| AIMS | Australian Incident Monitoring System |
| ARG | Antimicrobial resistance gene |
| BPR | Biocidal Products Regulation |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CFU | Colony forming unit |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| ECHA | European Chemicals Agency |
| HAI | Healthcare-associated infection |
| HSV-1 | Herpes simplex virus 1 |
| MDR | Multidrug-resistant |
| MVA | Modified vaccinia virus Ankara |
| PBCS | Probiotic-based cleaning solution |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PDR | Pandrug-resistant |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| UTI | Urinary tract infection |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| XDR | Extensively drug-resistant |