From Nightingale to the AI era: a century of evolution and future perspectives on healthcare environmental hygiene
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    Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a significant challenge to patient safety worldwide. Over the past decade, contaminated inanimate surfaces have been recognized as a major source of infections in susceptible patients and a primary pathway for healthcare workers’ hand contamination. The critical role of healthcare environmental hygiene in infection prevention and control (IPC) has been re-evaluated and is now considered one of the important non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) for patient safety and HAI prevention in healthcare facilities. Improving the environmental hygiene of healthcare facilities can not only significantly reduce the incidence of HAIs and the colonization rates of pathogens in patients, but also demonstrate substantial cost-effectiveness. These perspectives have gained widespread consensus within the industry. This article aims to explore the historical evolution of environmental hygiene in healthcare facilities, the substantial progress achieved, and the key directions for future development, providing references for research and practice in related fields.

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倪晓平.从南丁格尔到AI时代:医疗保健环境清洁的百年演进与未来展望[J].中国感染控制杂志英文版,2025,24(3):295-300. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20257380.
NI Xiaoping. From Nightingale to the AI era: a century of evolution and future perspectives on healthcare environmental hygiene[J]. Chin J Infect Control, 2025,24(3):295-300. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20257380.

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  • Received:February 14,2025
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  • Online: March 26,2025
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