title: Keeping hospitals clean: how nurses can reduce health-care-associated infection.
abstract: From modern matrons to student nurses, everyone is responsible for the environment in which they work. All nurses should be aware of the cleaning system used in their organisation and be able to follow it when necessary. A clean ward or clinic will help prevent hospital-acquired infections and promote patient and visitor confidence.
authors.affiliation: Infection Control, University Hospital Lewisham, London. annette.jeanes@uhl.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jeanes
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom