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

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 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-1405, 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. and Yakubu, Habib (2024) 'Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus'. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, Vol 13, Issue 112.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 100 General works WA Public Health > WA 30.2 Climate Change WA Public Health > Air pollution > WA 750 Air sanitation and hygiene
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2024 09:08
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2024 09:08
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/25412

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