According to the findings of a recent research released in the American Journal of Infection Control, including aerosolized hydrogen peroxide (aHP) into healthcare infectious disease management measures may help to minimize C. diff occurrences in hospitals (CDIs).
According to the paper, CDIs are among the top frequent diseases detected in medical facilities and thus are responsible for considerable mortality rates in healthcare centers across the globe.
As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDIs end up causing around 223,000 HAIs every year in the United States, amounting to over 12,000 fatalities and US$6.3 billion in expenses. One important reason is that C. diff particles are rapidly propagated in facilities via touch with objects such as bed rails, medical apparatus, and doorknobs, among other things. The particles are exceptionally hazardous since they are immune to hand antibacterial soaps and the majority of antiseptics. Unfortunately, even with the regular execution of these methods, removing the virus from hospital environments remains a challenging task.
Upon installing the aerosolized hydrogen peroxide technology, the scientists looked at how often CDI occurred at the site before and after the system was installed. Upon using the technology, the institution observed a 41% drop in rates of infection during a 27-month timeframe.
Across a five-year interval, scientists observed a 74 percent decrease in hospital-onset CDIs when the aerosolized hydrogen peroxide device was used regularly, in conjunction with an ambient cleanup strategy.
According to the findings of the research, using an aerosolized hydrogen peroxide apparatus consistently had a substantial influence on lowering C. difficile outbreaks throughout the hospital’s whole population.
The paper finds that the adoption of a touchless, aHP room-wide decontamination equipment as part of endpoint disinfecting may lead to a considerable decrease in CDI prevalence that has been maintained year after year for a prolonged period of time.
