Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Environmental Cleaning Practice

• trategies to Prevent Transmission of Candida auris in Healthcare Settings
• Evaluation of disinfection procedures in a designated hospital for COVID-19
• Environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare premises
• Beyond high-touch surfaces: Portable equipment and floors as potential sources of transmission of health care–associated pathogens. (June 1, 2019)
• Changes in knowledge and attitudes of hospital environmental services staff: The Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) study. (September, 2018)
• Reducing health care-associated infections by implementing separated environmental cleaning management measures by using disposable wipes of four colors. (March 7, 2018)
• Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding environmental cleaning among environmental service workers in Chinese hospitals. (September 1, 2017)
• Researching effective approaches to cleaning in hospitals: protocol of the REACH study, a multi-site stepped-wedge randomised trial. (March 24, 2016)
• Decontamination and sterilization. (November, 2015)
• Cleaning Hospital Room Surfaces to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections. (October 20, 2015)
• Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. (August, 2015)
• Cleaning Hospital Room Surfaces to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections: A Technical Brief. (2015)
• Best practices in disinfection of noncritical surfaces in the health care setting: Creating a bundle for success. (May, 2013)
• Current Principles and Practices; New Research; and New Technologies in Disinfection, Sterilization, and Antisepsis. (May, 2013)
• Evidence that contaminated surfaces contribute to the transmission of hospital pathogens and an overview of strategies to address contaminated surfaces in hospital settings. (May, 2013)
• Surface cleaning and disinfection: insight into the situation in Germany and Europe. (March, 2013)
• Hospital privacy curtains are frequently and rapidly contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria. (December, 2012)

Use of Technology

• A systematic review of the effectiveness of cohorting to reduce transmission of healthcare-associated C. difficile and multidrug-resistant organisms. (June, 2020)
• Efficacy of an ultraviolet-A lighting system for continuous decontamination of health care–associated pathogens on surfaces. (March, 2020)
• Use of ultraviolet-C in environmental sterilization in hospitals: A systematic review on efficacy and safety
• Evaluation of the Ultra-VTM (Ultraviolet) Decontamination System as an Adjunct to Cleaning in a District General Hospital. (December 1, 2016)
• Modern technologies for improving cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in hospitals. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. (2016)
• Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection: Focus on the Role of the Environment and New Technologies for Decontamination. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. (October 1, 2014)
• Disinfectants used for environmental disinfection and new room decontamination technology. AJIC. (May, 2013)

Self-disinfection

• The efficacy of self-disinfecting bedrail covers in an intensive care unit. (November 20, 2017)
• Reduced health care-associated infections in an acute care community hospital using a combination of self-disinfecting copper-impregnated composite hard surfaces and linens. (September 18, 2016)
• Self-disinfecting and Microbiocide-Impregnated Surfaces and Fabrics: What Potential in Interrupting the Spread of Healthcare-Associated Infection?. Clinical Infectious Diseases. (March, 2014)
• Self-disinfecting surfaces: Review of current methodologies and future prospects. (May, 2013)

Hydrogen Peroxide System

• Automatic environmental disinfection with hydrogen peroxide and silver ions versus manual environmental disinfection with sodium hypochlorite: a multicentre randomized before-and-after trial. (October, 2017)
• Effectiveness of ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems for terminal room decontamination: Focus on clinical trials. (May, 2016)
• Terminal Decontamination of the Royal Free London’s High-Level Isolation Unit after a Case of Ebola Virus Disease Using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor. (February 1, 2016)
• An Evaluation of Environmental Decontamination With Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor for Reducing the Risk of Patient Acquisition of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. (January, 2013)