Cleanliness
Right
time: right place
Did you
know?
- From the national in-patient survey 93%
of patients think that hospitals are clean
- However, the majority of patients feel
that our hospitals could be cleaner
- Cleanliness is essential to provide high
quality care
- Cleanliness is everyone's
responsibility.
You can
expect: that a clean healthcare environment is one free
from dust, dirt and debris.
Our commitment to
cleanliness...
We
will:
- Treat patients in a clean, safe and tidy
environment
- Ensure that everywhere identifies a
person responbsible for cleanliness
- Be seen by you to be clean
- Deliver high standards of cleanliness
through routine basic and ongoing programmes of thorough
cleaning
- Publish clean information about how you
can comment on cleanliness and listen to your views
- Provide opportunities for you to tell us
what you think and be seen to act on those ideas
- Monitor our progress and report how
wer're doing
- Keep up-to-date with new
developments.
We ask
you to:
- Help us, by keeping personal belongings
tidy
- Dispose of litter in rubbish
bins
- Inform us when you feel standards of
cleanliness are not acceptable.
To help patients,
visitors and public understand more about cleanliness we have
produced a leaflet (see below). This is what the
leaflet
says:
Infection control practices help
reduce the spread of infections such as
MRSA,
Clostridium difficile, flu
and gastroenteritis. Keeping these
infections at bay takes dedication from NHS
staff, patients and the
public.
Keeping the NHS clean is
everybody’s responsibility
Cleanliness standards that
patients and the public can expect from
us:
You can expect
the healthcare environment to be well maintained, clean and
safe.
Clean means free
from dust, dirt and debris.
In any NHS setting you should
expect:
• That the
equipment, furniture, walls, floors, toilets and wash hand
basins are clean
• The environment
is free from litter
• Cleaning
schedules are displayed and readily available to patients and the
public
• There is an
indication of when toilets were last cleaned
• Fixtures and
fittings are well maintained
• There is
information on who to report problems or concerns to.
Your responsibility for
cleanliness:
• Inform us if
standards are not acceptable
• Help us, by
keeping personal belongings tidy
• Dispose of
litter in rubbish bins.
