Microbiologic sampling of the inanimate environment in U.S. hospitals, 1976-1977.

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• Personal Author:
  Haley RW ; Mallison GF
• Description:
  Data from the first two phases of the Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control (SENIC) project were analyzed to determine the extent and nature of environmental culturing in United States hospitals. In 1975, 75 percent of hospitals performed routine environmental cultures but between 1970 and 1976, 25 percent had permanently reduced the extent of culturing. Hospitals with more than 200 beds and those with an infection control nurse were more likely to have reduced their extent of culturing. During 1976 to 1977, hospitals performing cultures collected an average of 500 environmental cultures per year. In 1975 only 28 percent of the approximately 2 million environmental cultures collected in hospitals were indicated by current recommendations of the Center for Disease Control and the American Hospital Association. The authors conclude that many hospitals were still investing substantial resources in nonrecommended culturing during 1976 to 1977, although the increased utilization of infection control nurses indicates a cost saving movement that is likely to continue. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Health Personnel Microbiology Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-Method Disease-control Environmental-factors; Health-care-personnel Medical-personnel Microorganisms NIOSH-Analytical-Method NIOSH-Publication Sampling SCP Standards Standards-Completion-Program

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• ISSN:
  0002-9343
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00124936
• Citation:
  Am J Med 1981 Apr; 70(4):941-946
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  The American Journal of Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2a0da78c8f07077d645b1f2dad6c379a03639b3ebf6c370bf6b77a158359b3f0b0f6a46f2c60c47e1f66e621ddcb7d81a3f2c5c91649566bba35a48fe8a3ad87
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