Patients and health care professionals are less exposed to potentially infectious bacteria when the operating theatre or surgery rooms and its immediate environs are cleaned. After surgery or hospital cleaning is necessary to keep it germ and bacteria-freesu.
Cleaning takes place at different times:
- When setting up a new operating room
- Every day, before the procedure
- Among the patients
- After the day’s final operation (known as terminal cleaning)
- Once a week and/or once a month, a deeper clean is performed
Unrestricted, semi-restricted, and restricted spaces must all be cleaned. Begin in the operation room and work your way through the scrub areas, anaesthesia and recovery rooms, and finally the sterilizing section. Last but not least, clean the toilet.
Cleaning Equipment
Cleaning equipment must be available in large quantities. There should be a set for the operating room, the restroom, and the ancillary rooms. Separate sets should be stored. The following items should be included in each set:
- Buckets and mops
- Scrubbing brush with a stiff bristle
- To remove extra water, use a rubber pusher
- Choose disinfecting solutions that have broad-spectrum microbicidal action and are suitable for each type of surface to be treated
- Cleaning cloths that are both dry and wet and absorbent
- Oil for lubricating the wheels of heavy equipment
- Clean gown, cap, mask, and utility gloves should be worn by the individual doing the cleaning
Hospital Cleaning and why we Clean Hospitals
Environmental surfaces in hospitals are cleaned or disinfected frequently (e.g., hourly, daily, 3 times a week), when surfaces are visibly filthy, if spillages occur, and always following patient discharge. Clinical risk, patient turnover, people-traffic intensity, and surface features all influence the type and frequency of routine cleaning. Cleaning services and their delivery should be specified in writing for all parts of the hospital, whether performed by in-house or externally outsourced workers. Cleaning supervisors, hospital managers, estates, and infection control should examine doctor surgery cleaning regularly.
Items that Should be Cleaned and Disinfected
There are some of the following items that need to be cleaned and disinfected:
- All flat surfaces (wipe from top to bottom, then from the centre outwards)
- The patient bed and its accessories, as well as positioning and patient transfer devices
- Sterile instrument containers, antiseptic bottles, and the trays in which they are stored
- Scrub the sinks, knobs, and the walls
- Look for any possible leaks
- Check sure the soap and antiseptic solution bottles at the scrub basin are full and replace them if necessary (if the operating theatre is temperature-controlled, this can be done the night before)
Dental practice cleaning is also required after the tooth surgery to keep the place clean and germ free.
Controlling Pests by Pest Control
Work with the administrator and the maintenance staff to schedule pest inspections and/or pest control methods regularly to keep pests away. When the operating theatre is not in use, any control measures must be implemented. Schedule it for the day before the weekend or a festival, for example. This gives the operating theatre time to settle in and resolve any issues before it is needed again.
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