Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection

• Autores: Michelle Traverse, Helen Aceto
• Localización: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice: Small Animal Practice, ISSN-e 0195-5616, Vol. 45, Nº. 2, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Infection Control), págs. 299-330
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The guidelines in this article provide veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary health care workers with an overview of evidence-based recommendations for the best practices associated with environmental cleaning and disinfection of a veterinary clinic that deals with small animals. Hospital-associated infections and the control and prevention programs necessary to alleviate them are addressed from an environmental perspective. Measures of hospital cleaning and disinfection include understanding mechanisms and types of contamination in veterinary settings, recognizing areas of potential concern, addressing appropriate decontamination techniques and selection of disinfectants, the management of potentially contaminated equipment, laundry, and waste management, and environmental surveillance strategies.