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Automated Hospital Room Disinfection Utilizing a Novel Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide Microdroplet Disbursing Technology

Traditional, manual and UV disinfection methods have left gaps in achieving thorough whole-room disinfection for hard-to-reach or shadowed areas, ...

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The U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP). Under these programs, hospitals face reimbursement reductions for having high rates of readmission and hospital-acquired conditions. This study investigated whether readmission following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) under the HRRP was associated with reimbursement penalties under the HACRP.

Reimbursement Penalties and 30-Day Readmissions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty.

 It is generally accepted that shoes and floors are contaminated with pathogens including methicillin-resistant  (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and , yet correlation to clinical infection is not well established. Because floors and shoes are low-touch surfaces, these are considered non-critical surfaces for cleaning and disinfection. The purpose of this review is to assess peer-reviewed literature inclusive of floors and shoe soles as contributors to the dissemination of infectious pathogens within healthcare settings.  Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) methodology, PubMed and Medline were searched for articles assessing the presence of pathogens on or the transmission of pathogens between or from floors or shoe soles/shoe covers. Inclusion criteria are the human population within healthcare or controlled experimental settings after 1999 and available in English.  Four hundred eighteen articles were screened, and 18 articles documented recovery of bacterial and viral pathogens from both floors and shoes. Seventy-two percent (13/18) of these were published after 2015, showing increased consideration of the transfer of pathogens to high-touch surfaces from shoe soles or floors during patient care.  There is evidence that floors and shoes in healthcare settings are contaminated with several different species of health-care-associated pathogens including MRSA, VRE, and .

Article	Year
Reimbursement Penalties and 30-Day Readmissions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty. JB & JS open access\| PubMed ID: 32766508	2020
A Review of the Evidence on the Role of Floors and Shoes in the Dissemination of Pathogens in a Healthcare Setting. Surgical infections\| PubMed ID: 38181189	2024
In reference to: High-level disinfection, sterilization and hand hygiene: What do accreditation surveyors want to see? American journal of infection control\| PubMed ID: 38508854	2024

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