Julia Friberg Walhof, A M Racila, Stacy Hockett Sherlock, Cassie Cunningham Goedken, Daniel Suh, Bernardino Guerrero, Trina Zabarsky, Kimberly Dukes, Eli N Perencevich
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Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) does not have system-wide standardized policies or procedures for ultraviolet-C (UV-C) use. Qualitative researchers performed content analysis of VAV UV-C guidance documents. We observed that lack of specificity and uniformity across guidance documents is a potential barrier to UV-C implementation and future quality control.