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Impact of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) on the quality of room cleaning in nursing homes.

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Persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are prone to receiving reduced quality of care. We compared the quality of room cleaning of rooms with ADRD residents and rooms… Click to show full abstract

Persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are prone to receiving reduced quality of care. We compared the quality of room cleaning of rooms with ADRD residents and rooms with non-ADRD residents in nursing homes using an ultraviolet (UV) marker. ADRD status was associated with greater failure of UV marker removal (odds ratio, 1.68; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-2.71; P = .03).

Keywords: disease related; quality; quality room; alzheimer disease; related dementias; dementias adrd

Journal Title: Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Year Published: 2023

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