Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus

Giorgia Gon; Angela Dramowski; Emilio Hornsey; Wendy Graham; Nasser Fardousi; Alexander Aiken; Benedetta Allegranzi; Darcy Anderson; James Bartram; Sanjay Bhattacharya; John Brogan; An Caluwaerts; Maria Clara Padoveze; Nizam Damani; Stephanie Dancer; Miranda Deeves; Lindsay Denny; Nick Feasey; Lisa Hall; Joost Hopman; Laxman Kharal Chettry; Martin Kiernan; Claire Kilpatrick; Shaheen Mehtar; Christine Moe; Stephen Nurse-Findlay; Folasade Ogunsola; Tochi Okwor; Bruno Pascual; Molly Patrick; Olly Pearse; Alexandra Peters; Didier Pittet; Julie Storr; Sara Tomczyk; Thomas G. Weiser; Habib Yakubu

doi:10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9

Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus

Giorgia Gon
, Angela Dramowski
, Emilio Hornsey
, Wendy Graham
, Nasser Fardousi
, Alexander Aiken
, Benedetta Allegranzi
, Darcy Anderson
, James Bartram
, Sanjay Bhattacharya
, John Brogan
, An Caluwaerts
, Maria Clara Padoveze
, Nizam Damani
, Stephanie Dancer
, Miranda Deeves
, Lindsay Denny
, Nick Feasey
, Lisa Hall
, Joost Hopman

Laxman Kharal Chettry, Martin Kiernan, Claire Kilpatrick, Shaheen Mehtar, Christine Moe, Stephen Nurse-Findlay, Folasade Ogunsola, Tochi Okwor, Bruno Pascual, Molly Patrick, Olly Pearse, Alexandra Peters, Didier Pittet, Julie Storr, Sara Tomczyk, Thomas G. Weiser, Habib Yakubu

Clinical Sciences

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Stellenbosch University
UK Health Security Agency
World Health Organization
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Leeds
Tata Medical Center
Helvetas
IPC Consultant
Universidade de São Paulo
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
NHS Lanarkshire
Edinburgh Napier University
United Nations
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
University of Queensland
Radboud University Nijmegen
Terre des Hommes Foundation
University of West London
KSHealthcare Consulting
Infection Control Africa Network
Emory University
University of Lagos
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
University of Geneva
Robert Koch-Institut
Stanford University

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Abstract

Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public health advocacy, research and investment are urgently needed to develop and implement cost-effective interventions to improve environmental cleanliness and, thus, overall healthcare quality and safety. We outline here the CLEAN Group Consensus exercise yielding twelve urgent research questions, grouped into four thematic areas: standards, system strengthening, behaviour change, and innovation.

Original language	English
Article number	112
Journal	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Early online date	27 Sept 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2024

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Environment cleaning
Healthcare facilities
Research priorities

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Gon, G., Dramowski, A., Hornsey, E., Graham, W., Fardousi, N., Aiken, A., Allegranzi, B., Anderson, D., Bartram, J., Bhattacharya, S., Brogan, J., Caluwaerts, A., Padoveze, M. C., Damani, N., Dancer, S., Deeves, M., Denny, L., Feasey, N., Hall, L., ... Yakubu, H. (2024). Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9

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Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus

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