Sustainability and Novel Technologies to Improve Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare - Implications and Considerations

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2025-02-01

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Elsevier

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Abstract

Along with emerging technologies electrolysed water (EW) systems have been proposed for cleaning and/or disinfection in clinical areas. There is evidence for the use of EW in food-handling and the dairy industry however there is lack of evidence for EW as an effective cleaning and disinfecting agent in a clinical setting. Existing publications mostly are either laboratory based or from non-clinical settings. This is in direct contrast to other approaches used in healthcare cleaning. The aim of this paper is to provide infection prevention and control professionals with a risk assessment checklist using an evaluation of electrolysed water as an example of the analysis and consideration required prior to the introduction of any new technology and, in particular, the inclusion of sustainability.

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Crown Copyright 2024 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control. Staff and Students of Avondale University may access the full text of this article via a Library Primo search https://avondale.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=61UNI_AVN:AVN

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Checklist, Disinfection, Emerging technologies, Electrolysed water, Environmental cleaning, Risk assessment

Citation

Jain, S., Dempsey, K., Clezy, K., Mitchell, B. G., & Kiernan, M. A. (2025). Sustainability and novel technologies to improve environmental cleaning in healthcare - Implications and considerations. Infection, Disease & Health, 30(1), 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2024.07.002

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2468-0451

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