, formulation, distribution, and contact time of the agent. Automated …

A guide to no-touch automated room disinfection (NTD) systems

JA Otter, S Yezli, TM Perl, F Barbut… - … in hospitals and healthcare, 2014 - Elsevier
Conventional disinfection methods are limited by reliance on the operator to ensure
appropriate selection, formulation, distribution and contact time of the agent.'No …

The role of 'no-touch'automated room disinfection systems in infection prevention and control

JA Otter, S Yezli, TM Perl, F Barbut… - Journal of Hospital …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Surface contamination in hospitals is involved in the transmission of
pathogens in a proportion of healthcare-associated infections. Admission to a room …

A head-to-head comparison of hydrogen peroxide vapor and aerosol room decontamination systems

T Holmdahl, P Lanbeck, M Wullt… - Infection Control & …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Objective. New technologies have emerged in recent years for the disinfection of hospital
rooms and equipment that may not be disinfected adequately using conventional methods …

Evaluating different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide in an automated room disinfection system

LE Murdoch, L Bailey, E Banham… - Letters in Applied …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
A comparative study was made on the efficacy of 5, 10 and 35% weight by weight (w/w)
hydrogen peroxide solutions when applied using an automated room disinfection system …

.. úNo touch.. Ñ methods for health care room disinfection: Focus on clinical trials

DJ Weber, WA Rutala, DJ Anderson… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Hospital patient room surfaces are frequently contaminated with multidrug-
resistant organisms. Since studies have demonstrated that inadequate terminal room …

Systematic review on use, cost and clinical efficacy of automated decontamination devices

SJ Dancer, MF King - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 2021 - Springer
Background More evidence is emerging on the role of surface decontamination for reducing
hospital-acquired infection (HAI). Timely and adequate removal of environmental pathogens …

New approaches to decontamination of rooms after patients are discharged

JM Boyce - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2009 - cambridge.org
In the 1960s and early 1970s, contaminated environmental surfaces were assumed to play a
major role in the transmission of nosocomial pathogens. In addition to the standard cleaning …

Disinfectants used for environmental disinfection and new room decontamination technology

WA Rutala, DJ Weber - American journal of infection control, 2013 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination plays an important role in the transmission of several key
health care-associated pathogens. Effective and thorough cleaning/disinfecting of the …

Evaluation of the effectiveness of two automated room decontamination devices under real-life conditions

B Knobling, G Franke, EM Klupp… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To evaluate the effectiveness of automated room decontamination devices, a common
aerosolized hydrogen peroxide (aHP) as well as a recent gaseous ozone-based device …