1. Environmental Services and Infection Prevention

3. Program Goals

4. Significance of HAIs

5. Spread of HAIs

6. Role of Environmental Surfaces

7. Addressing Surfaces

8. Microbes of Concern

9. Microbes of Concern (cont)

10. Microbe Survival

11. Cleaning Protocols

12. Cleaning Protocols (cont)

13. Selecting Disinfectants

14. Preparing Disinfectants

15. Contact Time Considerations

16. Role of Supplemental Technologies

17. Supplemental Technologies

18. UVGI

19. Vaporized HP Systems

20. Who Decides?

21. Assessing Disinfection Thoroughness

22. Performance Monitoring

23. Performance Monitoring (cont)

24. Educating Personnel

25. Key Messages

26. Important Resources from AHE

27. Abbreviations