title: Pre-commission cleaning 'essential'.
abstract: Darren Ling, a director of ventilation and kitchen extract duct cleaning specialist System Hygienics, explains why pre-commission cleaning is essential to combating the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).
authors.affiliation: System Hygienics.
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003252:Construction Materials; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D006113:United Kingdom; D014691:Ventilation