Posts Tagged ‘CLEANING’
Our thoughts from Clean Hospitals Digital Day Two
The 2nd Clean Hospitals Digital Day was hosted on 7th December following on from the success of initial day earlier this year. Environmental decontamination, air treatment/purification, sustainability and their role in keeping hospitals clean, were all on the agenda with speakers from across the globe. Lessons Learnt from the REACH study – Prof. Brett Mitchell…
Read MoreHow to clean your home to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Due to the new strain of the COVID-19 virus, many of us are facing tighter restrictions and spending more time at home. With this in mind, we look at how keeping your home clean can help prevent the spread of COVID-19. From targeting frequently touched surfaces to wiping in an “S” shape, here’s how to…
Read MoreImproving hospital cleaning and disinfection
This post shares the findings of a recent study exploring improving hospital cleaning and disinfection through streamlining product and enhanced training. A team working in Lanarkshire, the third largest health board in Scotland, has recently published a study evaluating the impact of an intervention to improve hospital cleaning and disinfection through the implementation of pre-impregnated wipes combined…
Read MoreThe role of the environmental hygiene nurse in preventing HCAI
An interesting article published recently in Infection Prevention in Practice illustrates the potential for a dedicated nursing role focussed on environmental hygiene to prevent HCAI. The study was performed in a 32-bed general ICU in Argentina. The intervention was the introduction of a novel post: the “Hospital environmental hygiene nurse”. This post was a full-time post dedicated to direct…
Read MoreChoosing the right disinfectant wipe
There is a wide range of options when choosing the most appropriate disinfectant wipe. The University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), that prompted this series, evidenced that switching from one disinfectant wipe strategy to a more effective one resulted in improved patient outcomes. Several factors influence the choice of wipe: intended application, range of microbial efficacy, staff acceptability and cost.The key consideration when selecting a…
Read MoreThe biofilm challenge for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilisation
In the AJIC special issue on ‘Disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis’, there is a helpful State-of-the-Science mini-review on the importance of biofilms in medical device reprocessing and healthcare surface disinfection. The review covers the growing appreciation that biofilms present a tough challenging to cleaning, disinfection, and sterilisation attempts for both medical devices and surfaces in healthcare settings. The review draws…
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