COVER STORY
A Clean Bill Of Health
Cleaning technology specialist Kärcher outlines everything you need to know to help keep every inch of your care facility as clean and hygienic as possible.
Stringent infection control measures play a daily part in care home life, but if you haven’t reviewed how you’re cleaning as well as what you’re cleaning recently, chances are you’re missing out on performance and time saving benefits.
Cleanliness and hygiene are key factors in creating a homely atmosphere, but so is a cleaning regime that doesn’t impact adversely on residents, causing excessive noise, disruption, areas to be out of bounds, or strong chemical smells and an institutional feel.
Residential care facilities work hard to ensure that settling into a new environment and a new life is as easy a transition as possible, not only for
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residents but their friends and family too. Creating a clean and welcoming environment can impact on resident and staff wellbeing and makes business sense too, with high standards of cleanliness enhancing your facility’s CQC rating as well as your reputation.
Regular preventative cleaning can preserve valuable assets. For example, carpeted floors in high footfall areas can quickly become unsightly and have to be replaced prematurely if they are not deep-cleaned on a regular basis. This is because dust and other particles of dirt can roughen the surface of a floor, which not only provides dirt with a better hold, but also causes the floor covering to wear at a faster rate.
Moreover, non-compliance to good cleaning practice can have significant consequences in relation to infection control. Just as nursing staff adhere to strict processes to prevent clinical errors, mistake proofing should be intrinsic to any cleaning programme.
Microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi, develop very quickly if they find the right breeding ground. It is therefore vitally important to act to prevent their spread. Cleaning machines can play a major part in this quest, from providing a superior clean in the first place to controlling the risk of cross-contamination between separate areas of your facility.
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