INFECTION CONTROL
“Organisations with hot- desking policies should provide antibacterial wipes and encourage
staff to wipe down their desks at the beginning and end of each day.”
purpose specialist disinfections are also advised during unprecedented times, to ensure your facility is as clean as possible at a time where cross contamination potential is hard to mitigate fully.
To perform a deep clean, experts will have access to specialist multi-purpose biocidal cleaners, which can decontaminate surfaces by killing bacteria, fungi, spores, yeasts and viruses. A deep clean should include a thorough disinfection of high frequency touch points, as well as moving all furniture or equipment away from the walls to make sure no areas are missed from the cleaning routine. One powerful tool in the deep cleaning arsenal is Ultra Low Volume (ULV) disinfectant fogging. This involves specialist technicians generating a mist of disinfectant which settles on top of, underneath and on the sides of objects, enabling technicians to disinfect a large area in a short period of time.
REACTING QUICKLY In addition to prevention, it’s also important that if
a worker or visitor to your premises does contract or is suspected to have contracted COVID-19, you react quickly to decontaminate the premises. Under government guidance, in most circumstances the amount of infectious virus on any contaminated surface is likely to have significantly decreased after 72 hours. This is a key consideration to determine the type of deep clean service that your premises will need.
For businesses with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 on the premises that cannot afford to close for 72 hours, it is essential that this situation is handled with care and caution. The safety of technicians, and the general public, is always of paramount importance,
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and for this reason carefully risk assessed infection control measures which go above the minimum World Health Organization (WHO) guidance would be employed. Technicians will manually disinfect rooms and areas that pose a threat of causing cross contamination, using a high-level surface disinfectant to help minimise the risk of infection. This includes all floors, walls, ceilings and any objects.
Businesses with remote working capabilities, who can afford to wait 72 hours, should request our specialist disinfection service to disinfect their premises. This uses the same processes and includes cleaning common touch points, such as door handles and kitchen surfaces.
It is also extremely important that any waste is disposed of in a safe and legally compliant manner, to ensure there is no further cross contamination. Rentokil Specialist Hygiene follows the COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance as set out by Public Health England, which states all waste will be handled as clinical waste and we ensure that all resulting waste is correctly segregated, transported, and disposed of in line with clinical waste regulations.
FINAL WORDS When it comes to cleaning regimes, proactivity
is essential to help prevent the spread of disease, particularly during an illness outbreak such as coronavirus. While hand hygiene will help stem cross contamination, specialist deep cleans will offer that extra level of protection and businesses should consider booking one in.
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