Can the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assay be used as an indicator for hospital cleaning? - A pilot study

• Main Authors: Niephaus, Valerie (Author), Parohl, Nina (Author), Heiligtag, Sabine (Author), Reuter, Henning (Author), Hackler, Reiner (Author), Popp, Walter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In hospital cleaning, there is currently no standard for uniform monitoring of surface cleaning, either in Germany or internationally. One possibility for monitoring is the use of so-called objective methods for checking cleaning performance (e.g. fluorescence or adenosine triphosphate (...