title: Best practices in disinfection of noncritical surfaces in the health care setting: creating a bundle for success.
abstract: Because increasing evidence suggests that the environment plays a role in transmission of health care-associated infections, more attention is focusing on environmental cleaning and improving its efficacy. Creating and sustaining a successful cleaning and disinfection program should include several key components using a bundle approach and requires ongoing commitment within the institution.
authors.affiliation: Quality Improvement Support Services, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA. Nancy.Havill@ynhh.org
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Havill
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006268:Health Facilities; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic