In any medical or healthcare setting there is a level of cleanliness that goes beyond aesthetics. Whether it’s a hospital, GP surgery or dental practice, the level of cleanliness influences patient safety, compliance and wellbeing.
Due to their high level of footfall, medical settings can easily be exposed to pathogens, bacteria and viruses that can linger on surfaces.
Medical cleaning services understand the unique challenges a healthcare centre faces and are fully equipped with the tools needed to carry out clinical cleaning.
Here’s why you should invest in a professional medical cleaning company:
Better first impressions
Patients notice cleanliness immediately and it influences their sense of safety and trust.
A visually clean environment acts as a visual representation of clinical competence.
Patients can feel very anxious when visiting a healthcare facility, walking into a visibly clean space is more likely to put them at ease and increase patient satisfaction.
Decreases risk of infection
Medical cleaning companies have highly trained cleaners using clinical grade disinfectants. Cleaners will follow strict protocols, paying particular attention to surface areas that get touched frequently. The rigorous disinfectant procedures of high touch point areas, helps to eliminate and reduce microbial load, which can help stop the spread of pathogens from contaminated surfaces to staff and patients.
In effectively reducing the spread of pathogens, the risk of infection decreases.
Ensures your medical practice is compliant
Choosing an experienced medical cleaning company to carry out your GP surgery cleaning will ensure your practice is meeting the Quality control commissions guidelines.
CQC approved medical cleaning services will ensure that detailed documentation is kept and logs of cleaning tasks, making sure that you are ready and prepared for audits.
Failing to meet CQC standards can result in negative ratings, enforcement actions or even closure.
Consistent cleaning standards
Investing in professional medical cleaning services will ensure that your healthcare facility is not only consistently clean but to a high standard.
Medical cleaning companies offer cleaners trained in infection prevention and control protocols who will log cleaning tasks, so you can rest assured that cleaning is always done to the same high standard every time.
Medical cleaning services will not only cover what is required in CQC, but will also be able to work around your practice.
Cost efficient
Clinical cleaning is cost efficient because it can significantly help to reduce the financial burden of health care associated infections.
Reasons why investing in hospital cleaning services is cost efficient:
- Reduced infection rates due to enhanced cleaning and disinfecting
- Reduction in infections can help reduce patients length of stay freeing up hospital beds quicker
- Expert medical equipment cleaning can mean that equipment is preserved and leads to less repair/replacement costs
- Doesn’t interfere with daily operations
- Outsourcing cleaning means less money and time needs to be spent on staff trainings
- Allows staff to focus on giving care to patients
Boost staff efficiency and morale
Investing in healthcare cleaning helps to create a safer, healthier, more organised environment for both staff and patients alike.
Key ways medical cleaning services help boost staff morale and efficiency:
- Reduces workload and stress by allowing staff to focus on patient care, rather than cleaning tasks, reducing burnout
- Can help reduce absenteeism as efficient cleaning reduces the risk of infection and viruses spreading
- Helps staff feel valued working in a clean and organised environment
- Gives staff a sense of pride in their work
Approved clinical disinfectants
Medical cleaning companies have access to the best clinical grade disinfectants and equipment approved specifically for healthcare settings.
Ensuring the best products are used not only keeps staff and patients safe, but it can also improve equipment longevity.
Regular cleaning of medical equipment ensures it is not only safe to use, but that it stays in working order longer, reducing the need for expensive replacements.
There are numerous benefits to hiring a professional medical cleaning company. At Creswells we offer everything from medical office cleaning to hospital cleaning, focusing on reliability and accountability. Every clean we perform is to a consistently high standard, ensuring we adhere to infection control protocols, and ensure your clinical practice is compliant.
Each cleaning visit is fully recorded, making sure you are ready and confident for any inspections.
What does our medical cleaning include?
- Cleaning clinical rooms, assessment areas and treatment areas
- Maintaining staff spaces such as staff kitchens, staff rooms and toilets
- Routine cleaning of high touch points
- Following agreed schedules ensuring cleaning doesn’t disrupt workflow
- Handling waste material in line with healthcare specific requirements
- Following strict CQC protocols
Other services at Creswells:
Office equipment cleaning, Coronavirus deep cleaning, window cleaning
At Creswells we understand the unique set of challenges healthcare facilities face. We have over 20 years of experience in Commercial cleaning and are fully CQC compliant with our cleaning techniques.