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This study identifies eight critical success factors and 53 performance measures to reduce hospital-acquired infections linked to healthcare maintenance (HM) services. Implementing these improves infection control (IC) and patient confidence.

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Critical success factorsDelphiHAIsInfection controlMaintenanceNational health servicePerformance measures

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  • Healthcare Management
  • Infection Control
  • Hospital Operations

Background:

  • Maintenance-associated infections pose a significant risk in healthcare settings.
  • Poor performance of healthcare maintenance (HM) services contributes to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).
  • Effective infection control (IC) requires optimized HM services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify critical success factors (CSFs) for improving HM service performance in NHS IC.
  • To establish key performance measures for maintenance-associated infections.
  • To enhance overall healthcare maintenance service performance within infection control.

Main Methods:

  • A multi-round Delphi exercise involving expert participants.
  • Initial identification and refinement of CSFs and performance measures.
  • Data analysis using manual methods and descriptive statistics across Delphi rounds.

Main Results:

  • Eight CSFs and 53 key performance measures were identified for reducing maintenance-associated infections.
  • Clear communication between infection control teams (ICT) and HM units is crucial.
  • Dust prevention in high-risk areas is a key measure to prevent HAIs.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides actionable CSFs and performance measures for HM in IC.
  • Reducing maintenance-associated infections has significant socio-economic and health benefits.
  • Improved HM performance enhances hospital efficiency, resource allocation, and patient trust.