By HFT Staff

ISSA launched the ISSA Healthcare Platform—a dynamic hub where professionals in healthcare, cleaning and facility solutions work side-by-side to confront the pressing challenges of healthcare environmental hygiene. This initiative brings together experts, frontline staff, manufacturers and innovators who are not only sharing knowledge but actively engaged in joint research, task force activities and collaborative problem-solving aimed at advancing patient care and reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). 

“ISSA is committed to adapting to the evolving needs of healthcare by bringing together a global community focused on raising environmental hygiene standards and eliminating avoidable harm,” says ISSA executive director John Barrett. “With this platform, we are empowering professionals to set new benchmarks for safer healthcare environments and improved patient outcomes.” 

Members and industry stakeholders will engage in specialized training and collaborative projects through the ISSA Healthcare Platform, drawing on the expertise of ISSA’s divisions—including the Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI), the Indoor Environmental Healthcare and Hospitality Association (IEHA) and the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC). Together, they identify gaps, develop evidence-based strategies and unite frontline staff, experts and innovators to raise care standards and eliminate avoidable harm in healthcare environments worldwide. 

“We believe that building bridges between areas of expertise to create strategic and effective collaboration is key to eliminating avoidable harm and creating consistency in environmental hygiene standards,” says ISSA healthcare lead and executive director of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute, a Division of ISSA, Linda Lybert. “By uniting leaders, experts, and professionals from every corner of the healthcare sector, the ISSA Healthcare Platform will drive meaningful progress in patient safety by advancing safer healthcare environments.”