Optimizing Health Care Environmental Hygiene

• Autores: Philip C. Carling
• Localización: Infectious disease clinics of North America, ISSN 0891-5520, Vol. 30, Nº. 3, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare, Part 1: Facility Planning and Management), págs. 639-660
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article presents a review and perspectives on aspects of optimizing health care environmental hygiene. The topics covered include the epidemiology of environmental surface contamination, a discussion of cleaning health care patient area surfaces, an overview of disinfecting health care surfaces, an overview of challenges in monitoring cleaning versus cleanliness, a description of an integrated approach to environmental hygiene and hand hygiene as interrelated disciplines, and an overview of the research opportunities and challenges related to health care environmental hygiene.