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HEALTHCARE & HOSPITAL HYGIENE
An effective cleaning routine is critical for hospital hygiene Daniel Took, head of product at Kärcher Professional Products, discusses how to ensure year-round cleanliness within the healthcare sector. MAINTAINING hygiene in hospitals and healthcare facilities is a critical step in the safe operation and management of these establishments. Wards, surgery rooms and treatment rooms must be disinfected between each patient, necessitating immediate, consistent and repetitive cleaning. Intermediate cleaning ensures that the facilities are constantly maintained to a high standard, making less frequent, intense cleans even more efficient when required. To achieve this the PDIR (Preventative, Daily, Interim and Restorative cleaning and maintenance) cleaning process is an ideal practice for facilities managers.
for water-resistant floors, offering surface
Intermediate cleaning
protection to make them more hardwearing.
Maintenance cleaning is key for keeping
Preventative cleaning
things in order but intermediate cleaning
Preventative cleaning focuses on stopping the
Daily maintenance cleaning
is always required and can save time and
dirt from outside making its way into corridors,
Floorcare maintenance is key to ensuring
costs when it comes to deep cleaning. It is
entrances and common walkways. This can
that the surface remains safe for users. For
vital to select the right method to minimise
reduce the build-up of dirt inside by two thirds.
daily cleaning to extend service life, Kärcher’s
disruption to patients and staff and to
For paths and courtyards with entries into
compact scrubber dryer range thoroughly
prevent down-time. For example, using
the facility, Kärcher’s walk-behind vacuum
removes loosened dirt in a single pass leaving
excess water to clean the floors will put them
sweepers are perfect to target dirt from the
surfaces instantly dry, clean and safe to prevent
out of access for long periods. Orbital and
source, sweeping through up to 300m with
trips and falls. The walk-behind scrubber dryers
cylindrical scrubbers are ideal for scrubbing
limited dust development.
are easy to manoeuvre in heavily furnished and
hard floors to remove dirt from the surface
highly frequented areas and can be paired with
without the area being left soaked and
the floors are protected, particularly those that
Kärcher’s environmentally friendly FloorPro
inaccessible as a result.
are frequently walked on. Kärcher’s FloorPro
Multi Cleaner RM 756 to remove the most
Wipe Care RM 780 is a powerful cleaning agent
stubborn grease and mineral stains.
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If dirt does enter the facility, it is essential that
Restoring the original condition Surfaces can become damaged due to the movement of people, operating equipment and wheeling beds. To restore the floor it can need to be stripped and recoated with a new protective layer. Kärcher’s FloorPro Intensive Deep Cleaner RM 752 is an effective solution that can be used in conjunction with its scrubber dryers to powerfully remove care films, wax and polymer coatings, dirt and grease, allowing facilities mangers to recoat the flooring to return it to a ‘like new’ state. When paired with the PDIR cleaning process, the Kärcher system offers innovative cleaning solutions that improve the overall cleanliness and maintenance of healthcare and hospital facilities. WWW.KARCHER.CO.UK
18 OCTOBER 2021
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