Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology: Volume 36 -

Cold-Air Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Against Clostridium difficile Spores: A Potential Alternative for the Decontamination of Hospital Inanimate Surfaces
Tânia Claro, Orla J. Cahill, Niall O’Connor, Stephen Daniels, Hilary Humphreys
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17 March 2015, pp. 742-744
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Clostridium difficile spores survive for months on environmental surfaces and are highly resistant to decontamination. We evaluated the effect of cold-air plasma against C. difficile spores. The single-jet had no effect while the multi-jet achieved 2–3 log10 reductions in spore counts and may augment traditional decontamination.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0):1–3

Assessment of Residual Moisture and Maintenance of Sterility in Surgical Instrument Sets after Sterilization
Camille Fayard, Christophe Lambert, Catherine Guimier-Pingault, Marion Levast, Raphaelle Germi
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20 May 2015, pp. 990-992
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Good sterilization practices include discarding items containing residual moisture after steam sterilization. In this small laboratory study, however, the presence of residual water did not appear to compromise the sterility of surgical instruments in 2 commonly used types of packaging during routine storage after steam sterilization.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(8):990–992