Environmental cleaning to prevent hospital-acquired infections on non-intensive care units: a pragmatic, single-centre, cluster randomized controlled, crossover trial comparing soap-based, disinfection and probiotic cleaningResearch in context

Summary: Background: The impact of environmental hygiene on the occurrence of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) remains a subject of debate. We determined the effect of three different surface-cleaning strategies on the incidence of HAIs. Methods: Between June 2017 and August 2018 we conducted a...

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Main Authors: Rasmus Leistner, Britta Kohlmorgen, Annika Brodzinski, Frank Schwab, Elke Lemke, Gregor Zakonsky, Petra Gastmeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537023001359