Choosing between outsourcing contracts and in-house cleaning services: Dusting off the shadows on hospital environmental hygiene

Am J Infect Control. 2024 Mar;52(3):377-379. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.12.007. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

Authors

Silvana Gastaldi¹, Daniela Accorgi²

Affiliations

¹ National Association of Nurses for Prevention of Hospital Infections (ANIPIO), Italy. Electronic address: silvanagastaldi72@gmail.com.
² IPC Nurse, Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy.

PMID: 38141968
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.12.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Contracting; Environmental services; Hospital hygiene; In-house services; Infection prevention and control.

MeSH terms

Hospitals
Humans
Hygiene
Outsourced Services*