Environmental cleaning in UK healthcare since the NHS Plan: A policy and evidence based context

Facilities

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-22

  May, Daryl ^a   Pitt, Michael ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Facilities management; Infection control; National Health Service; NHS Plan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856153539     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771211194248     Document Type: Review

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