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Infection Prevention and Control Resources: Environmental Services
Superior Health Quality Alliance (Superior Health) provides this list of resources for environmental services. Our quality improvement advisors review and recommend resources to update this page as new resources become available. Resources are listed alphabetically within each section.
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Implementation
- Environmental Cleaning in Resource-Limited Settings, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Observation Tools
- Environmental Checklist for Monitoring Terminal Cleaning, CDC
- Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Infection Prevention Audit Tools, Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
Poster
- Infection Prevention & Control in the Long-Term Care Setting: Cleaning and Disinfection, National Emerging Special Pathogens Training & Education Center (NETEC)
- Six Steps for Safe and Effective Disinfectant Use, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Training
- Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Facility (PDF), CDC
- Clostridium Difficile Training for Environmental Cleaning Staff (14:14), Oregon Patient Safety Commission
- Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare, Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessment and Promotion Program (ASAP)
- Part 1: Set up the Cleaning Cart (4:32)
- Part 2: Perform Hand Hygiene (3:09)
- Part 3: Clean Patient/Resident Room (Occupied) (6:09)
- Part 4: Clean Patient/Resident Room (Discharged) (6:19)
- Part 5: Clean Patient/Resident Room (Isolation) (8:01)
- Part 6: Clean Patient/Resident Room (Restroom) (5:45)
- Part 7: Clean and Disinfect High-touch Surfaces (5:12)
- Environmental Hygiene: Best Practices to Use When Cleaning and Disinfecting Patient Rooms, Oregon Patient Safety Commission
- Infection Control Basics for Healthcare Laundry Services, Oregon Patient Safety Commission
- Long-term Care Mini Webinar – Sparkling Surfaces: Stop COVID-19’s Spread (7:09), CDC
- Norovirus Training for Environmental Cleaning Staff (11:59), Oregon Patient Safety Commission
- Project Firstline, CDC
Page last reviewed/updated: April 12, 2023