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Table 7 An overview of the environmental and clinical outcomes of studies using UV-C

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

35.8–98% reduction

98% reduction

2 [76, 77]

53.1–71.8% reduction

53.1–71.8% reduction

3 [81,82,83]

 

CPE

   

7.5% increase to100% reduction

100% reduction

2 [82, 83]

 

ESBL

   

12.9% reduction

 

1 [82]

 

MRSA

66.7–100% reduction

79–97.5% reduction

6 [60,61,62, 77,78,79]

9.5% increase to 30.8% reduction

30.8% reduction

3 [81,82,83]

 

VRE

21.8–100% reduction

83.3–100% reduction

6 [60,61,62, 76,77,78]

0.3–33.8% reduction

0.3–33.8% reduction

3 [81,82,83]

Spores

C. difficile

23.9–100% reduction

80–100% reduction

6 [60, 76,77,78,79,80]

26.1 increase to 46.2% reduction

9.6–46.2% reduction

5 [80, 81, 83,84,85]

Yeast

C. auris

100% reduction after cleaning

100% reduction after cleaning

1 [79]

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