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I would like to place a post on the discussion forum as below.The Construction and Renovation section of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines discuss the responsibilities of the commissioning team to ensure that a newly constructed or renovated area complies with the standards for occupation. In relation to environmental cleanliness it states ” thorough cleaning and decontamination of all surfaces including walls, ceilings, windows, ventilation systems, services cavities and ceiling spaces;”
We would like to know how other hospitals interpret this especially the requirement for decontamination.
I understand the builders do a builders clean and often facilitate a preoccupancy clean by contracted cleaners.
1. Does your hospital cleaning team re-clean all surfaces?
2. Are the surfaces disinfected after the initial clean?
3. Can you please share what process and type of products you use? i.e. a one step clean or two step clean (with a disinfectant)Kind regards
HeatherHeather Craigie
CNC Infection Prevention and Control,
Mersey Community Hospital,
Tasmanian Health Organisation – North West
Phone 6426 5443 or 0400 351 706________________________________
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Hi Heather,
We never rely on a builders clean alone – it is never satisfactory. We also perform a terminal clean which is done by either our own cleaning service or a specialist hospital contract cleaning service. Following this cleaning we perform a disinfection using nocospray.
Happy to chat further.
Kind regards,Fiona De Sousa
Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Fiona.Desousa@sah.org.au
185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076Hi
I would like to place a post on the discussion forum as below.The Construction and Renovation section of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines discuss the responsibilities of the commissioning team to ensure that a newly constructed or renovated area complies with the standards for occupation. In relation to environmental cleanliness it states ” thorough cleaning and decontamination of all surfaces including walls, ceilings, windows, ventilation systems, services cavities and ceiling spaces;”
We would like to know how other hospitals interpret this especially the requirement for decontamination.
I understand the builders do a builders clean and often facilitate a preoccupancy clean by contracted cleaners.
1. Does your hospital cleaning team re-clean all surfaces?
2. Are the surfaces disinfected after the initial clean?
3. Can you please share what process and type of products you use? i.e. a one step clean or two step clean (with a disinfectant)Kind regards
HeatherHeather Craigie
CNC Infection Prevention and Control,
Mersey Community Hospital,
Tasmanian Health Organisation – North West
Phone 6426 5443 or 0400 351 706________________________________
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Hi Heather,
At our facility we always do at least one clean after the builder’s clean. We use a bleach detergent product which is a one-step bleach cleaning process. This is used because it is the standard cleaning product used for all cleaning throughout our facility in clinical areas (not just terminal cleans).
In some areas if we are going to be undertaking microbiological air sampling prior to commissioning (e.g., theatre or CSSD) two terminal cleans are undertaken 24 hrs apart at least 24 hrs before air sampling.
Regards,
Donna.Donna Cameron
Manager Infection Control
Austin Health
P.O. Box 5555
HEIDELBERG Vic 3968
* 9496 6625
* donna.cameron@austin.org.auHi
I would like to place a post on the discussion forum as below.The Construction and Renovation section of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines discuss the responsibilities of the commissioning team to ensure that a newly constructed or renovated area complies with the standards for occupation. In relation to environmental cleanliness it states ” thorough cleaning and decontamination of all surfaces including walls, ceilings, windows, ventilation systems, services cavities and ceiling spaces;”
We would like to know how other hospitals interpret this especially the requirement for decontamination.
I understand the builders do a builders clean and often facilitate a preoccupancy clean by contracted cleaners.
1. Does your hospital cleaning team re-clean all surfaces?
2. Are the surfaces disinfected after the initial clean?
3. Can you please share what process and type of products you use? i.e. a one step clean or two step clean (with a disinfectant)Kind regards
HeatherHeather Craigie
CNC Infection Prevention and Control,
Mersey Community Hospital,
Tasmanian Health Organisation – North West
Phone 6426 5443 or 0400 351 706________________________________
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Hello Heather,
We are currently remodelling part of our CSSD department and clean as per Michael Whishart comment. We undertake a risk management analysis and formulate an action plan prior to works commencement, conduct regular compliance audits to ensure clean up and environmental controls are in place during the works and at completion.
Liz Vanderlinde
Infection Control Officer
North West Private Hospital
Brickport Road, Burnie TAS 7320, Australia
T +61 2 6432 6000 F +61 2 6431 5766
E Liz.Vanderlinde@healthecare.com.au W | facebook | twitterHi
I would like to place a post on the discussion forum as below.The Construction and Renovation section of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines discuss the responsibilities of the commissioning team to ensure that a newly constructed or renovated area complies with the standards for occupation. In relation to environmental cleanliness it states ” thorough cleaning and decontamination of all surfaces including walls, ceilings, windows, ventilation systems, services cavities and ceiling spaces;”
We would like to know how other hospitals interpret this especially the requirement for decontamination.
I understand the builders do a builders clean and often facilitate a preoccupancy clean by contracted cleaners.
1. Does your hospital cleaning team re-clean all surfaces?
2. Are the surfaces disinfected after the initial clean?
3. Can you please share what process and type of products you use? i.e. a one step clean or two step clean (with a disinfectant)Kind regards
HeatherHeather Craigie
CNC Infection Prevention and Control,
Mersey Community Hospital,
Tasmanian Health Organisation – North West
Phone 6426 5443 or 0400 351 706________________________________
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER
The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission.
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