Fundamentals of Implementation & Evaluation of Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection in the Healthcare Facility

August 25, 2025

Description

This session provides an in-depth review of fundamental principles for implementing and evaluating environmental cleaning and disinfection in healthcare settings. Speakers will examine key frameworks for ensuring effective cleaning protocols, discuss strategies for collaboration between infection prevention and environmental services teams, and illustrate quality assurance methodologies. Topics will include evidence-based approaches to cleaning implementation, risk assessment for environmental contamination, and best practices for evaluating cleaning efficacy. Participants will explore critical questions such as: How can healthcare facilities optimize their environmental cleaning programs? What methods ensure compliance with cleaning protocols? How can disinfection outcomes be measured and improved?

Target Audience

 
  • Infection Preventionists
  • Hospital Epidemiologists
  • ID Fellows interested in IPC
  • EVS Leadership

Learning Objectives

 
After participating in this activity, learners will be able to:
 
  1. Describe the role of the healthcare environment as a source of infection and explain the importance of environmental disinfection in preventing healthcare-associated infections.
  2. Apply standardized, evidence-based methods for assessing cleaning efficacy and compliance.
  3. Describe the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in optimizing environmental cleaning and disinfection efforts, ensuring collaboration between infection prevention, environmental services, and clinical teams.
Course summary
Course opens: 
07/03/2025
Course expires: 
07/03/2028
Event starts: 
08/25/2025 - 3:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/25/2025 - 4:00pm EDT
Member cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
A Master Class in Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection: From Fundamentals to Emerging Practices
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In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standard for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all faculty and planning partners must disclose all financial relationship(s) with any ineligible company within the prior 24 months for any amount. SHEA identifies and mitigates all conflict of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners. 
 

Speakers:

Curtis Donskey, MD
Cleveland VA Medical Center
*Contracted Research: Clorox; Ushio America
 
David J. Weber, MD, MPH
UNC Medical Center
*Consultant: PDI
*Speaker: GAMA; BD

Planners:

Jessica Howard-Anderson, MD, MsC
Emory University School of Medicine
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
Saranya Seetharaman, MBBS, MPH, CIC
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
E. Yoko Furuya, MD, MS, FSHEA 
Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
No relevant financial relationships to disclose
 
 
*All relevant financial relationships listed above have been mitigated
 
SHEA's 2025 LearningCE Program Committee assisted with the development of this program. You can view the 2025 LearningCE Program Committee Roster and Disclosures.

Accreditation Statements 

In support of improving patient care, The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

PHYSICIANS: 

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
ABIM MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to Joint Accreditation for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
 
By submitting a claim for ABIM MOC, you hereby give SHEA permission to share individual physician participation information with ABIM through JA PARS.

NURSES:

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 CNE credit. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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