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

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the revised APSIC Environmental Hygiene Guidelines for prevention of healthcare-associated infections inclusive of surface cleaning, air and water quality.

Design

The revised guideline was developed by Infection Prevention and Control key opinion leaders from Asia Pacific.

Setting

This guideline emphasizes on practical implementation of environmental hygiene for prevention of healthcare-associated infections inclusive of surface cleaning, air and water quality relevant to Asia Pacific settings.

Patients or participants

Any patients hospitalized in healthcare setting.

Interventions

Literature search was done for recent international updates in environmental hygiene inclusive of surface cleaning, air and water quality. Recommendations

SUBMITTER: Apisarnthanarak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12854877 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature