Sustained improvement in hospital cleaning associated with a novel education and culture change program for environmental services workers.

Elena K MartinElizabeth L SalsgiverDaniel A BernsteinMatthew S SimonWilliam G GreendykeJames M GramstadRoydell WeeksTimothy WoodwardHaomiao JiaLisa SaimanE Yoko FuruyaDavid P Calfee

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2019)

A novel program that addressed environmental services workers' knowledge gaps, challenges, and barriers was well received and appeared to result in learning, behavior change, and sustained improvements in cleaning.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
primary care
human health
mental health
life cycle
risk assessment
climate change