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

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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.

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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
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

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