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Table 5 An overview of the environmental and clinical outcomes of studies using hydrogen peroxide vapour

From: The in situ efficacy of whole room disinfection devices: a literature review with practical recommendations for implementation

  

Environmental outcomes

Clinical outcomes

 

Micro-organism

Range of effect of all studies

Range of effect of stat. sign. findings

Number of studies

Range of effect of all studies

Range of effect of stat. sign. findings

Number of studies

Viruses

Norovirus

      

Bacteria

Acinetobacter

73–100% reduction

73% reduction

2 [6, 49]

   
 

CPE

      
 

ESBL

      
 

MRSA

11.1% increase to 100% reduction

98.1% reduction

7 [4, 6, 41, 50,51,52,53]

68% reduction

 

1 [41]

 

VRE

6.4–100% reduction

 

2 [41, 50]

79.3% reduction

79.3% reduction

1 [41]

Spores

C. difficile

100% reduction

100% reduction

2 [41, 54]

37–63% reduction

37–60% reduction

4 [39,40,41, 54]

Yeast

C. auris

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