HEALTHCARE
ENVIRONMENTAL
HYGIENE NETWORK

  • Connecting stakeholders & leading experts from around the world
  • Making hospitals safer through improved environmental hygiene
  • Benefiting public health by lowering rates of healthcare-associated infections, reducing antimicrobial resistance, and protecting hospital staff as well as the larger environment

Clean Hospitals Day
20 October 2025

Improving environmental hygiene practices

Clean Hospitals Day is celebrated each year on the 20th of October to raise global awareness of healthcare environmental hygiene (HEH) and increase engagement of healthcare facilities (HCFs) around the world.

The theme for Clean Hospitals Day 2025 is “Human Factors and Collaboration”

Download the toolkit to celebrate!

ACTIVITES

Academic research, education and training, awareness raising

FOCUS AREAS

Surface cleaning and disinfection, hand hygiene, air control, water control, waste management and sterilization/ device reprocessing

How We Work

  • Regular stakeholder meetings
  • Specialized working groups
  • Individually tailored trainings
  • Expert meetings
  • Lectures, international conferences & events
  • Opportunities for consulting
Learn more about us

Time for Collaboration

Academia
Key Opinion Leaders
Hospitals
Industry
Governmental Bodies