Over the past decade, there is excellent evidence in the scientific literature that
contaminated environmental surfaces and noncritical patient care items play an important …

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are the most frequent adverse outcomes due to
delivery of medical care. HAIs increase morbidity and mortality, prolong the hospital stay …

Secondary bacterial infections occurred in 13.9%(5 of 36) of critical ill patients with
coronavirus disease 2019. All 5 patients had been admitted to intensive care unit and …

Background The impact of environmental hygiene on the occurrence of hospital-acquired
infections (HAIs) remains a subject of debate. We determined the effect of three different …

Opportunistic pathogens can linger on surfaces in hospital and building plumbing
environments, leading to infections in at-risk populations. Furthermore, biofilm-associated …

Existing disinfection robots are not intelligent enough to adapt their actions to object surface
materials for precise and effective disinfection. To address this problem, a new framework is …

Each year in the United States, there are approximately 53,000,000 outpatient surgical
procedures and 46,000,000 inpatient surgical procedures. 1 For example, there are at least …

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) contribute to patient morbidity and mortality with an
estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths costing USD $28–34 billion annually in …

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply influenced sanitization procedures, and high-level
disinfection has been massively used to prevent SARS-CoV-2 spread, with potential …

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought to light the role of
environmental hygiene in controlling disease transmission. Healthcare facilities are hot …