Decontamination of environmental surfaces in hospitals to reduce hospital-acquired infections: a systematic review
Evidence from RCTs on hospital surface decontamination and patient outcomes remains uncertain. These inconclusive findings on cleaning or disinfection do not indicate evidence of no effect but highlight the need for new RCTs.
Authors
- Stephanie J. Dancer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-2614)
- Elena Stallings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3386-3406)
- Elena Jiménez Tejero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-2970)
- Abel E. González-Vélez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6459-8919)
- Sheila Cabir Nunes
- Marta Mateos-Mazón
- Bonfill Cosp Xavier
- Lucieni Oliveira Conterno
- Jesús López-Alcalde
- Noelia Álvarez-Díaz
- Gemma Villanueva
- Ivan Solà
- Javier Zamora
Institutions
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (ES)
- Edinburgh Napier University (GB)
- NHS Lanarkshire (GB)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (ES)
- Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (ES)
- Cochrane (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Prevention in Practice
- Published
- 2026-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2026.100514
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00