Lead aprons carry MRSA. Most are never cleaned.
While in New Orleans last month for the 2026 AORN Global Surgical Conference and Expo, I attended a session called, "Is It Really Clean? ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) Contamination Monitoring." The discussion got into the nitty gritty of rapid measurement of…
While in New Orleans last month for the 2026 AORN Global Surgical Conference and Expo, I attended a session called, “Is It Really Clean? ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) Contamination Monitoring.” The discussion got into the nitty gritty of rapid measurement of cleanliness: what ATP testing is, where it is used inside a hospital, and the surfaces that fail testing most consistently. The real gem of the presentation was the list of …
Lead aprons carry MRSA. Most are never cleaned.
