Comparing the Bioburden Measured by Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) Luminescence Technology to Contact Plate-Based Microbiologic Sampling to Assess the Cleanliness of the Patient Care Environment. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The correlation between ATP concentration and bacterial burden in the patient care environment was assessed. These findings suggest that a correlation exists between ATP concentration and bacterial burden, and they generally support ATP technology manufacturer-recommended cutoff values. Despite relatively modest discriminative ability, this technology may serve as a useful proxy for cleanliness.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:622-624.

publication date

  • February 27, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Microbiological Techniques

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85042561735

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1017/ice.2018.39

PubMed ID

  • 29485016

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 39

issue

  • 5