"Most new Ebola patients get the disease from other patients, so the focus needs to be on isolation to break that chain.
From the initial data it appeared that patients who were on isolation precautions were getting less optimal cleaning compared to the rooms of patients not on isolation.
The UVM was applied to the toilets of patients who were on isolation precautions due to Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) as well as for patients who were not on isolation precautions.
The enhanced housekeeping protocol (twice daily cleaning) used by this hospital was for toilets of patients who were on isolation precautions due to CDAD.
When the patient is on isolation the resident performs HH before going into the room, possibly implying that they might not do this in a non-isolated room.
Patients were enrolled in one of the following arms of the study: Patients enrolled in Arm 1 of the study had diarrhea, laboratory confirmed CDAD, and were on isolation precautions.
In summary this study demonstrated the value of using the UVM as a means of monitoring compliance with housekeeping cleaning protocols for all patients regardless of whether they were on isolation precautions or not.
No limit was set on isolation capacity and it was assumed that all identified carriers were isolated, with corresponding isolation costs.
*Patients with diarrhea where the diagnostic test for CDAD was positive and the patient was placed on isolation precautions with enhanced housekeeping (twice daily) using 0.05% SHP.
The diagnosis of meningitis was based on isolation of a bacterium in one cerebrospinal fluid culture, as reiterated by Mayhall et al. [2].
