Optimizing Ultrasound Probe Disinfection for Healthcare-Associated Infection Control: A Comparative Analysis of Disinfectant Efficacy
Gaetano Ferrara, Giovanni Cangelosi, Sara Morales Palomares, Stefano Mancin, Marianna Melina, Orejeta Diamanti, Marco Sguanci, Antonella Amendola, Fabio Petrelli, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte · 2024
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Gaetano Ferrara and co-authors review 2024 work on the best ways to clean ultrasound probes between patients. The probes give live, sharp images inside the body, but they can carry germs from one person to the next. That risk can lead to infections picked up in care, so strong cleaning is a must.
The team read four data banks and kept 16 studies from more than 1,200 first hits. A peroxide cleaner worked best, most of all in closed machines, and cut virus loads a great deal. A common skin cleaner killed most germs of the bacterial kind but was weak on viruses. Some other cleaners worked but could harm the probe. Closed peroxide systems gave the best mix of strong cleaning and probe safety.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gaetano Ferrara, Giovanni Cangelosi, Sara Morales Palomares, Stefano Mancin, Marianna Melina, Orejeta Diamanti, Marco Sguanci, Antonella Amendola, Fabio Petrelli, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |