Microlesson: Environmental Services

Submitted by APIC Education Committee members: Kyle Mataya RN, CIC, LTC-CIP, CRCST and Kim Strelczyk, RN, MSN, F-APIC, CIC. 

Microlesson: Environmental Services

Learn about the proper order of cleaning patient or client rooms, and methods of auditing that effective cleaning has taken place.

Duration: 5 minutes. 

Resource Links:

• CDC. Environmental Cleaning Procedures. https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/hcp/cleaning-global/procedures.html. Accessed 9/11/24
• CDC. Environmental Cleaning Procedures – Appendix C. https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/hcp/cleaning-global/appendix-c.html
• CDC Environmental Checklist for Monitoring Terminal Cleaning
• Alice Guh, MD, MPH, Philip Carling, MD, Environmental Evaluation Workgroup (December 2010) Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Atlanta, GA.  Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning | Infection Control | CDC