Multilevel antimicrobial disinfectant coating in
reducing the viability of multidrug-resistant organisms in hospital
environment
HH Leung1, CKC Lai2, KL
Yeung1,3, JKC Kwan3,4, DNC Tsang2
1 Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology
2 Department of Pathology, Queen
Elizabeth Hospital
3 Division of Environment, The Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
4 Health, Safety and Environment Office,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
1. Proper training of cleaning personnel and
rigorous oversight and strict enforcement of cleaning routine can improve
overall cleanliness and decrease bacterial load in the ward environment.
2. Multilevel antimicrobial disinfectant coating achieves consistently low bacterial load in the ward environment independent of the cleaning regimen.
3. The number of multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO)-positive environmental samples between two cleaning regimens does not differ significantly owing to rapid surface reacquisition of MDROs.
4. The occurrence of MDROs in the environmental samples is lower on surfaces coated with the multilevel antimicrobial disinfectant coating regardless of the cleaning regimen.
2. Multilevel antimicrobial disinfectant coating achieves consistently low bacterial load in the ward environment independent of the cleaning regimen.
3. The number of multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO)-positive environmental samples between two cleaning regimens does not differ significantly owing to rapid surface reacquisition of MDROs.
4. The occurrence of MDROs in the environmental samples is lower on surfaces coated with the multilevel antimicrobial disinfectant coating regardless of the cleaning regimen.