Hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination technology is one of
the hot topics at this year?s
Infection Prevention Society annual conference. Six scientific posters are
being presented on HPV at Infection Prevention 2011, held at the Bournemouth
International Centre 19-21 September.
Commenting on this latest research, James Salkeld Head of
Healthcare at Bioquell said, "It is good to see that hydrogen peroxide vapour
(HPV) technology continues to have significant scientific support. Many
technologies claiming to eradicate pathogens that cause healthcare associated
infections (HCAIs) do not have a robust scientific argument. It is important
for healthcare professional to understand the differences between technologies
that have been „proven?
in practice and those that simply infer success from unrelated or unpublished
work."
The posters include reports of controlling outbreaks and
endemic cases of Clostridium difficile and in vitro evaluations of the activity
of HPV against key hospital pathogens. Two posters (from Gloucester and
Scarborough) show that including Bioquell's HPV process in a bundle of
interventions successfully reduced the incidence of C. difficile. A poster from
Lewisham reports the successful control of an outbreak of an unusual clone of
C. difficile associated with the introduction of Bioquell?s HPV process.
Posters evaluating the in vitro efficacy of Bioquell?s HPV technology include a
study from Derby demonstrating that HPV is superior to bleach for the
inactivation of C. difficile, a study from the University of Minnesota showing
that HPV is effective against feline calicivirus (a norovirus surrogate) and a
study from Great Ormond Street in London establishing the efficacy of HPV
against adenovirus, Acinetobacter, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus
faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli.
The six posters include topics on:-
Successful reduction in the burden of C.
difficile at a large NHS Trust through a bundle of interventions
- Clostridium difficile 027 - The Scarborough
experience
- The use of hydrogen peroxide vapour
decontamination in an NHS hospital to tackle repeated clusters of Clostridium
difficile 017 in a care of the elderly ward
- A comparison of traditional and advanced
technological methods effective against Clostridium difficile spores
- Survival of Nosocomial Bacteria, viruses and
viral DNA on ceramic surfaces when exposed to Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour
- Hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) inactivation of
feline calicivirus, a surrogate for norovirus - an update
Infection Prevention 2011 is organised by the Infection
Control Society and full details can be found at
http://infectionpreventionconference.org.uk including full copies of the poster
abstracts.
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