Transforming Aged Care: The Power of Automating Cleaning Schedules
The stakes for maintaining impeccable cleanliness and ensuring resident safety are high in aged care. And, the need for meticulous scheduling and auditing of cleaning activities compounds the complexity of these tasks.
The stakes for maintaining impeccable cleanliness and ensuring resident safety are high in aged care. And, the need for meticulous scheduling and auditing of cleaning activities compounds the complexity of these tasks.
Aged care facilities are high risk when it comes to their residents. Primarily, this is because an infection on the premises can become quickly widespread, which can threaten the lives and lifestyles of those living there
Cleaning, sanitising and disinfecting high touch point surfaces is vital to avoid the transmission of infections. Unfortunately, in aged care settings, elder or immune-compromised Australians are more likely to fall ill.
Achieving a high level of clean in commercial premises requires thorough deep cleaning, sanitisation and cleaning schedules. Effective cleaning, therefore, also relies on cleaning areas that may require a risk assessment
Aged care residents are much more vulnerable than the general population. An infection, such as COVID, could place them on bed rest and have serious repercussions. This blog addresses the importance of avoiding a superspreader in aged care settings and the cleaning protocols to do so.
While all facilities require proper cleaning practices, environmental cleaning in aged care is especially important. The practice of environmental cleaning requires removing dirt and germs from both hard and soft surfaces.
Cleaning any type of space requires diligence, organisation and a good amount of teamwork across staff members. It’s critical to maintain accurate cleaning schedules and checklists to ensure staff follow procedures, complete a task on time and adhere to respective cleaning guidelines to remain compliant.
Proper cleaning, disinfecting and sanitising protocols are essential in hospital settings. Here’s our complete guide to proper hospital infection control.
Following consideration of more than 10,500 submissions and evidence from over 600 witnesses, the findings of the Commission show a clear focus on increasing quality of life through improving the safety and cleaning standards in Australia's aged care system
Aged care centres are prone to transmittable viruses. Let's look at the types of precautions these facilities can implement to help minimise the spread of infections.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the common infections that develop in the aged care community and what types of solutions can be implemented to help protect residents.
