The Influence Of Different Footwear On Floor Contamination

Ward floors and other surfaces as reservoirs of hospital infection.

The influence of different footwear on floor contamination. Scand j infect dis 11 3 243 246. Ceramics concrete and granite tiles are tested. The present paper investigates the friction between rubber and leather footwear on one side and different flooring materials on the other side. The contamination of a floor due to walking was about 16 times higher than contamination of the floor due to sedimentation only measured with impression plates.

The influence of different footwear on floor bacterial counts. The importance of walking as a source of floor contamination and the influence of different footwear routines on floor contamination was evaluated. The influence of different footwear on floor. The importance of walking as a source of floor contamination and the influence of different footwear routines on floor contamination was evaluated.

Hambraeus a bengtsson s laurell g. The contamination of a floor due to walking was about 16 times higher than contamination of the floor due to sedimentation only measured with impression plates. The contamination of a floor due to walking was. Nagai i kadota m takechi m et al.

Both dry and wet contamination agents are considered. The influence of different footwear on floor contamination. Cleaned shoes did not reduce floor contamination hambraeus and malmborg 1979. Floor contamination would not be affected if the shoe cleaning method was ineffective.

Hambraeus a malmborg as. The analysis of variance results indicated that the footwear material floor contamination conditions and groove width were all significant p 0 0001 factors affecting the measured cof. Acof estimated with ref vinyl and any contaminant exhibited generally low correlation with acof of the other vinyl when the contaminant was also. The importance of walking as a source of floor contamination and the influence of different footwear routines on floor contamination was evaluated.

J hosp infect 1984. No significant difference in floor contamination could be seen with different footwear ordinary shoes clean shoes shoe covers. The contamination of a floor due to walking was about 16 times higher than contamination of the floor due to sedimentation only measured with impression plates. Studies on the mode of bacterial contamination of an operating theatre corridor floor.

However investigators did not specify shoe cleaning methods nor was the level of shoe contamination determined before or after cleaning. Hambraeus a malmborg as. Traction of shoes across different floorings and different contaminants the traction or acof were correlated for certain cases when changing both the floor and contaminant conditions table 3.