Cleaning & Disinfection for Touch Points
Cleaning & Disinfection for Touch Points The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced why it is so important to practice good hand hygiene and ensure surfaces, particularly those that are classed as ‘high-touch’ or ‘high-risk’, are cleaned and disinfected frequently. But are we really aware of the surfaces we touch and the risk of transmission if these […]
CDC proposes research agenda focused on the cleaning and disinfection of surfaces in patient rooms
CDC Environmental Hygiene in Healthcare In the 1970s and 1980s the transmission of pathogens from healthcare surfaces to susceptible patients was thought to be insignificant. More recent studies show surfaces in the patient’s room such as bedrails, bedside tables and call buttons may play a role in the transmission of disease from one patient to […]
New cleaning standards from NHSE
New cleaning standards from NHSE After NHS England/Improvement (NHSE/I) released the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness (NSoHC) 2021, NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has reviewed and developed a plan to implement the new cleaning standards with our customers, successfully doing so already with all acute and mental health Trusts. NHSPS’ approach is to deliver the NHS England […]
New Insights for Health Care Environmental Hygiene
New Insights for Health Care Environmental Hygiene Philip C. Carling, MD, published “Health Care Environmental Hygiene: New Insights and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidance” in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology journal. Dr. Carling is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and a key opinion leader in methodologies and process […]