Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings

Morawska, Lidia; Allen, Joseph; Bahnfleth, William; Bennett, Belinda; Bluyssen, Philomena M.; Boerstra, Atze; Buonanno, Giorgio; Cao, Junji; Dancer, Stephanie J.; Floto, Andres; Franchimon, Francesco; Greenhalgh, Trish; Haworth, Charles; Hogeling, Jaap; Isaxon, Christina; Jimenez, Jose L.; Kennedy, Amanda; Kumar, Prashant; Kurnitski, Jarek; Li, Yuguo; Loomans, Marcel; Marks, Guy; Marr, Linsey C.; Mazzarella, Livio; Melikov, Arsen Krikor; Miller, Shelly L.; Milton, Donald K.; Monty, Jason; Nielsen, Peter V.; Noakes, Catherine; Peccia, Jordan; Prather, Kimberly A.; Querol, Xavier; Salthammer, Tunga; Sekhar, Chandra; Seppänen, Olli; Tanabe, Shin-ichi; Tang, Julian W.; Tellier, Raymond; Tham, Kwok Wai; Wargocki, Pawel; Wierzbicka, Aneta; Yao, Maosheng

doi:10.1126/science.adl0677

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How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by “fomite-borne risk assessment” (2024)
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Kramer, A., Lexow, F., Bludau, A., Köster, A. M., Misailovski, M., Seifert, U., Eggers, M., Rutala, W., Dancer, S. J., & Scheithauer, S. (online). How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by “fomite-borne risk assessment”. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00186-23

In healthcare settings, contaminated surfaces play an important role in the transmission of nosocomial pathogens potentially resulting in healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Pathogens can be transmitted directly from frequent hand-touch surfaces... Read More about How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by “fomite-borne risk assessment”.

Can probiotics trigger a paradigm shift for cleaning healthcare environments? A narrative review (2024)
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Denkel, L. A., Voss, A., Caselli, E., Dancer, S. J., Leistner, R., Gastmeier, P., & Widmer, A. F. (2024). Can probiotics trigger a paradigm shift for cleaning healthcare environments? A narrative review. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1), Article 119. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01474-6

Background: The environment of healthcare institutions plays a major role in the transmission of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) and likely in subsequent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Probiotic cleaning products are a novel option for... Read More about Can probiotics trigger a paradigm shift for cleaning healthcare environments? A narrative review.

Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus (2024)
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Gon, G., Dramowski, A., Hornsey, E., Graham, W., Fardousi, N., Aiken, A., Allegranzi, B., Anderson, D., Bartram, J., Bhattacharya, S., Brogan, J., Caluwaerts, A., Padoveze, M. C., Damani, N., Dancer, S., Deeves, M., Denny, L., Feasey, N., Hall, L., Hopman, J., …Yakubu, H. (in press). Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9

Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public health advocacy, research and in... Read More about Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus.

Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia (2024)
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Okomo, U., Gon, G., Darboe, S., Sey, I. C. M., Nkereuwem, O., Leigh, L., Camara, N., Makalo, L., Keita, A., Dancer, S. J., Graham, W., & Aiken, A. M. (2024). Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01393-6

Background: Effective surface cleaning in hospitals is crucial to prevent the transmission of pathogens. However, hospitals in low- and middle-income countries face cleaning challenges due to limited resources and inadequate training. Methods: We ass... Read More about Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia.

Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings (2024)
Journal Article
Morawska, L., Allen, J., Bahnfleth, W., Bennett, B., Bluyssen, P. M., Boerstra, A., Buonanno, G., Cao, J., Dancer, S. J., Floto, A., Franchimon, F., Greenhalgh, T., Haworth, C., Hogeling, J., Isaxon, C., Jimenez, J. L., Kennedy, A., Kumar, P., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., …Yao, M. (2024). Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings. Science, 383(6690), 1418-1420. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0677

People living in urban and industrialized societies, which are expanding globally, spend more than 90% of their time in the indoor environment, breathing indoor air (IA). Despite decades of research and advocacy, most countries do not have legislated... Read More about Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings.