Cleaning cloths/mops

[Lee, Rosie]

Hello

I am interested in other ICP’s opinion on the frequency of change of
cleaning cloths used for daily cleaning of bed units. The recommended
cleaning practices in my hospital are to change each cloth (discard if
disposable or launder if reusable) after cleaning each bed space. The
method used here is to rinse the cloth depending on level of soil while
cleaning. The bucket of water is changed after each bed unit. My
rationaile is to reduce potential for cross contamination from one bed
space to the other.

There were no issues with this until the introduction of this cleaning
device the staff refer to as a “dolly mop”. It is a mini version of a
floor mop. This has been introduced for OHS reasons – too much bending
stretching etc to reach difficult to access areas such as bed screen
rails under beds etc. These mops are expensive and I have identified
that these are not being managed with the same principles as cleaning
cloth. The staff are using these by rinsing them between each bed space.
I don’t believe this is acceptable and am wondering if others have had
this issue. The cleaning staff have placed barriers on laundry turn
around times etc. They want to dispose the mop after each bed space but
the costs are prohibitive.

Just wondering if others use this mop in their hospitals and have
similar issues, have resolved this and happy to share.

Regards

Rosie

Rosie Lee
RN. BSc. CICP

Coordinator – Infection Prevention & Management
SMH Service – Royal Perth Hospital

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[Godsell, Mary-Rose]

Dear Rosie,
Recent webnair – William Rutala recommends to change cleaning cloths
after each room clean, use at least 3 cloths per room ( typically 5-7
cloths). Do not replace cleaning cloth back into disinfectant solution
after using it to wipe the surface.
Change cotton mop ‘water’ containing disinfectant every 3 rooms and
after every isolation room clean.
Kind regards
Mary-Rose Godsell
RGON, AFAAQHC, GDipHSM, CICP, MAdvPrac(Hons) Infection Prevention &
Control
South West Infection Control Nurse Consultant
Southern Country Health Service – South West

‘Hand hygiene reduces the
spread of infection’

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Hello

I am interested in other ICP’s opinion on the frequency of change of
cleaning cloths used for daily cleaning of bed units. The recommended
cleaning practices in my hospital are to change each cloth (discard if
disposable or launder if reusable) after cleaning each bed space. The
method used here is to rinse the cloth depending on level of soil while
cleaning. The bucket of water is changed after each bed unit. My
rationaile is to reduce potential for cross contamination from one bed
space to the other.

There were no issues with this until the introduction of this cleaning
device the staff refer to as a “dolly mop”. It is a mini version of a
floor mop. This has been introduced for OHS reasons – too much bending
stretching etc to reach difficult to access areas such as bed screen
rails under beds etc. These mops are expensive and I have identified
that these are not being managed with the same principles as cleaning
cloth. The staff are using these by rinsing them between each bed space.
I don’t believe this is acceptable and am wondering if others have had
this issue. The cleaning staff have placed barriers on laundry turn
around times etc. They want to dispose the mop after each bed space but
the costs are prohibitive.

Just wondering if others use this mop in their hospitals and have
similar issues, have resolved this and happy to share.

Regards

Rosie

Rosie Lee
RN. BSc. CICP

Coordinator – Infection Prevention & Management
SMH Service – Royal Perth Hospital

Ph + 61 8 9224 2805 Fax + 61 8 9224 1989

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