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Use this housekeeping laundry audit checklist to assess cleanliness, safety, and infection control in care homes. Verify laundry flow segregation, chemical storage, machine condition, ventilation, and temperature. Confirm PPE use, handwashing facilities, restricted access, and heat mitigation. Inspect entrances, corridors, lounges, dining rooms, and bathrooms for cleanliness, signage, and appropriate fixtures. Review bedroom standards, including bedding, soft furnishings, en-suite hygiene, and safe storage. Record issues, note dates entered in RAP, and ensure regular monthly reviews.

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Laundry and Standards of Cleanliness Checklist
Use this housekeeping audit to check laundry operations and overall cleanliness in care facilities, hotels, and similar sites. Verify separation of clean and dirty areas, safe chemical storage, machine maintenance, ventilation, infection control, and staff practices. Inspect entrances, corridors, lounges, dining rooms, bathrooms, sluice rooms, and kitchenettes for hygiene and order. Spot check bedrooms for cleanliness, bedding condition, soft furnishings, hazard free layouts, and ensuite standards. Capture issues and actions for follow up.
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Housekeeping and Laundry Audit Checklist
Use this healthcare housekeeping and laundry audit to assess cleanliness, infection control, and safety in care homes. The checklist covers laundry room zoning, chemical storage, machine maintenance, PPE, access control, ventilation, and hand hygiene. It also reviews reception and common areas, bathrooms, kitchenettes, sluices, and staff presentation, plus bedroom standards such as bedding, furnishings, en-suites, and continence product storage. Schedule monthly checks and log issues for follow-up.
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Laundry and Standards of Cleanliness Housekeeping
This housekeeping checklist helps teams in care and residential settings assess laundry operations and overall cleanliness. It covers separation of dirty and clean laundry areas, chemical storage, machine maintenance and filter cleaning, and personal wash handling. Infection control is emphasized, including PPE use, heat management, and accessible hand washing facilities. The checklist extends to entrance, corridors, lounges, dining rooms, kitchenettes, bathrooms, and sluice rooms, ensuring supplies like soap, paper towels, and bins are in place. Staff presentation standards are noted. A bedrooms audit guides spot checks for cleanliness, bedding condition, soft furnishings, safety hazards, and ensuite bathrooms. An action plan section supports reporting issues to management.
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Environmental Cleanliness Audit Checklist
Use this Environmental Cleanliness Audit to assess hygiene and housekeeping standards across healthcare facilities. Inspect entrances, lounges, corridors, dining rooms, beverage kitchens, bedrooms and en-suites, bathrooms and toilets, clinical and clean utility rooms, sluice areas, linen stores, laundry rooms, and cleaners rooms. Verify walls, floors, ceilings, furniture, fixtures, and equipment are in good condition, free of dust, stains, mould, and clutter. Support infection prevention and control by checking availability and cleanliness of toilets, wash basins, dispensers, waste bins, and work surfaces. Ideal for hospitals, residential care, and community health settings.
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