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PPE & WORKWEAR


UP TO YOUR WASTE IN IT!


Guy Other, CEO at Orbis, explains how PPE is crucial for specialist cleaners to ensure they remain protected from the contaminants they come into contact with on a daily basis.


Leading a life of grime can have its rewards if you know how to tackle cleaning in a dangerous environment. Gross-filth properties, squats, crime and trauma scenes present a very different set of challenges for property managers, landlords and facilities professionals. Environments like these can contain drug paraphernalia, bio-hazardous waste, bodily fluids, animal infestations and much more and so approaching these types of environment requires much more than just a mop and bucket.


A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… A specialist cleaner can find themselves travelling to Holyhead to decontaminate a police vehicle of bodily fluids, moving on to Liverpool to remove graffiti and then finishing the day at another location deep cleaning a kitchen throughout the night.


On one job in Welwyn Garden City specialist cleaners removed three and a half tonnes of rubbish from an empty house. The cleaners were quite literally up to their waists in mountains of rubbish and managed to fill more than two trucks worth of dirt, which included bags of faeces and jars of urine. The work can be stomach- churning but in situations like this the job has to be done.


SPECIALIST TRAINING


REQUIRED Specialist cleaning teams need much more than just a strong constitution to do a good job in these situations. Staff must pass several training modules before they are allowed to work on cleaning and clearing


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properties. They learn about working with potentially hazardous materials, about health and safety, and about the best equipment to use.


THE RIGHT GEAR Nowhere is it more essential than in this industry to have staff protected and equipped with the right PPE. PPE varies according to the job. When fumigating a property, the team might need white disposable suits, rubber gloves and respiratory protective equipment masks. On other jobs it might be enough to wear steel toecap boots and overalls.


ESSENTIALS FOR ANY JOB


Gloves To reduce the number of micro- organisms getting onto the skin and to protect the cleaner’s hands from chemicals and cleaning fluids.


Aprons or Disposable Suits To protect clothing from becoming soiled with bodily fluids and to reduce the number of micro-organisms getting on to uniforms.


Face/Eye Protection To protect from micro-organisms, present in aerosols and sprays of body fluids, from having contact with mucous membranes.


For Future Reference Guidance on PPE is available from the Health and Safety Executive and from the Department of Trade and Industry. Regard should be paid to the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002, as well as to local protocols and guidance that may be in place.


www.orbisprotect.com “SPECIALIST


CLEANING TEAMS NEED MUCH MORE


THAN JUST A STRONG CONSTITUTION TO DO A GOOD JOB IN THESE SITUATIONS.”


SOME TIPS AND ADVICE FOR EXTREME CLEANING AND DECONTAMINATION ARE:


Do - ensure that legislation and all procedures are adhered to.


Do - remember you have a duty of care to carry out all your risk assessments and complete your method statements before undertaking any activity.


Do - be thorough in your work. Gather as much information as possible before entering an area and make sure you have the correct PPE.


Do - approach every dangerous environment with caution and be alert to potential dangers.


Don’t - tackle a dangerous environment on your own. A specialist cleaning company will have the knowledge and expertise to complete the task safely.


Don’t - cut corners. Rushing to get a job done can put others in danger.


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