Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus

Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public health advocacy, research and investment are urgently needed to develop and implem...

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Published in:	Antimicrobial resistance & infection control Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 112 - 4
Main Authors:	Gon, Giorgia, Dramowski, Angela, Hornsey, Emilio, Graham, Wendy, Fardousi, Nasser, Aiken, Alexander, Allegranzi, Benedetta, Anderson, Darcy, Bartram, James, Bhattacharya, Sanjay, Brogan, John, Caluwaerts, An, Padoveze, Maria Clara, Damani, Nizam, Dancer, Stephanie, Deeves, Miranda, Denny, Lindsay, Feasey, Nicholas, Hall, Lisa, Hopman, Joost, Chettry, Laxman Kharal, Kiernan, Martin, Kilpatrick, Claire, Mehtar, Shaheen, Moe, Christine, Nurse-Findlay, Stephen, Ogunsola, Folasade, Okwor, Tochi, Pascual, Bruno, Patrick, Molly, Pearse, Oliver, Peters, Alexandra, Pittet, Didier, Storr, Julie, Tomczyk, Sara, Weiser, Thomas G, Yakubu, Habib
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 27-09-2024 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Comment Consensus Cross Infection - prevention & control Disinfection - methods Environment cleaning Health aspects Health care reform Health Facilities Healthcare facilities Housekeeping, Hospital - standards Humans Hygiene Infection Control - methods Medical care Quality management Research priorities Environment cleaning Healthcare facilities Research priorities
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Summary:	Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public health advocacy, research and investment are urgently needed to develop and implement cost-effective interventions to improve environmental cleanliness and, thus, overall healthcare quality and safety. We outline here the CLEAN Group Consensus exercise yielding twelve urgent research questions, grouped into four thematic areas: standards, system strengthening, behaviour change, and innovation.
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ISSN:	2047-2994 2047-2994
DOI:	10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9