Abstract
Introduction Rapid Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) testing is becoming a commonly used method to measure cleanliness on reusable medical devices and healthcare environmental surfaces. Unfortunately, ATP testing devices suffer from inherent variability from a number of sources including imprecision in ATP measurement. Method This paper proposes a new sampling algorithm which reduces the impact of inherent variability and thus improves decision making when using ATP testing. Conclusion This algorithm can be applied across a variety of applications to provide more reliable data on measurable cleanliness standards for both medical devices and environmental surfaces. Formal trials using the new ATP sampling algorithm are required.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 169-175 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Infection, Disease and Health |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2016. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- ATP testing
- ATP variability
- cleaning monitoring
- quality assurance