Disinfection Spotlight: High-Touch, Shared Surfaces and Equipment

In dynamic healthcare facilities, high-touch shared equipment, including keyboards, Workstations on Wheels (WOWs), mobile tablets and smartphones, are contaminated and potential vectors for microbial transmission between users. Given the fast, daily pace in any healthcare environment, it can be challenging to effectively clean and disinfect these objects between uses by multiple team members – and do so without damaging the surfaces. Supported by Pfiedler Education, a division of AORN. Funding provided by UVDI. 

1. Understand the current state of the evidence regarding microbial contamination and transmission on and between high-touch, shared surfaces and equipment.
2. Review current chemical-based and UV-C disinfection products using a clinical, operational and financial lens.
3. Discuss common operational and implementation questions, including roles, workflow and materials.