Environmental cleaning and disinfection of patient areas

Abstract

The healthcare setting is predisposed to harbor potential pathogens, which in turn can pose a great risk to patients. Routine cleaning of the patient environment is critical to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections. While many approaches to environmental cleaning exist, manual cleaning supplemented with ongoing assessment and feedback may be the most feasible for healthcare facilities with limited resources.

Controlling infectious disease outbreaks in low-income and middle-income countries

“…The use of ATP monitoring has been demonstrated to have a pronounced effect on the behavior of cleaners after they have received concomitant educational guidance [12]. Hospital environmental cleaning or disinfecting can be accomplished manually in low-income countries [13].…”

Assessment health status of ICU medical equipment levels at Neyshabur hospitals using ICNA and ACC indices

“…Due to the high volume of patients, the speed and severity of patient care activities by health care workers, irregularities in the levels of the hospital and medical equipment that require fluent cleaning, have made the hospital's health condition susceptible to possible pathogens. Recent studies on the quality of environmental cleanup in hospitals suggest that despite the efforts to clean up levels, most microbial contamination is at an existing level [ 1 , 2 ]. Potential pathogens that have long been present in inanimate surfaces has been reviewed previously.…”

Adenosine Triphosphate‐Bioluminescence Technology as an Adjunct Tool to Validate Cleanliness of Surgical Instruments

“…Although health care personnel commonly use visual inspection to validate the cleanliness of surgical instruments, researchers have questioned its effectiveness in nonsurgical areas . Surgical instruments appear clean to the naked eye but can be contaminated with proteinaceous and nonproteinaceous crystalline deposits .…”