General cleaning of the premises

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Not everyone knows that cleaning is a whole system, a well-established algorithm, and not a set of chaotic actions. Carrying out general cleaning in the premises is a process, though creative, but still amenable to certain laws. And if you had to face the question of how to properly clean the premises, then this article should help.

The Revizorro team, or the White Glove Society

Yes, it is to the program of the same name that we owe what we know - in our country, they do not know how to thoroughly clean public places and do not want to.

Of course, at home we are free to do as we see fit, but officials who clean up the premises of enterprises should be familiar with the instructions for general cleaning, which is called "under signature", and be guided by it strictly.

To make it easier to control the sanitary condition of offices, it is advisable for the employer to keep a journal of generalcleaning. Additionally, by order of the enterprise, it is necessary to create a commission that will check the cleanliness, for example, once a month.

Based on the results of the check, we can draw conclusions about which of the staff responsible for cleaning receives a bonus in vain, and who should already open their own "cleanliness and order" office. The commission can identify both minor violations and the complete inconsistency of the cleaner with his position.

"Generalim" cabinets

First, let's determine why it is necessary to carry out general cleaning. It is organized with the aim of:

• remove all contaminants;
• eliminate the breeding ground for the development of microbes and harmful microorganisms.

Achieving the set goals is done:

• using detergents;
• disinfectants;
• means for air disinfection.

The choice of auxiliary cleaning tools is determined taking into account the profile of a particular room. General cleaning in the doctor's office and the accountant's office will be carried out differently, the frequency of manipulations will also be completely different.

Objects targeted by rags and mop

Furniture, surfaces, equipment, appliances, windows, plumbing, tiles, walls, lighting - all this should not be deprived of the cleaner's attention. Based on this, the general cleaning is carried out according to the following scheme:

1. Preparing for cleaning.
2. Washing surfaces,immediately decontaminate them.
3. Remove cleaning agent residue from surfaces.
4. Air disinfection/ventilation.
5. Tidying cleaning equipment.
6. Mark in the journal.

What to require from detergents

Most often, enterprises first of all look at the cheapness of detergent, but it must be not only affordable, but also of high quality. So, in medical, children's organizations and premises where food is prepared and stored, those that have a special "certificate of conformity" should be used. This document confirms the absence of toxicity, and hence the safety of the substance. It is usually required by the supervisory authorities during scheduled and unscheduled inspections. In addition, you should pay attention to:

• for the duration of antibacterial properties;
• resistance to pollution;
• safety for the ecosystem;
• a high degree of cleaning, washing, refreshing properties of the product of the chemical industry.

The product should also be easy to store and prepare solutions.

General cleaning algorithm

Remember that during cleaning, attention is paid to hard-to-reach places without fail! And all actions are directed strictly from top to bottom and only in this way.

A separate rag/washcloth should be allocated for each cleaning operation. Dust from the surfaces is swept away strictly before wet cleaning of the floor. The removal of the smallest dry particles must be given almostritual meaning. Dust can make even the he althiest person sick, causing allergies and, in advanced cases, suffocation.

From the employee responsible for the general "cleaning" of the premises, a set of rules is required:

1. Before cleaning: put on a clean uniform, rubber gloves.
2. Take clean inventory prepared after the last cleaning (rags, sponges, washcloths, mops) and all necessary detergents.
3. If there are sinks, bathtubs, shower trays, toilet bowls, they must first be moistened with water and only then a detergent should be applied, after which the composition remains for some time on the surface until it enters into a chemical reaction with contaminants. The brush must be lowered for some time into the toilet knee with water, after having dropped a special disinfectant there. Thus, this irreplaceable device will always remain clean.
4. Empty all wastebaskets, then wash them with disinfectant solution.
5. The bathroom must be free of harmful mold.
6. All pieces of furniture move away from the walls: cabinets, beds, sofas, armchairs and cabinets.
7. Walls are treated with rags soaked in the solution. Wet cleaning height - up to two meters.
8. Wipe dust from cabinets, chandeliers, sconces, lamps, frames, window sills, cabinets with a damp cloth, moving lower and lower.
9. If necessary, walk over glossy surfaces with a sponge and polish.
10. The space behind the batteries and the radiators themselves are cleaned with special brushes usingdisinfectant. Wash off with water.
11. If the room has an open balcony, then it should be washed with a separate cloth. The reason for this is bird droppings, which should not be carried around the human habitat.
12. Before wet cleaning the floors, you need to collect small debris from the floor with a broom or vacuum cleaner, clean all carpets with it.
13. Wash the floor using 2 buckets. In the first, add a washing / disinfectant solution to the water, wash the floor with it. Pour clean tap water into the second and walk on the floor again.
14. Proceed to wet cleaning the floor, paying special attention to all corners and baseboards.
15. Wash all pieces of furniture, finish with a damp clean cloth, then dry.
16. The room needs to be well ventilated, in some cases the cabinets are quartzed with a special device, ionizers and air purifiers are installed.
17. Wash, disinfect and rinse all rags, which should then be hung out to dry outside/special dry room. It is strictly forbidden to leave wet rags folded, because bacteria with a specific putrefactive odor will begin to multiply in them.
18. Make a mark in the journal of accounting and control of general cleaning.
19. Turn the uniform to the laundry.

Cleanliness in medical and preventive institutions

General cleaning in he althcare facilities should be carried out under special control. Medical institutions are places of increased danger. If cleanliness is not emphasized here,then the spread of any infections simply cannot be avoided.

Especially the nurses of infectious and surgical hospitals know their business. Here you will not be allowed to enter even without shoe covers, they will force you to take off your outer clothing, and all surfaces that patients and visitors most often touch are treated daily with Blanidas or a chloride solution. The walls in the wards and operating rooms are washed from floor to ceiling. The general cleaning is crowned by the quartz treatment of cabinets. In this way, the most harmful and pathogenic microorganisms for humans are killed.

Nobody needs to be told what can happen if any office becomes a breeding ground for infections and diseases. In case of non-fulfillment of its obligations by the management of the organization, Rospotrebnadzor will have every right to terminate the activities of the medical institution, and bring unscrupulous persons to punishment.