Hospital housekeeping manual

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Ensures that all contracted housekeeping and laundry programs meet IRS requirements. Ensures that professional environmental health services consultation, in matters of safety and public health significance, can be obtained from the Director, Division of Environmental Health DEH. Area Director. Ensures that Service Unit Directors identify resources and provide administrative and fiscal support for implementation of the Health Care Facility Housekeeping and Linen Services Program.

Ensures that professional consultation and technical assistance can be obtained from the respective Area facility management and environmental health personnel. Appoints an individual, as appropriate, with suitable training and experience as the Area Housekeeping Program Consultant. Area Housekeeping Program Consultant Provides technical assistance and consultation to all Area housekeeping personnel. Assists service units in arranging appropriate training for their housekeeping staff.

Service Unit Director. Establishes a Service Unit Health Care Facility Housekeeping and Linen Services Program for the IHS hospital and satellite field clinics health centers and health stations , with adequate staffing and support to perform the program functions.

Assigns administrative management of the program to the facility Administrative Officer or other designated supervisor. Endures that professional consultation and technical assistance is obtained from the respective service unit facility management and environmental health professional. Facility Administrative Officer. Provides administrative direction, management and support for the Housekeeping Services Department.

Executive Housekeeper or Housekeeping Department Supervisor. Oversees the daily operation of the Housekeeping Services Department, to include the following responsibilities: Supervision of all subordinate housekeeping, linen, and laundry staff. Programming all work assignment coverage areas, work-shift schedules, and timekeeping. Conducts reviews and evaluations of the work performance of all subordinates on a scheduled basis.

Determination, planning, coordination, and documentation of in-service and on-the-job training for all subordinate staff.

Conducts scheduled inventories of linen stock and housekeeping supplies. Develops and implements a comprehensive "Housekeeping Services Policy and Procedural Manual" with provisions for an annual review and revision of the manual according to IHS and accreditation standards. Participation in all facility department head meetings and committee functions i. These elements include: Staffing. Housekeeping and laundry staffing levels and personnel qualifications shall be determined in accordance with existing IHS staffing criteria and Office of Personnel Management OPM position classification standards.

Equipment and Supply Procurement. The Health Care Facility Housekeeping and Linen Services Program is supported through the required procurement of the following: Housekeeping equipment and accessories; Housekeeping supplies; and Linens. Laundry Services. On-site laundry services or contracted laundry services shall be provided. An example of model contract laundry specifications is included in the Manual Exhibit A.

Quality control procedures shall be identified, implemented, and approved by the Facilities Infection Control Committee, where applicable. Housekeeping Services. Housekeeping services shall be conducted in accordance with a facility-specific housekeeping policy and procedural manual.

Housekeeping equipment, accessories, and supply requirements which include : Type and use of equipment; Equipment care and preventive maintenance; Equipment service and repair records; and List of essential housekeeping supplies.

The following areas require specialized and stringent cleaning techniques and procedures: Surgical operating suites Obstetrical delivery suites Central sterile supply units Intensive care units Newborn nurseries and isolation nursery cubicles Emergency rooms Inpatient isolation rooms Semi-Critical Areas. These areas should receive routine cleaning but do not require the level of cleaning stated above: Administrative and program offices Conference and meeting rooms Medical libraries Storerooms and supply rooms Administrative corridors Cleaning frequency requirements which include : The frequency of cleaning the various IHS health care facility items and areas depends on a number of contributing factors.

Then the vacuum attachment sucks up the water and debris. According to a Jan. Members of facility housekeeping staff use an array of cleaning solutions on a daily basis. If these solutions are not diluted properly, problems will arise.

Too much of a sanitizing chemical, for example, can put housekeeping personnel at risk of injury. If too little sanitizer is used, residents can be subjected to inadequate protection against bacteria. A good resolution to this problem is a chemical management system. Betco , Toledo, Ohio, is just one company that produces such systems.

The Betco system is twofold: a dispensing unit and a specially designed chemical bottle. So in addition to protecting cleaning staff and residents, it reduces costs. Dispensing units come in a variety of sizes and capabilities. One such innovation is the SmartTowel by Kaivac. This microfiber cleaning cloth is segmented into quadrants. On one side, the quads are numbered one through four. On the flipside, the quads are numbered five through eight. Instead of wadding up a cloth to clean, risking cross-contamination, the user simply folds the towel into four and systematically cleans and refolds to a fresh quad.

And to further prevent cross-contamination, Kaivac makes the SmartTowel in four colors—blue, green, red and yellow—for use in different areas. January 15, by I Advance Senior Care. UV light disinfection systems Perhaps the most promising of all infection-busting technology are machines that deliver ultraviolet UV C light for disinfection. Wheelchairs, bedframes and more The Morantz Ultrasonic Cleaning System underwent independent laboratory testing and passed with flying colors.

Automatic bedpan washers Several manufacturers produce automatic bedpan washers in a choice of configurations including front- and top-loading models, those with manual and automatic doors and those with counters that come with or without a sink.

All work on the same general principle: The operator has no contact with the contents of the receptacle. He or she slips the pan or urinal into the machine, which is plugged directly into the sewer lines.