• 1. Emergency Medicine Department, Sichuan Intergrative Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Food Physical Chemistry Department, Chengdu Food and Drug Inspection and Research Institute, Chengdu, Sichuan 610045, P. R. China;
  • 3. Healthcare-associated Infection Control Center, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610072, P. R. China;
XIANG Qian, Email: 3all@163.com
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ObjectiveTo investigate the disinfection effect of dry-fogging hydrogen peroxide (DFHP) on ambulance inner surfaces.MethodsThis study was carried out using simulated field test and field test from October to December 2018. In the simulated field test, the carriers with Geobacillus stearothemopilus (ATCC12980) spores were placed in 6 places in the ambulance, and disinfected for 60 minutes with DFHP of 0.38–0.72 g/m3. The carriers were cultured for up to 7 days to observe whether the bacteria were eliminated. Before and after the DFHP disinfection, the microbial sampling of the surface in the ambulance was carried out, and the colonies were counted after the cultivation.ResultsThe eliminating rate of the bacteria carriers on the uncovered surface was 100% (20/20), and that of the covered surface was 10% (1/10). The pass rate of microbial sampling was 100% (26/26).ConclusionsThe DFHP had a significant decontamination effect on the ambulance inner uncovered surfaces. The DFHP equipment is automated and their disinfecting quality is consistent, therefore it is suitable for the disinfection of ambulance inner surfaces. But the limitation of disinfection effect on covered surfaces should be avoided.

Citation: ZHOU Yanyan, CHEN Lan, XIANG Qian. Decontamination effect on environmental surfaces microbe in ambulance by dry-fogging hydrogen peroxide. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(3): 290-294. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201902008 Copy