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Practice Guidance for Health Care Environmental Cleaning, 3rd Edition - Content Overview

 

Practice Guidance for Health Care Environmental Cleaning, 3rd Edition is a go-to resource that guides users through what takes place in each area of care, details why each area may be high-risk, and explains how to properly clean and disinfect each area. Environmental services and infection prevention professionals gain an understanding of why specific practices and procedures are recommended, and validate.

Content Areas
Environmental Services and Patient Safety Foundation and Principles of Environmental Services - Including Disinfecting Agents Chart
Personal Protective Equipment, including: Steps for Proper Donning and Doffing of PPE Specialty Services and Areas 
Patient Care and Unit Areas Common Areas – Non-Clinical and Public Areas    
Patient Care Rooms Storage And Utility For ES Supplies, Patient Care Area Storage, Medical Equipment Movement & Storage
Basics for Patient Room Cleaning Pharmacy, including USP 797
Specialty Units Patient and Staff Safety Quality Improvement and Productivity   
Surgical and Invasive Procedure Areas Environmental Monitoring Strategies & Technologies
Quality Assurance & Monitoring Quality Assurance Physical Condition  New, Novel Technologies for Disinfection of the Environment

Infection Prevention:

  • Standard Precautions 
  • Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette
  • Transmission-Based Precautions, including:  Contact Precautions, Droplet Precautions, Airborne Precautions- Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR)
  • Testing the Airflow in AIIRs, Personal Protective Equipment , Update AIIR validation testing frequency
  • Ventilation and Cleaning grills and ventilation ducks
  • Floods and Disasters
  • Specific Pathogens, including MDROs and Ebola
  • Transport of Patients on Transmission-Based Precautions
  • WHO Hand Hygiene Guidelines
  • Hand Hygiene, including: Hand Washing Procedures, Alcohol is a Rapid Germicide on Skin, Monitoring Hand Hygiene Compliance, and Placement of  ABHR Dispensers
  • Adherence to Precautions to Prevent Transmission
  • CDC HICPAC Core Practices

Basic Microbiology for Environmental Services:

  • Ebola & Other Hemorrhagic Fevers
  • Atypical Mycobacterium – M. chimera
  • Candida auris
  • Other emerging pathogens

Special Procedures:

  • Bloodborne Pathogens and Other Potentially Infectious Materials
  • Cleaning Spills Containing Blood or Other Potentially Infectious Materials
  • Occupational Health
  • Immunizations
  • Exposures
  • CDC’s One and Only Campaign and Safe Sharps practices