Hospital Housekeeping
Purpose: To keep the room clean and neat.
Procedure:
- Waste collection and disposal daily morning and after lunch time.
- Dusting and sweeping of the room before doctors rounds. Toilet cleaning and antiseptic moping after the doctor’s rounds.
- Cobweb removal, cleaning of fan and light fittings are done when the time of discharge and when required.
- Dusting and application of disinfectant of furniture, windows and telephones are daily morning.
- While cleaning the discharge room all dust and cobwebs to remove and scrub floor by long handled scrubbers with soap solution. Also application of disinfectant.
- Additional cleaning other than routine cleaning there may be needed as and when needed. For Ex: – Vomiting on the floor or else where, blood and body fluid splashes.
TITLE: Housekeeping in ICU
Purpose: To keep clean so as to prevent infection and improve Aaesthetic sense Procedure:
1. The assigned housekeeping staff works in the respective area under the supervision of the 1 Nurse, but directly reporting to the housekeeping supervisor.
2. Dry dusting of the patient unit and all furniture, equipments and floors.
3. Wet moping is done with soap and water daily.
4. Antiseptic cleaning is done as per the direction of the head Nurse.
5. Toilets to be cleaned twice a day with antiseptic lotion.
6. Additional cleaning as and when required.
TITLE: Housekeeping of public floor
Purpose: To keep hospitals clean so as to prevent infection.
Procedure:
1. The assigned housekeeping staff works in the respective area under supervision.
2. Proper disposal of garbage. ,
3. Sweeping and moping for floors, wall comers, windows etc. Daily with detergent)
4. Application of disinfectant.
5. Dry dusting of wooden surfaces.
6. Periodical cleaning and checking of toilets. (Hourly checking of toilets)
7. Other than routine cleaning there may be additional cleaning which may be needed as and when needed.
8. Fans and light fittings are to be cleaned weekly once or when necessary.
9. Wash basins are to be cleaned with cleaning powder every morning and as and when required.
10. Ceiling is dusted to remove cobwebs and dust accumulation in every week.
11. Daily cleaning of glasses, glass doors and dusting of aluminium railings and frames.
TITLE: Cleaning of Public Toilets.
Purpose: To keep the toilets clean so as to prevent infection.
Procedure:
1. The assigned housekeeping staff cleans the toilet two times a day with antiseptic lotion. Also cleaning of toilet will be done as and when required
2. Cleaning is first done with soap solution and water. Areas to be cleaned are closet, floor, walls and washbasin with prescribed sanitizer.
3. Ceiling is dusted to remove cobwebs and dust accumulation.
4. Toilet brush is used for cleaning the toilet.
OPERATION THEATRE CLEANING AND SEGREGATION OF WASTE
1. Orientation to the assignment
2. Checking and maintaining inventory
a. Linen inventory. that includes sending and receiving daily
b. Daily inventory of cleaning equipments like mop with stick, water pusher, waste pusher, brush etc.
c. Checking the availability of cleaning solution.
d. Checking the availability of color coding bags and maintaining the stock.
e. Cleaning the operation theatre whenever necessary.
f. Checking and reporting of any damage or repair of cleaning items.
3. Daily cleaning of operation theatre
a. Morning first cleaning the OT with liquid soap before starting the operation list.
b. Second, cleaning with Bacillocide special 2% that is 20ml in one litter water.
c. In between cases clean Bacillocide special 0.5%.
d. If there is any spillage of blood in the floor use I % Sodium Hypo Chlorite for 5 minutes and use separate mop stick and clean properly.
e. End of the list initially clean with soap and water and then with Bacillocide special 2%
4. Weekly cleaning of operation theatre
a. End of the week that is on Saturday, after all cases clean the operation theatre with liquid soap
b. Then with Bacillocide special 2% including sidewalls and cleaning also.
c. Fumigation of OT with formalin using OT care machine 37% formaldehyde 280ml/1000 cubic feet.
5. Segregation of waste and proper disposal of waste in the appropriate container
a. Yellow bag for infected dressing materials and blood contain items.
b. Black bag for all paper waste and kitchen waste.
c. Pink bag for all plastic items. E.g.: Anesthesia item include E.T Tubes, syringes etc.
d. Blue bag for soiled linen directly to CSSD.
e. Grey bag for non-soled linen. .
f. In case of any infected case, send the linen separately in a bag and inform house keeping.
6. Final disposal
a. Non infective wastes (collected in black bags) are disposed in a landfill.
b. Infected solid wastes and human anatomical wastes (contents of yellow bags) are incinerated.
c. Infected plastics (collected in a pink bag) are disinfected and shred. Plastics cannot be incinerated, as they produce dioxins when burnt, which is known to be carcinogenic.
d. Sharps are rendered non-recyclable by mutilating them using heat.