Why is there a discrepancy between laboratory test results and real-world efficacy of continuously active quaternary ammonium disinfectants?

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jun;45(6):796-798. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.15. Epub 2024 Feb 12.

Authors

Jennifer L Cadnum¹, Samir Memic¹, Annette L Jencson¹, Curtis J Donskey^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 38343341
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.15

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / prevention & control
Disinfectants* / pharmacology
Humans
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds* / pharmacology