Evaluation of the feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of an environmental cleaning program improvement toolkit at a tertiary care hospital in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Environmental cleaning is a key infection prevention and control (IPC) intervention in healthcare settings. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN), developed best practices for global healthcare environmental cleaning in resource-limited settings to help fill gaps in guidance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to evaluate the feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of a quality improvement toolkit developed to assist with implementing the CDC/ICAN best practices at Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria.

Methods

A mixed-methods approach was used to evaluate the implementation of the toolkit from March through September of 2021. A monitoring checklist assessed feasibi

SUBMITTER: Dennison C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008941 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature