In house cleaning:

• Clean the sink with a cream cleaner (see appendix A).
• Clean the worktop, cupboard doors, table, table legs, walls, doors, light, keyboard and mouse with a disinfectant spray (see appendix A).
• Clean the window, pictures, blind and computer screen with a glass cleaner (see appendix A).
• Empty the clinical waste bin and replace the white bin bag.
• Empty the kidney dish into the DOOP bin.
• Empty and refill the otoscope pot with appropriate cleaner (see appendix A)
• Sharps bin are collected for incineration once full, and the sharps bin is replaced
• Clean out the thermometer pot and replace with cotton wool and Hibiscrub
• Clean and dry the metal ear pieces. They are sterilised at the end of each day in the autoclave.
• Restock the consumables – white roll, cotton wool, disposable gloves, cotton buds.
• Restock vaccination cards.
• Ensure microchip scanner is fully charged.
• Ensure there are nail clippers, stitch removers, pill givers in the drawer.
• Top up liver treats.

Weekly in house cleaning

• Clean the air conditioning unit with disinfectant spray (see appendix A).

External cleaning:

• The floor is swept and mopped using an appropriate disinfectant (see appendix A).

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.
• Windows and glass are cleaned with Flash Anti-bac Plus.