Hospital and long-term care facility environmental service workers' training, skills, activities and effectiveness in cleaning and disinfection: a systematic review

Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces in hospitals and long-term care facilities for reducing hospital- and facility-acquired bacterial and viral infections: a systematic review

(2022) R.E. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Microbial assessment of healthcare-associated pathogens on various environmental sites in patient rooms after terminal room disinfection

(2021) Hajime Kanamori et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The effect of Copper-Oxide treated soft and hard surfaces on the incidence of Healthcare Associated Infections: A two-phase study

(2020) Paul E. Marik et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Effectiveness of a structured, framework-based approach to implementation: the Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) Trial

(2020) Lisa Hall et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Application of combined genomic and transfer analyses to identify factors mediating regional spread of antibiotic resistant bacterial lineages

(2020) Joyce Wang et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

(2019) Brett G Mitchell et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

(2019) Jonathan A C Sterne et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Changes in knowledge and attitudes of hospital environmental services staff: The Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) study

(2018) Brett G. Mitchell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Longitudinal Assessment of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Newly Admitted Nursing Facility Patients: Implications for an Evolving Population

(2018) Lona Mody et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices

(2018) Deverick J. Anderson et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Effectiveness of targeted enhanced terminal room disinfection on hospital-wide acquisition and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile : a secondary analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with crossover design (BETR Disinfection)

(2018) Deverick J Anderson et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of an ultraviolet air sterilizer on cardiac surgery patients, a randomized clinical trial

(2018) María Heredia-Rodríguez et al.   MEDICINA CLINICA

1961. A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Accelerated Copper Textiles on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: The “Investigating Microbial Pathogen Activity of Copper Textiles” (IMPACT) Study

(2018) Ebbing Lautenbach et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning

(2017) Lauren P. Knelson et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A Multicenter Randomized Trial to Determine the Effect of an Environmental Disinfection Intervention on the Incidence of Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection

(2017) Amy J. Ray et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study

(2017) Deverick J Anderson et al.   LANCET

Network of microbial and antibiotic interactions drive colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms

(2017) Joyce Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Making infection prevention education interactive can enhance knowledge and improve outcomes: Results from the Targeted Infection Prevention (TIP) Study

(2016) Evonne Koo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Reduction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in long-term care is possible while maintaining patient socialization: A prospective randomized clinical trial

(2016) Lance R. Peterson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Receipt of Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients and Risk for Clostridium difficile Infection in Subsequent Patients Who Occupy the Same Bed

(2016) Daniel E. Freedberg et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Universal Screening and Decolonization for Control of MRSA in Nursing Homes: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study

(2015) Cristina Bellini et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A Targeted Infection Prevention Intervention in Nursing Home Residents With Indwelling Devices

(2015) Lona Mody et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Impact of Detection, Education, Research and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term care (DERAIL) on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and transmission at 3 long-term care facilities

(2014) Donna M. Schora et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multicomponent Intervention Protocol for Pneumonia Prevention Among Nursing Home Elders

(2014) Manisha Juthani-Mehta et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Copper Surfaces Reduce the Rate of Healthcare-Acquired Infections in the Intensive Care Unit

(2013) Cassandra D. Salgado et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A Short-Term, Multicomponent Infection Control Program in Nursing Homes: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

(2012) Kathleen Chami et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Cluster randomised controlled trial of an infection control education and training intervention programme focusing on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes for older people

(2010) N.S. Baldwin et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION