Who is really caring for your environment of care? Developing standardized cleaning procedures and effective monitoring techniques

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 387-392

  Dumigan, Diane G ^a   Boyce, John M ^a,b   Havill, Nancy L ^a   Golebiewski, Michael ^a   Balogun, Ola ^a   Rizvani, Ramo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP bioluminescence; Environmental cleaning responsibilities; hospital disinfection responsibilities; hospital housekeeping; hospital process improvement; monitoring hospital cleaning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDIZATION;

DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 77953023608     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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