Moving Forward with Hospital Cleaning

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avondale-bepress.context-key5148270
avondale-bepress.submission-pathnh_papers/44
avondale.affiliateMitchell, Brett; 0000-0003-4220-8291
avondale.departmentLifestyle Medicine and Health Research Centre
avondale.facultyNursing
avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewedPeer Reviewed
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorGraves, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorShaban, Ramon Z.
dc.contributor.authorDancer, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Brett G.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:37:43Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:37:43Z
dc.date.issued2013-11-01
dc.date.submitted2014-02-17T18:49:23Z
dc.description.abstract<p>It is encouraging to see the development of new innovations in the area of hospital cleaning.1 However, there remains a fundamental question to answer when evaluating changes in cleaning practice. This question is, “Does a novel cleaning strategy reduce the risk of health care-associated infection and is it a cost-effective use of scarce health care resources?” Lack of evidence on patient outcome remains the single most important deficit when proposing changes to routine cleaning practice. It is also true to say that the role of cleaning itself for controlling health care-associated infection is still hotly debated.</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>Mitchell, B. G., Dancer, S., Shaban, R., & Graves, N. (2013, November). Moving forward with hospital cleaning [Letter to the editor]. <em>American Journal of Infection Control, 41</em>(11), 1138-1139. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.307</p>
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.307
dc.identifier.issn0196-6553
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/05148270
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.provenance<p>This article was originally published as:</p> <p>Mitchell, B. G., Dancer, S., Shaban, R., & Graves, N. (2013, November). Moving forward with hospital cleaning [Letter to the editor]. <em>American Journal of Infection Control, 41</em>(11), 1138-1139. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.307</p> <p>ISSN:0196-6553</p>
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal of Infection Control
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019665531300802X
dc.rights<p>Due to copyright restrictions this article is unavailable for download.</p> <p>This article can be accessed from the publisher<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019665531300802X"> here.</a></p> <p>Staff and Students of Avondale College may access this article from a library PRIMO search <a href="http://www.avondale.edu.au/library">here.</a></p>
dc.subjectinfection control
dc.subjectinfectious agent
dc.subjectsteam cleaning
dc.titleMoving Forward with Hospital Cleaning
dc.typeJournal Article

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