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Key Item

Road Map to a Comprehensive Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Prevention Program. See the system-wide environmental cleaning section. Complete the HAI road map audit checklist prior to beginning any of the gap analyses.

System-wide Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection - HAI prevention strategies

System-wide environmental cleaning is a building block for healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention.

The practices in the Road Map to a Comprehensive Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Prevention Program, including the system-wide environmental cleaning section, guide organizations in developing the infrastructure necessary to support and sustain infection prevention best practices.

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Sample Tools

Operating Room Checklist. Gillette Children’s self-audit cleaning checklist for cleaning between patients in the operating room. (1-page Word doc)

. The CDC provides elements for a level 1 and level 2 programs. December 2010

A Targeted Strategy to Wipe Out Clostridium difficile. Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 32, No. 11 (November 2011), pp. 1137-1139. (4-page PDF)

Professional Education and Training

References, Guidelines, Standards

. CDC guideline presents evidence-based recommendations for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of patient-care medical devices and the healthcare environment. (158-page PDF)

. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compilation of recommendations for the prevention and control of infectious diseases that are associated with healthcare environments.

. Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (225-page PDF)

  Updated Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (225 page PDF)

Patient Education

 

 
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