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Hospital Cleaning Checklist

by James Nyambaka, from the Community

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This hospital cleaning checklist standardizes housekeeping procedures across wards, labs, pharmacies, dietary, laundry, rehab, and outpatient areas. It outlines what to do before, during, and after cleaning, including solution dilution and contact times, proper mopping techniques, sequencing from low- to high-touch surfaces, sharps handling, waste collection, and hand hygiene. Use this SOP-based guide to reduce infection risks and maintain consistent, compliant environmental cleaning.

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Hospital Cleaning Checklist

A hospital cleaning checklist is a simple guideline followed by hospital housekeepers to standardize cleaning practices and avoid common mistakes such as double-dipping cloths, shaking mops, and more. This hospital cleaning checklist includes a sample hospital housekeeping SOP that details what hospital housekeepers should do before, during, and after cleaning different areas in the healthcare facility.

by SafetyCulture

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Daily Patient Room Cleaning Checklist

This daily patient room cleaning checklist standardizes hospital housekeeping tasks to support infection control and patient comfort. It covers hand hygiene before, during, and after cleaning; restocking soap, paper goods, and sharps disposal; disinfecting high-touch surfaces such as door handles, call cords, phones, keyboards, tables, rails, and fixtures; detailed bathroom cleaning from sink to toilet; and floor care with dust mopping, deck brushing, and wet mopping. It also includes safety steps like wet floor signage, permission for bed rail cleaning, and logging work orders.

by Cary Hauth, from the Community

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Standard Infection Control Audit for Wards

Use this standard infection control audit to assess compliance across hospital wards. The checklist covers environmental cleaning, utility and pan rooms, storage practices, clinical equipment hygiene, medication handling, vaccine and medication fridge monitoring, and ice machine safety. It includes PPE availability, sharps management, and hand hygiene controls. Staff awareness of policies and exposure procedures is checked. Specialized sections guide maternity areas and negative pressure rooms. Apply this tool to identify risks, document issues, and drive corrective actions.

by Nicola Shah, from the Community

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Hospital Infection Control Housekeeping Checklist

This hospital housekeeping surveillance checklist supports infection control by standardizing daily cleaning, disinfection, and compliance checks. It covers general area audits, PPE availability and correct use, separation of mops by zone, biomedical waste handling and signage, and high-touch surface disinfection across patient rooms and restrooms. Steps include checking isolation status, hand hygiene before and after tasks, placing wet floor signs, clockwise cleaning of equipment and ledges, and thorough restroom and toilet sanitation. The checklist guides floor and surface cleaning, container fill limits, linen trolley closure, and final sign-off to document compliance and corrective actions.

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Hospital Cleaning Checklist

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