Clean Hospitals: Healthcare Environmental Hygiene and Patient Safety

Articles (7 in this collection)

1. Knowledge, awareness, and risk practices related to bacterial contamination of antiseptics, disinfectants, and hand hygiene products among healthcare workers in sub-saharan Africa: a cross-sectional survey in three tertiary care hospitals (Benin, Burkina Faso, and DR Congo)

   Authors (first, second and last of 11)

   • Palpouguini Lompo
   • Anne-Sophie Heroes
   • Jan Jacobs

   • Content type: Research
   • Open Access
   • Published: 16 April 2024

   • Article: 44

   

2. Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia

   Authors (first, second and last of 12)

   • Uduak Okomo
   • Giorgia Gon
   • Alexander M. Aiken

   • Content type: Research
   • Open Access
   • Published: 08 April 2024

   • Article: 36

   

3. Evaluation of a novel surface-coating formulation with time-extended antimicrobial activity for healthcare environment disinfection

   Authors (first, second and last of 5)

   • Roberto Bruno Maria Marano
   • Diana Merezhko
   • Yonatan Oster

   • Content type: Research
   • Open Access
   • Published: 23 November 2023

   • Article: 133

   

4. How biofilm changes our understanding of cleaning and disinfection

   Authors

   • Jean-Yves Maillard
   • Isabella Centeleghe

   • Content type: Review
   • Open Access
   • Published: 07 September 2023

   • Article: 95

   

5. Environmental approaches to controlling Clostridioides difficile infection in healthcare settings

   Authors

   • Philip C. Carling
   • Michael F. Parry
   • Russell Olmstead

   • Content type: Review
   • Open Access
   • Published: 07 September 2023

   • Article: 94

   

6. Multimodal environmental cleaning strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections

   Authors

   • Katrina Browne
   • Brett G Mitchell

   • Content type: Comment
   • Open Access
   • Published: 23 August 2023

   • Article: 83

   

7. Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future

   Authors

   • Stephanie J. Dancer

   • Content type: Review
   • Open Access
   • Published: 22 August 2023

   • Article: 80