CLEANING EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY
Kimberly-Clark Professional partners with the BICSc to bring expert advice on how to operate successfully in the post-pandemic era of the cleaning industry.
Cleaning and hygiene have never been so important. With businesses still getting back on their feet, Kimberly- Clark Professional has partnered with UK-based training body, the British Institute of Cleaning (BICSc), to bring best practice and expertise to facilities managers across the country.
In these uncertain times everyone wants to feel as safe as possible and do all that they can to stay healthy. Also, it’s critical to recognise that today we all share the responsibility for minimising infection and contamination in the workplace. Now everyone has a role to play supporting the cleanliness and the prevention of spreading infection in the ‘new normal’.
Whilst the role of the cleaning operative remains key, certainly with far more focus than pre-pandemic, it’s now more vital that robust training programmes are effectively cascaded through the cleaning workforce – and even to all staff.
BICSc states that as an absolute minimum, cleaning operatives should be trained in the following:
1. Chemical competence to ensure operatives have an understanding of the correct dilution and use of the chemical range available to them. Of importance currently is to understand the correct dilution for the
disinfectants, and the time they need to be active on surfaces for the maximum germ kill rate.
2. Safe assembly and care of equipment for comprehension of the safety checks applicable for each piece of equipment they need to use in the execution of duties.
3. Best practice on keeping storage areas safe and clean to minimise the risks of cross-contamination.
4. Additionally, to meet the challenges they currently face they will need the following knowledge:
• To use the correct wipe for the specific task and ensure the correct product is used for the surface they are cleaning.
• To use systematic overlapping wiping actions so that all the surface area is efficiently and effectively cleaned, removing soilage and bacteria.
• To change the wipe when all surfaces have been used, or it has been contaminated to prevent spreading infection.
• To clean from the cleanest areas to the dirtiest to minimise cross-contamination.
BICSs explains that best practice is to apply the cleaning product from dirty to clean areas to allow the greatest contact time to kill bacteria. The areas are then cleaned from those least contaminated to those more heavily so, as shown in the illustration.
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