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Optimum Outlier Model for Potential Improvement of Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Mark E. Rupp ,
Tomas Huerta ,
R. J. Cavalieri ,
Elizabeth Lyden ,
Trevor Van Schooneveld ,
Philip Carling  and
Philip W. Smith
Mark E. Rupp*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Tomas Huerta
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
R. J. Cavalieri
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Elizabeth Lyden
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Trevor Van Schooneveld
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Philip Carling
Affiliation:
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Philip W. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
*
985400 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5400 (merupp@unmc.edu).
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Abstract

The effectiveness and efficiency of 17 housekeepers in terminal cleaning 292 hospital rooms was evaluated through adenosine triphosphate detection. A subgroup of housekeepers was identified who were significantly more effective and efficient than their coworkers. These optimum outliers may be used in performance improvement to optimize environmental cleaning.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(6):721–723

Type
CONCISE COMMUNICATION
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 June 2014 , pp. 721 - 723
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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