Fighting AMR in the Healthcare Environment: Microbiome-Based Sanitation Approaches and Monitoring Tools

Here the authors review the results collected by a microbial-based sanitation system, inspired by the microbiome balance principles, in obtaining more effective control of microbial contamination and AMR. Whatever the sanitation system used, an important aspect of controlling AMR and HAIs relates to the ability to check any variation of a microbial population rapidly and effectively, thus effective monitoring procedures are also described. The data might be important for the development of future guidelines for hospital cleaning directed to prevention strategies to reduce infectious diseases onset, likely applicable not only in healthcare settings.

Article: International Journal of Molecular Sciences