New National Standards Of Healthcare Cleanliness
New National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness came out in 2021
The new standards ‘apply to all healthcare settings’ including primary care and a key element to these standards are the new auditing principals. The new standard goes on to say “Cleaning and infection prevention are intrinsically linked. It is therefore essential to demonstrate cleaning efficacy by auditing both the outcome of the cleaning and the process by which cleaning standards are achieved”.
You can find out more about the new standards here:
The CQC has adopted these new standards so they will have to be adhered to.
Compliance with the Auditing Principals of the New National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 can take time and resources and whilst this may be available in a large NHS Trust with its own IPC team and cleaning staff it may not be in a primary care setting.
This is where Ideal Cleaning Services can help you. Ideal provide daily cleaning services to NHS Trusts, Sexual Health Clinics, GP Practices, Dental Clinics and Vaccination Centres.
We are conversant with the new standards, Functional Risk Categories, performance parameters and cleaning frequencies and the Auditing and Monitoring principals for the new national standards.
We can help you determine the Functional Risk Category of each room, agree the responsibilities framework and train our staff on the appropriate cleaning methods and frequencies for each area. Our Area Supervisors will then undertake a regime of audits and inspections to provide you with the required Auditing and Monitoring information.
To find out more about Ideal Cleaning Services Limited and these new National Standards visit our previously published blog article: https://lnkd.in/gpBswHQk
Or you can contact us directly on [email protected] to arrange an initial meeting and a no-obligation site survey.