This International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) 2024, join us to Move the Needle on Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
As part of IIPW 2024, we are excited to introduce our ‘Clean Between: Moving the Needle to Reduce HAIs’ campaign. This initiative is designed to help healthcare facilities enhance their cleaning protocols and reduce infection rates.
How you can get involved
Campaign Resources
The IIPW Toolkit offers clear, evidence-based IPC posters, interactive playing cards to engage your team and reinforce infection prevention best practice, digital resources and case studies.
Educational Webinar
Learn from renowned IPC expert Prof. Martin Kiernan, with over 30 years of experience, in the 'Moving the Needle on IPC Excellence: Strategies for Influence and Compliance' webinar.
Resource Centre
Explore useful research references and access free cleaning protocols to improve cleaning and interventions to move the needle to reduce HAIs.
Resource Centre
Find out more on how facilities can improve cleaning protocols and interventions by exploring the research below:
The Power of Enhanced Cleaning: Insights from the CLEEN Study
Browne, K., White, N. M., Russo, P. L., Cheng, A. C., Stewardson, A. J., Matterson, G., Tehan, P. E., Graham, K., Amin, M., Northcote, M., Kiernan, M., King, J., Brain, D., & Mitchell, B. G. (2024). Investigating the effect of enhanced cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on health-care-associated infections in Australia (CLEEN): A stepped-wedge, cluster randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Advance online publication. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1473309924003992
The Real-World Impact of Cleaning Protocols
Garvey, M. I., Wilkinson, M. A. C., Bradley, C. W., Holden, K. L., & Holden, E. (2018). Wiping out MRSA: Effect of introducing a universal disinfection wipe in a large UK teaching hospital. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 7(1), 155. https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-018-0445-7
Dadon, M., Chedid, K., Martin, E. T., Shaul, I., Greiver, O., Katz, I., Saadon, H., Alfaro, M., Hod, L., Shorbaje, A., Braslavsky-Siag, A., Moscovici, S., Kaye, K. S., & Marchaim, D. (2023). The impact of bedside wipes in multi-patient rooms: A prospective, crossover trial evaluating infections and survival. Journal of Hospital Infection, 134, 50-56. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36754289
Shepherd, E., Leitch, A., & Curran, E. (2020). A quality improvement project to standardise decontamination procedures in a single NHS board in Scotland. Journal of Infection Prevention, 21(6), 241-246. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33403006/
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