Only 62 percent of lead infection-control staff in Canadian hospitals believe their hospital is sufficiently clean, according to a recent survey.
The findings come from an online survey completed in 2012 and 2013 by infection-control professionals at 119 Canadian hospitals, according to an article on the Vancouver Sun website.
The survey was designed to assess how well infection-control programs collaborate with environmental services.
Questions focused on staff training, hospital cleanliness and infection rates for organisms such as C. difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the article said.
According to the survey, nearly 40 per cent of respondents said their hospital should be cleaner. One-third said their cleaning staff isn’t adequately trained to do a proper cleaning and disinfection job and clean rooms to standard.
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