APSIC Guidelines for environmental cleaning and decontamination

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ling, Moi Lin ^a   Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^b   Thu, Le Thi Anh ^c   Villanueva, Victoria ^d   Pandjaitan, Costy ^e   Yusof, Mohamad Yasim ^f  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d Chong Hua Hospital   (Philippines)

^e Association of Infection Prevention Control Nurse   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Environmental cleaning; Environmental hygiene

Indexed keywords

BED; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FLOODING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAUNDRY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAFF TRAINING; STORAGE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85006189027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-015-0099-7     Document Type: Review

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