Surface Hygiene

Surface Cleaning

It goes without saying that surfaces in hospitals and other medical facilities must be free of contamination and in an attractive and hygienic condition. Surface cleaning in these areas serves to ensure cleanliness and is a basic prerequisite for hygiene as a whole. In contrast to cleaning, the aim of surface disinfection is to prevent the transmission of pathogens. Depending on the internal risk assessment, cleaning is usually sufficient for many surfaces of a medical facility, such as surfaces away from patients and floors.

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Application of probiotic cleaners in surface disinfection

Pathogens can be transmitted accidentally between patients or healthcare workers, however, surfaces are a reservoir for pathogens, too, and contribute to spreading of nosocomial infections. Therefore, comprehensive environmental...

Practical recommendations for routine cleaning and disinfection procedures in healthcare institutions: a narrative review

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a substantial challenge for modern medicine. Approximately 5 % of all patients in German hospitals acquire a HAI...

An environmental cleaning bundle and healthcare-associated infections in hospitals (REACH): a multicentre, randomised trial

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are causing prolonged stays in hospitals and pose a substantial burden...

Risk assessment of surfaces in healthcare facilities

Surfaces in healthcare facilities pose a considerable risk for the spread of nosocomial infections, because several clinically relevant pathogens have the ability to persist for a long time on surfaces. For example, C. difficile...

Clinically relevant pathogens in healthcare facilities

About 3.8 million people across Europe contract a nosocomial infection during a hospital stay every year [1]. Although the majority of these infections are due to endogenous causes such as the body's own microbial flora...

Surface Cleaning

Surface cleaning describes the process by which soiling is removed fromsurfaces "using water with cleaning-enhancing additives (e.g. detergentsor enzymatic products)"...

Knowledge Database

The A-to-Z database provides information on each pathogen, the most common infections that it triggers, its main transmission paths and recommendations on disinfection. In the glossary, you will find explanations of infection control terms. Search now!

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Our periodically published DISINFACTS offers well-founded and practical information on special topics related to hygiene and infection protection. The focus: new recommendations and regulations, studies, products, and background knowledge on diseases.

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