Highlights
- •Sporicidal disinfectants are necessary to control Clostridioides difficiel and emerging pathogens such as Candida auris.
- •Newer sporicidal disinfectants with favorable safety profiles are needed in healthcare Electrolized water, sodium dichloroisocyanurate and peracetic acid with hydrogen peroxide are evaluated in our study.
- •In our study, sodium dichloroisocyanurate resulted in the lowest bacterial colony counts on patient room surfaces.
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Previous presentation: Preliminary data from this study was accepted for presentation at the SHEA 6th International Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections in March 2020. The conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the accepted conference abstract was published in a special edition of ICHE (https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1054)
Conflicts of interest: All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
