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Interclean's Healthcare Cleaning Forum (HCF) - the one-day international conference dedicated to advancing healthcare environmental hygiene - will take place during Interclean Amsterdam on May 16 at RAI Amsterdam.

Healthcare Cleaning Forum brings together healthcare experts, cleaning professionals, hospital managers, infection prevention specialists, facility managers and industry leaders. The focus is on the intersection of environmental cleaning, disinfection, patient safety and infection prevention and control.

Environmental cleaning and disinfection play pivotal roles in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAI's). HCF recognises that multiple factors influence the efficiency of cleaning, including procedures, training and education, technology, and materials. This forum, developed in close cooperation with CleanHospitals, serves as a dynamic platform to foster collaboration, awareness, and innovation in healthcare environmental hygiene.

The programme will feature keynote speeches from Professor Didier Pittet (University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland), Martin Kiernan (Richard Wells Research Centre, United Kingdom), Edmée Bowles (Radboudumc, the Netherlands) and Brett Mitchell( (Avondale University, Australia). There will also be breakout sessions.

Multiple factors influence the efficiency of cleaning, including procedures, training and education, technology and materials. HCF aims to offer insights into trends and challenges affecting environmental cleaning and hygiene in the healthcare sector. There will also be updates on latest scientific research about how cleaning can have an impact on infection prevention and control.

Click here for more details on the programme and how to register.