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Removal of Microorganisms - As Important as Disinfection

"Disinfectant/detergent formulations registered by EPA are used for environmental surface cleaning, but the actual physical removal of microorganisms and soil by wiping or scrubbing is probably as important, if not more so, than any antimicrobial effect of the cleaning agent used."

Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) "Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities."

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Infectious Diseases That May Be Acquired in Healthcare Facilities

By CDC

The following are infectious diseases that may be transmitted and/or acquired in healthcare settings and therefore are possible Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs).

Infectious Diseases that may be acquired in Healthcare facilities

Acinetobacter
Bloodborne Pathogens
Burkholderia cepacia
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium Sordellii
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Ebola (Viral Hemorrhagic Fever)]
Gastrointestinal (GI) Infections
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
HIV/AIDS
Influenza
MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Mumps
Norovirus
Parvovirus
Poliovirus
Pneumonia
Rubella
SARS
S. pneumoniae (Drug resistant)
Tuberculosis
Varicella (Chickenpox)
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Ebola)
VISA - Vancomycin Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
VRE - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci

[Editor's Note: According to the Infection Control Education Institute www.iceinstitute.com in the Jan. 30, 2007 course, "Update on Resistant Pathogens & Emerging Infectious Diseases":

"Monitoring for adherence to recommended environmental cleaning practices is an important determinant for success in controlling transmission of MDROs and other pathogens in the environment."]

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.

Since it was founded in 1946 to help control malaria, CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities and environmental health threats.