Management of Environmental Safety and Cleaning in Hospitals

●  Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC): APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology, 4th Edition, 2014.

●  Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning for Infection Prevention and Control: In All Health Care Settings, 3rd Edition, Public Health Ontario, 2018. Available at: https://www.publichealthontario.ca

●  CDC AND HICPAC Recommendations  guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities (2023) updated December 14, 2023

● CDC Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning in Global Healthcare Facilities with Limited Resources (2024): Environmental Cleaning Procedures

● CDC Recommendations for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities (2008) updated December 7, 2023

●  Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007) updated November 27, 2023

●  IRISH Infection Prevention and Control (IPC): National clinical guideline no. 30 May 2023 vol 1

●  Rutala, W. A., Weber, D. J., & the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). “Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008.” Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 29(S1), S61-S62.

●  The Joint Commission Standard EC.02.06.01: The Hospital Maintains a Safe, Functional Environment Available at: https://www.jointcommission.org/

●  WHO Guidelines on Core Components of Infection Prevention and Control Programmes at the National and Acute Health Care Facility Level, 2016. Available at: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/251730