Effectiveness of Cleaning and Disinfection during COVID-19
Effectiveness of Cleaning and Disinfecting for Reducing Transmission of COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Infections in Non-Health Care and in Community-Based Settings
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Public Health Agency of Canada
Funding Source(s)
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Project Objectives
To determine the effectiveness of cleaning and disinfecting products and strategies in reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses (e.g., influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in non-health care community based settings.
Research Approach
Living Evidence Synthesis
Project Lead(s)
Ivan Florez
Pediatrician with a Master’s degree Clinical Epidemiology and a PhD in Health Research Methodology. He is full Professor at the Department of Pediatrics at University of Antioquia (Medellin, Colombia), and Assistant professor (part-time) at McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada). He is the current leader of the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation (AGREE) Collaboration, Director of Cochrane Colombia, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Clinical and Public Health Guidelines journal. He is also Editorial Board member of the following Journals: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Pediatric Discovery, Cochrane Evidence Synthesis & Methods and the Journal of the American Heart Association. His research is focused on evidence synthesis methods, systematic reviews, network meta-analyses, clinical practice guidelines, and pediatrics.
Ivan Florez
University of Antioquia, McMaster University
Pediatrician with a Master’s degree Clinical Epidemiology and a PhD...