{"id":23558,"date":"2025-10-30T10:05:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/articles\/a-study-conducted-in-texas-found-that-even-after-routine-disinfection-harmful-microbes-can-still-be-present-on-hospital-surfaces\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:05:44","slug":"a-study-conducted-in-texas-found-that-even-after-routine-disinfection-harmful-microbes-can-still-be-present-on-hospital-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/articles\/a-study-conducted-in-texas-found-that-even-after-routine-disinfection-harmful-microbes-can-still-be-present-on-hospital-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"A study conducted in Texas found that even after routine disinfection, harmful microbes can still be present on hospital surfaces."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7197 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cdc-PhaTJPdtaCU-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"256\">The study was conducted between June and July 2022, during which researchers collected samples from 400 surfaces at Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System facilities (<em>Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Sampling focused on high-touch surfaces and medical equipment. A total of 60 different microorganisms were identified, including 18 pathogens. Approximately half of the bacteria identified through these samples were also found in clinical samples collected from patients during 2022.   <\/p>\n<p>More information about the study can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajicjournal.org\/article\/S0196-6553(23)00785-X\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned study highlights that preventative actions to prevent the spread of infections are critically important in medical facilities. <span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">It is important to identify areas requiring improvement in both cleaning and disinfection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In medical facilities, cleanliness has a different meaning than in everyday life. A microorganism that might be harmless in the living environment of healthy individuals can cause someone&#8217;s death in a hospital setting. Therefore, it is crucial to identify areas where cleaning is of critical importance. High-touch surfaces are one such area. Once &#8220;dirt is detected,&#8221; its deliberate removal and the <span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">consistent evaluation of the desired cleanliness outcome<\/span> are essential. <span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">In Estonia, the Scandinavian standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evs.ee\/et\/evs-944-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EVS944<\/a> Cleanliness Requirements in Healthcare Facilities is used, which helps define the needs-based level of cleanliness, assess its achievement, and identify bottlenecks.<\/span>    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study was conducted between June and July 2022, during which researchers collected samples from 400 surfaces at Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System facilities (<em>Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/articles\/a-study-conducted-in-texas-found-that-even-after-routine-disinfection-harmful-microbes-can-still-be-present-on-hospital-surfaces\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-cleaning-science"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puhastusekspert.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}