October 7-9, 2019 | International Practice & Guidelines for Hygiene, Cleaning & Disinfection Standards in Healthcare Settings

Keeping the facility safe for patients, healthcare workers and community should be a priority for any hospital. Unfortunately, we have witnessed in many healthcare facilities that this isn’t always the case, specially when there is high turnover of patients. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost 100,000 people die every year from diseases acquired inside US hospitals. This scary statistic highlights some of the failures of traditional cleaning systems.

Knowing and implementing the best practices in hospital cleaning, hygiene and disinfection can help stop the spread of diseases in healthcare facilities. Infection-control strategies, housekeeping and engineering controls, when consistently implemented, are effective in preventing opportunistic, environmentally-related infections in immunocompromised populations.

Adherence to proper use of disinfectants, proper maintenance of medical equipment that uses water (e.g., automated endoscope reprocessors and hydrotherapy equipment); water-quality standards for hemodialysis; and proper ventilation standards for specialized care environments (i.e., airborne infection isolation; protective environment and operating rooms); and prompt management of water intrusion into facility structural elements will minimize healthcare-associated infection risks and reduce the frequency of pseudo-outbreaks.

HealthCore, your reliable partner in delivering world-class care and patient safety, partnered with Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Quality and Safety in Health Services from Europe in providing a training series on the implementation guidelines and best practices for infection control management through proper cleaning, disinfection and sterilization.

The recently introduced and updated European and International Standards for Quality Management Systems in Healthcare Services, focus on Risk Management principles and in the implementation of specific requirements in order to meet the specialized needs and operational conditions of healthcare providers (hospitals and clinics, diagnostic centers, etc.) and specialized units (including dialysis centers, dental clinics, laboratories, rehabilitation and recovery centers, etc.), setting as primary goals, the patients’ and staff’s safety and enhancement of quality in care.

Participants will acquire basic knowledge and skills regarding the following major topics:

• Understanding principles of hygiene and safe hospital environment and preconditions
• Best practices and methodologies to plan and implement cleaning and housekeeping standards
  in healthcare facilities
• Disinfection and infection control standards in healthcare facilities
• Medical waste management
• Managing cleaning and disinfection of high-risk units, operating rooms, laboratories, medical
  device, and critical surfaces
• Evaluation and strengthening/enhancement of cleaning and hygiene in hospitals
• Continuous improvement practices

• Infection control and cleaning supervisors in healthcare facilities
• Quality Managers in healthcare facilities
• Health Professionals
• Housekeeping and cleaning providers and contractors
• Quality Consultants involved in the development of QMS in the Healthcare Sector
• Quality Systems’ Auditors in health services