Calendar of Events

September 28th – Clean Hospitals team is organizing a study day for Infection Prevention Nurses at the AZ Sint-Lucas Hospital in Ghent, Belgium.

May 7th – “Small Lint Big Issue?” Scientific Session by Dr. Marco Krewing, PhD from Hartmann Science Center at 3:30 CET
May 19th – Think Tank with Prof. Darla Goeres on the topic of “Navigating the interconnected path of model design, validated standard methods, and regulatory decision making for biofilm claims.”

April 14th – 17th – Interclean Amsterdam: Clean Hospitals will have a booth and is co-designing the interactive “Healthcare Experience” with Interclean. Prof. Brett Mitchell & Prof. Martin Kiernan will also present a Clean Hospitals Symposium titled “What Makes Healthcare Cleaning So Different?”

March 10th – Dr. Alexandra Peters will present an overview of Clean Hospitals (CH) to IPAC Canada’s Environmental Hygiene Interest Group (EHIG).
March 17th-19th –Dr. Alexandra Peters will speak virtually at iClean Conference 2026, focusing on the work of Clean Hospitals and its global efforts to advance healthcare environmental hygiene and hand hygiene https://www.icleanconference.com.au/
March 19^th – Paulo Brois presenting “Clean Hospitals: Bringing All Actors Together for Safer and Cleaner Healthcare” at the International Congress on Infection Control CICI2026, Portugal (online)

Feb. 6^th Think Tank with Prof. Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng and Prof. Shuk Ching Wong on the topic of “From Neglect to Necessity: The Evolution of Hand Hygiene in the Healthcare System in Hong Kong.”
Feb. 26th–27th: Paulo Brois to present Clean Hospitals “Basics of Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Healthcare” at the University Sjever (University Center Varaždin, Croatia), in collaboration with the Society for Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections of HUMS.

Jan. 13^th Think Tank with Prof. David Weber – “The New Paradigm for Infection Prevention & Control Departments”

2025

Dec. 02^th Think Tank with Ms. Isabelle da Ernestho Crespin – “Driving Change Together: Empowering Medical and Nursing Staff for a Sustainable Transition in Geneva and French-Speaking Switzerland”
Dec. 08^th Clean Hospitals Info Session (register here: Microsoft Teams events)
Dec. 11^th Think Tank with Prof. Alexander Sundermann —
“Pathogen Genomic Surveillance to Detect and Prevent Healthcare Outbreaks”
(invite will be sent to CH members)
Dec. 16^th Clean Hospitals Stakeholder Meeting

Nov. 11^th Presentation of Clean Hospitals for the University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Nov. 13^th Think Tank with Prof. Phil Carling —
“How to Achieve the Clinical and Economic Benefits of Mitigating C. difficile in Hospitals”
(invite will be sent to CH members)

Oct. 7^th CH Webber Teleclass with Dr. Alexandra Peters —
“Clean Hospitals Day 2025: Human Factors and Collaboration” 14h30 CET — No need to register, you can join with:
https://studio.restream.io/eff-rvbz-lqf
Oct. 8^th IPC partners Journal Club with Dr. Alexandra Peters — 16h CET —
“Improving healthcare environmental hygiene helps to keep patients safe”
https://ipcpartners.org/journal-club/
Oct. 9^th Presentation of Clean Hospitals for the
Public Health Program, jointly developed by the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) and the Swiss Chambers in Latin America
Oct. 24^th Presentation of Clean Hospitals for the
IACS 7th International Congress — “Challenges and Innovation in Infection Control”, in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal