Focus: Infection Control

Reassuring patients about facility cleanliness

Review cleaning procedures and improve whatever needs an upgrade


Patients are becoming more and more informed about the important issue of cleanliness when they visit a doctor's office and patients' concern about germs in the treatment environment should be the staff's responsibility, according to an article on the MultiBrief's website.

A facility can do a lot to reassure patients that the practice is safe and clean, by following proactive steps, including:

• Review cleaning procedures, and improve whatever needs an upgrade

• Question staff as to the cleaning procedures they are currently using between patients in order to see what is sufficient and what isn't

• Use a professional medical cleaning crew on a weekly basis

Read the article.

 

 



May 18, 2018


Topic Area: Infection Control


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