From Nightingale to the AI era:a century of evolution and future perspec-tives on healthcare environmental hygiene
10.12138/j.issn.1671-9638.20257380
- VernacularTitle:从南丁格尔到AI时代:医疗保健环境清洁的百年演进与未来展望
- Author:
Xiaoping NI
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Author Information
1. 浙江省杭州市疾病预防控制中心(杭州市卫生监督所),浙江 杭州 310021
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
healthcare-associated infection;
multidrug-resistant organism;
environmental surface;
environmental hygiene
- From:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
2025;24(3):295-300
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Healthcare-associated infections(HAIs)remain a significant challenge to patient safety worldwide.Over the past decade,contaminated inanimate surfaces have been recognized as a major source of infections in sus-ceptible patients and a primary pathway for healthcare workers'hand contamination.The critical role of healthcare environmental hygiene in infection prevention and control(IPC)has been re-evaluated and is now considered one of the important non-pharmacological interventions(NPIs)for patient safety and HAI prevention in healthcare facili-ties.Improving the environmental hygiene of healthcare facilities can not only significantly reduce the incidence of HAIs and the colonization rates of pathogens in patients,but also demonstrate substantial cost-effectiveness.These perspectives have gained widespread consensus within the industry.This article aims to explore the historical evolu-tion of environmental hygiene in healthcare facilities,the substantial progress achieved,and the key directions for future development,providing references for research and practice in related fields.
