Measuring cleaning effectivness and improvement with Dr Phil Carling from SHEA Spring 2022

In this episode recorded at the 2022 SHEA spring meeting, Martin Kiernan discussed measuring the effectiveness of cleaning with Dr Phil Carling from Boston. We also discuss how data used from environmental monitoring can be used to promote improvements in practice.

Some of Phil's key papers in this area are here:

1. Carling PC, et al. Improved cleaning of patient rooms using a new targeting method. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;42(3):385-388.  https://doi.org/10.1086/499361
2. Carling PC, et al. Improving environmental hygiene in 27 intensive care units to decrease multidrug-resistant bacterial transmission. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(4):1054-1059. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181cdf705
3. Carling PC, et al. Intensive care unit environmental cleaning: an evaluation in sixteen hospitals using a novel assessment tool. J Hosp Infect. 2008;68(1):39-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2007.09.015
4. Carling PC, et al. Identifying opportunities to enhance environmental cleaning in 23 acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008;29(1):1-7.  https://doi.org/10.1086/524329