title: A survey of environmental service workers' knowledge and opinions regarding environmental cleaning.
abstract: Environmental service workers play an important role in the prevention of health care-associated infections. Environmental service workers working at a Veterans Administration Medical Center completed the Environmental Service Workers' Knowledge and Opinions Regarding Environmental Cleaning Survey. The findings from this survey suggest the need for further education of environmental service workers regarding the different types of pathogens that are spread by contaminated environmental surfaces and which of these are killed with bleach.
authors.affiliation: Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. andrea.jennings2@va.gov
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sitzlar
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jury
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires