WHAT’S HIDING behind privacy curtains? Potential contamination can be overlooked in routine cleaning

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“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the most frequently touched or high-touch surfaces in a patient’s room. These areas — such as the bedside table, bedrails and remote control — are touched numerous times throughout the day by healthcare workers. High-touch surfaces are cleaned and disinfected daily as part of the routine cleaning of a patient’s room. Yet, there is one high-touch surface that did not make the CDC’s list and is not part of patient room routine daily cleaning. That surface is the privacy curtain.”