<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> Terminal cleaning is a cleaning method used in healthcare environments to control the spread of infections . </P> <P> Nosocomial infections claim approximately 90,000 lives in the United States annually . When patients are hospitalized and identified as having methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus or infections that can be spread to other patients, best practices isolate these patients in rooms that are subjected to terminal cleaning when the patient is discharged . </P> <P> Terminal cleaning reduces the spread of C. difficile infections . </P>

When should the terminal cleaning of the patient care unit take place
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