Daily in house cleaning:

• Clean worktops and cupboard doors using an appropriate disinfectant (see appendix A).
• Clean tables, table legs and underneath tables using an appropriate disinfectant (see appendix A)
• Clean the windows and glass using glass cleaner.
• Sweep the floor and mop using an appropriate disinfectant (see appendix A). Use the brush in prep room and the green mop bucket.
• Empty clinical waste bins daily and send for incineration.
• Empty normal waste for collection once every 3 weeks.
• Sharps bin and DOOPs bin are collected when full and replaced.
• Clean the sinks, tiles and grout using a cream cleaner.
• Refill Hibiscrub, spirit and disinfectant bottles.
• Weigh the Flurasorb.
• Refill the consumables.

Weekly in house cleaning

• Wipe the walls down with an appropriate disinfectant (see appendix A).
• Weigh the Flurasorb.

Monthly in house cleaning

• Tidy, clean and organise the cupboards.
• Dismantle and clean the scavenging air cylinders.
• Clean the air conditioning unit.

Appendix A - Disinfectants

• We use Anigene as our disinfectant.
• It is made up daily for kennels and cattery in yellow buckets at a concentration rate of 1:100 (10ml Anigene to 1ltr water).
• We have spray bottles with 1:100 concentration in consult rooms, pharmacy, prep room, dental, laboratory, kennels, cattery, radiography, theatres. It is used to clean surfaces between each patient.
• We use a concentration on 1:100 to clean all floors, made up daily and disposed of correctly at the end of the day. Yellow bucket and yellow mops: kennels, cattery, waiting room. Green bucket and green mops: prep room, radiography, dental, scrub. Blue bucket and blue mops: both theatres.
• For cleaning isolation, we made up Anigene at a concentration of 1:50 in spray bottles, bucket and mop bucket
• Red bucket and red mops – Isolation
• Mop heads are washed in the washing machine at 60.c after each use.
• Clean all windows and glass daily with Flash Anti-bac Plus.

Prepared by VetNurse.co.uk. V1. 26/9/2023

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