Environmental Cleaning in Global Healthcare Settings
Best Practices for Global Healthcare Facilities with Limited Resources
Environmental Cleaning Best Practices
This document provides guidance on best practices for environmental cleaning procedures and programs for use in global healthcare facilities with limited resources, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It was developed as a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN).
Environmental cleaning resources designed for U.S. healthcare facilities can be found at Healthcare Environment Infection Prevention.
- Version Français [PDF – 104 pages]
- Versión en Español [PDF – 104 pages]
- Versão Portuguesa [PDF – 104 pages]
Implementation
Toolkit
Appendices
Implementation Toolkit for the Best Practices
This toolkit is a sister document to the best practices and aims to allow translation of the defined best practices into practical and achievable stepwise actions for global healthcare facilities in resource-limited settings, particularly low- and middle-income countries. The toolkit addresses facility-based environmental cleaning programs as defined within the best practices.