Introduction The importance of hospital cleaning for controlling healthcare-associated
infection (HAI) has taken years to acknowledge. This is mainly because the removal of dirt is …

Almost 9 million health-care-associated infections have been estimated to occur each year
in European hospitals and long-term care facilities, and these lead to an increase in …

Background Evidence from a previous systematic review indicates that patients admitted to a
room where the previous occupant had a multidrug-resistant bacterial infection resulted in …

Chemical disinfection is an indispensable means of preventing infection. This holds true for
healthcare settings, but also for all other settings where transmission of pathogens poses a …

Background As frontline providers of care, nurses and midwives play a critical role in
controlling infections such as COVID-19, influenza, multi-drug resistant organisms and …

Multidrug-resistant is defined as nonsusceptibility to at least 1 agent in 3 or more
antimicrobial categories. Controlling the spread of drug-resistant organisms is a key step in …

Background Environmental cleaning is an important approach to reducing healthcare-
associated infection. The aim of this short research paper is to describe changes in the …

Background Environmental cleanliness is a fundamental tenet in nursing and midwifery but
often overshadowed in practice. This study explored nurses' and midwives' knowledge and …

Background The hospital environment has got more attention as evidence as source for
bacterial transmission and subsequent hospital-acquired infection increased. Regular …

Objective: Short-term improvements in hospital room cleaning can readily be achieved but
are difficult to maintain. This is particularly true for high-risk,“high-touch” surfaces. Therefore …