March 3, 2026Open Access

APSIC guidelines for environmental hygiene: surface cleaning air and water quality in hospitals: 2025 update

Key Points

Effective environmental hygiene includes assessing water quality, air quality, and surface cleaning protocols.
Guidelines recommend using checklists for auditing cleanliness and visual assessments for evaluation.
Implementation involves additional measures like culture testing and fluorescence to ensure thorough cleaning.
Improving environmental hygiene practices in hospitals may significantly enhance patient safety and care processes.

Abstract

Implementation of environmental hygiene in Asia Pacific should take into consideration of the air and water quality in addition of surface cleaning. Measures to assess the cleanliness should be performed using conventional visual assessment, environmental cleaning and disinfection checklist, auditing, and additional measures (e.g., environmental culture or fluorescence).

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75c2fc6e9836116a24c27 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2025.10288

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Anucha Apisarnthanarak

Thammasat University Hospital

MoiLin Ling

Namita Jaggi

Astrophysique Relativiste, Théories, Expériences, Métrologie, Instrumentation, Signaux

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SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

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University of Hong Kong

Sichuan University

Singapore General Hospital

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