Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (Sep 2024)
Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus
- Giorgia Gon,
- Angela Dramowski,
- Emilio Hornsey,
- Wendy Graham,
- Nasser Fardousi,
- Alexander Aiken,
- Benedetta Allegranzi,
- Darcy Anderson,
- James Bartram,
- Sanjay Bhattacharya,
- John Brogan,
- An Caluwaerts,
- Maria Clara Padoveze,
- Nizam Damani,
- Stephanie Dancer,
- Miranda Deeves,
- Lindsay Denny,
- Nicholas Feasey,
- Lisa Hall,
- Joost Hopman,
- Laxman Kharal Chettry,
- Martin Kiernan,
- Claire Kilpatrick,
- Shaheen Mehtar,
- Christine Moe,
- Stephen Nurse-Findlay,
- Folasade Ogunsola,
- Tochi Okwor,
- Bruno Pascual,
- Molly Patrick,
- Oliver Pearse,
- Alexandra Peters,
- Didier Pittet,
- Julie Storr,
- Sara Tomczyk,
- Thomas G. Weiser,
- Habib Yakubu
Affiliations
- Giorgia Gon
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Angela Dramowski
- Stellenbosch University
- Emilio Hornsey
- UK Health Security Agency
- Wendy Graham
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Nasser Fardousi
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Alexander Aiken
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Benedetta Allegranzi
- Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Integrated Health Services, World Health Organisation (WHO) HQ
- Darcy Anderson
- The Water Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- James Bartram
- University of Leeds
- Sanjay Bhattacharya
- Tata Medical Center
- John Brogan
- Helvetas
- An Caluwaerts
- IPC Consultant
- Maria Clara Padoveze
- Universidade de São Paulo
- Nizam Damani
- Southern Health and Social Care Trust
- Stephanie Dancer
- NHS Lanarkshire
- Miranda Deeves
- Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Integrated Health Services, World Health Organisation (WHO) HQ
- Lindsay Denny
- United Nations Children’s Fund
- Nicholas Feasey
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Lisa Hall
- University of Queensland
- Joost Hopman
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
- Laxman Kharal Chettry
- Terre des Hommes
- Martin Kiernan
- Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London
- Claire Kilpatrick
- KSHealthcare Consulting
- Shaheen Mehtar
- Infection Control Africa Network
- Christine Moe
- Emory University
- Stephen Nurse-Findlay
- World Health Organization
- Folasade Ogunsola
- Infection Control Africa Network
- Tochi Okwor
- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
- Bruno Pascual
- Terre des Hommes
- Molly Patrick
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Oliver Pearse
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Alexandra Peters
- University of Geneva
- Didier Pittet
- University of Geneva
- Julie Storr
- KSHealthcare Consulting
- Sara Tomczyk
- Robert Koch Institute
- Thomas G. Weiser
- Stanford University
- Habib Yakubu
- Emory University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 4
Abstract
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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