Year in Review: Environmental Hygiene
With 2010 coming to a close quickly, ICT presents the top news items and articles of 2010 relating to environmental hygiene, ranked in order of popularity based on Web clicks by ICT readers. Sponsored by Copper Development Association.
Sponsored by Copper Development Association.
1. ASHES at 25: Celebrating and Championing the Environmental Services Profession
2. Cleaning Intervention Cuts C. difficile Acquisition Rates by One-Third
3. Guidelines for Evaluating New Technologies for Infection Control
4. Researchers Define 'High-Touch' Surfaces in Hospitals
5. Housekeeping Hot Spots for Germs
6. Survey Shows Infection Preventionists Team Up With Environmental Services
7. Steel and Glass Surfaces Among the Environmental Factors That Help Avian Flu Virus Survive
8. Level of Bacteria on Elevator Buttons 40 Times Higher Than on Public Toilet Seats
9. Eradicating C. diff Spores from Toilets of Hospitalized Patients
10. Daily Bleach Cleaning Reduces VRE Bacteremia Rates
Infection Intel: Revolutionizing Ultrasound Probe Disinfection With Germitec's Chronos
November 19th 2024Learn how Germitec’s Chronos uses patented UV-C technology for high-level disinfection of ultrasound probes in 90 seconds, enhancing infection control, patient safety, and environmental sustainability.
Clean Hospitals Corner With Alexandra Peters, PhD: The Issues Around Outsourcing
November 7th 2024Outsourcing environmental hygiene in health care facilities offers cost benefits but often compromises quality. Effective oversight, training, and standards are essential for ensuring patient safety.
Strengthening Defenses: Integrating Infection Control With Antimicrobial Stewardship
October 11th 2024Use this handout to explain the basics of why infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship are essential and how the 2 fields must have a unified approach to patient and staff safety
