Page 4 - Hospital Cleaners Handbook - Whitehouse
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CURRENT RISKS
• Patients, staff and visitors shed micro-organisms into the environment
• Viruses including COVID-19 can survive on surfaces for up to 28 days
• Biofilms require daily cleaning with increased scrubbing
• Surfaces within our facility can act as vectors allowing germs to move from one person to another
• Touchpoints in high risk areas should be cleaned to a higher standard and frequency
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Covid can survive on surfaces for up to 28 days
Biofilms require more elbow grease and increased frequency
Touchpoints in high risk areas should be cleaned more often
