Cold-air atmospheric pressure plasma against clostridium difficile spores: A potential alternative for the decontamination of hospital inanimate surfaces

Tânia Claro; Orla J. Cahill; Niall O'Connor; Stephen Daniels; Hilary Humphreys

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.39

Cold-air atmospheric pressure plasma against clostridium difficile spores: A potential alternative for the decontamination of hospital inanimate surfaces

Tânia Claro
, Orla J. Cahill
, Niall O'Connor
, Stephen Daniels
, Hilary Humphreys

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Clostridium difficile spores survive for months on environmental surfaces and are highly resistant to decontamination. We evaluated the effect of cold-air plasma against C. difficile spores. The single-jet had no effect while the multi-jet achieved 2-3 log10 reductions in spore counts and may augment traditional decontamination. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0):1-3.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	742-744
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.39
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Cold-air atmospheric pressure plasma against clostridium difficile spores: A potential alternative for the decontamination of hospital inanimate surfaces

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