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Reliability Testing for Portable Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminometers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Greg S. Whiteley ,
Chris Derry  and
Trevor Glasbey
Greg S. Whiteley*
Affiliation:
University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Whiteley Corporation Pty Ltd, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Chris Derry
Affiliation:
University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Trevor Glasbey
Affiliation:
Whiteley Corporation Pty Ltd, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
*
Corporation Pty Ltd, PO Box 1076, North Sydney, New South Wales 2059, Australia (gregswhiteley@aol.com)
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Measurement of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) using portable bioluminometers has been adapted from the food manufacturing sector, and it has been suggested that it could be used as an indicator of surface soiling or cleanliness in hospital settings. Some healthcare authorities are considering the use of portable ATP bioluminometers as a tool for standard setting for surface cleanliness to improve cleaning standards. Central to this approach is the use of a commonly accepted level of detected ATP—expressed as relative light units (RLUs)—that may be used as a surrogate for underlying soiling, including the presence of pathogenic microorganisms.

It has been demonstrated that improvements can be made to cleaning processes with fluorescent markers through a simpler approach that provides a qualitative efficiency measurement of the cleaning process. Measurement of surface hygiene using ATP bioluminometers is thought to provide a more quantitative surrogate of surface cleanliness.

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Research Briefs
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 5: Special Topic Issue: The Role of the Environment in Infection Prevention , May 2013 , pp. 538 - 540
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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