Gon, G., Dramowski, A., Hornsey, E. et al. (34 more authors) (2024) Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 13. 112. ISSN 2047-2994
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.
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Keywords: | Environment cleaning; Healthcare facilities; Research priorities |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2025 15:35 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2025 15:35 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:221332 |