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A limited understanding of the effects of environmental cleaning on the riskiest HAI associated pathogens is a current challenge in HAI prevention. This project aimed to quantify the effects of terminal hospital cleaning practices on HAI pathogens via environmental sampling in three hospitals located throughout the United States. Surfaces were swabbed from 36 occupied patient rooms with a laboratory-confirmed, hospital- or community-acquired infection of at least one of the four pathogens of interest (i.e., <jats:italic>Acinetobacter baumannii<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>A<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>baumannii<\/jats:italic>), methicillin resistant <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic> (MRSA), vancomycin resistant <jats:italic>Enterococcus faecalis\/faecium<\/jats:italic> (VRE), and <jats:italic>Clostridioides difficile<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>difficile<\/jats:italic>)). Six nonporous, high touch surfaces (i.e., chair handrail, bed handrail, nurse call button, desk surface, bathroom counter near the sink, and a grab bar near the toilet) were sampled in each room for Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) and the four pathogens of interest before and after terminal cleaning. The four pathogens of interest were detected on surfaces before and after terminal cleaning, but their levels were generally reduced. Overall, <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>difficile<\/jats:italic> was confirmed on the desk (n = 2), while MRSA (n = 24) and VRE (n = 25) were confirmed on all surface types before terminal cleaning. After cleaning, only MRSA (n = 6) on bed handrail, chair handrail, and nurse call button and VRE (n = 5) on bathroom sink, bed handrail, nurse call button, toilet grab bar, and <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>difficile<\/jats:italic> (n = 1) were confirmed. At 2 of the 3 hospitals, pathogens were generally reduced by &gt;99% during terminal cleaning. One hospital showed that VRE increased after terminal cleaning, MRSA was reduced by 73% on the nurse call button, and VRE was reduced by only 50% on the bathroom sink. ATP detections did not correlate with any pathogen concentration. 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