Hospital Cleaning Service and Checklist

Hospital Cleaning Service:

Hospital cleaning is a cleaning method used in healthcare environments to control and break the chain of infection. Your hospital is meant to be a source of healing, not a breeding ground for hospital-acquired infection (HAI).

Maintaining a hospital cleaning checklist is essential to increase the efficiency of the cleaning staffs. It ensures that every corner has been attended to and there has been no slag of duty. Disinfectants and sterilizers need to be used in abundance along with powerful cleaning agents and tools to keep the visitors as well as the inpatients happiness and healing.

Here is a compact hospital cleaning  checklist that can monitor regular daily cleaning regime. It includes the general traffic areas of a hospital that need cleaning attention. Apart from the mentioned areas in this hospital cleaning checklist, there are common areas like the reception, staircases and elevators, visitors’ washrooms etc. For thorough cleaning and monthly or annual cleaning it is advised to avail the help of professional cleaners.

Patient Rooms:

1. Use a hospital grade disinfectant in this high risk zone.
2. Wipe and clean the patients’ beds, the side and underside.
3. Change wet sheet, bed sheet and pillow cases daily
4. Remove soiled towels and replace with fresh ones
5. Clean and sanitize all the visible surfaces of the rooms
6. Wipe and clean the windows and doors
7. Sanitize the nurse call button, TV remotes, drawers and cabinets.
8. Mop and clean the floor

 

 

Exam Rooms:

Keeping the medical equipment clean and sanitized before every use is very important in a hospital.

1. Dust all visible surfaces
2. Wash and clean all apparatus and sterilize them
3. Clean the equipment and stands and sterilize them
4. Wipe and clean the reachable wall surfaces
5. Mop and clean the floor using

 

 

Cafeteria:

The hospital cafeteria should be properly cleaned to prevent contamination and keep it germ free.

1. All the visible surfaces should be wiped clean and sanitized.
2. Clean all cooking utensils and crockeries and store them in a hygienic way
3. Store the coking material, away from the floor and wall in tightly closed cabinets to avoid germ and pest contamination.
4. Clean the stove tops and other cooking surfaces after every food preparation
5. Clean and sterilize the counter tops, cutting surfaces, food preparing surfaces.
6. Wipe and clean the backs plash
7. Mop and clean the floor
8. The dining room too should be cleaned every day to prevent accumulation of floor particles and debris on the table surfaces and floor.

Bathrooms:

Bathrooms are breeding grounds of many harmful germs and bacteria. Well sanitized bathrooms are a must in hospitals to avoid spreading of diseases.

1. Thoroughly clean the toilets. Use a powerful cleaner and spread it on the inside of the toilet bowl, underside and rim. Keep it on for a few minutes, scrub and flush it down.
2. Follow up with a disinfectant
3. Use a disinfectant bar or solution in
4. the flush tank for a sterile flush every time
5. Wipe and clean the booth doors and door knobs. Use a sanitizer to wipe.
6. Get the reachable wall surfaces clean.
7. Clean the lights and fixtures, and switch plates.
8. Mop and clean the floors with a cleaner, and follow up with a disinfectant.
9. Empty all trash cans, and replace the plastic liners
10. Refill the soap dispenser and restock all the paper utilities

 

 

Necessary of Hospital Cleaning

Hospitals must be kept clean for obvious reasons. People visit hospitals for healing, and cleanliness is certainly the first step of the process. A dirty and cluttered space becomes the breeding ground of harmful bacteria and virus as well as carrier pests and rodents. Well within the hospital premises, the patients’ rooms and testing labs, operation theatres and doctor/nurses bay should be thoroughly cleansed, sanitized and disinfected for the proper functioning of the hospital. There have been cases where the patient has been admitted to get cured of a disease and he has caught another within the hospital due to lack of hygiene. It is compulsory for hospitals  maintain health and safety standards to be in operation and for that regular, frequent cleaning is a must.

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Hiring a commercial hospital cleaning service that will clean your facility the right way will help you keep your medical center healthy and get the patient satisfaction scores you want. It will also allow you to narrow your focus on patient care and safety. Cleaning isn’t one size fits all. Every medical center is different. Yours requires services that cater to your exact needs.

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