https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/31187/who-s-responsible Hi, I was wondering how other practices manage the consulting room / waiting room cleaning. Is it the responsibility of the nurses, or the reception team? Currently we have an Animal Care Assistant who is responsible for these duties, however sheen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/172512?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:42:52 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:c73a08f0-88ce-45b1-8b5a-3b22585385d0bumble bee<p>We have cleaners 3 times a week and reception do the front the other days. Nurses do consult rooms and we have a set room to keep clean &amp; tidy.(Nice to have the tidy vet too!!!)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/172511?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:29:59 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:ec74d5d8-4ef1-4648-8192-0a896e9841e1Ben Ogden<p>Our Reception team stock the consult rooms, wipe down surfaces and hoover/mop the consult and waiting room floors in the middle of the day and the end of the day. The Nurse team take care of the deep clean weekly and stocking things reception don&#39;t (dressings etc).&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/172505?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:33:50 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8c11a4f4-9407-4d64-88d5-26b079c4e9d6melanie lavender<p>The reception is maintained by the receptionists and the nurses and animal nursing assistants do the rest of the building. We do not have cleaners!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/172502?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2018 19:05:29 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:051738f6-4565-4ef2-a44d-4277bcf035fdSal the 1st<p>everybody mucks in - (mostly) there are always &#39;alternatives&#39; for those that don&#39;t like cleaning floors</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/172501?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:09:37 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7ccae4b5-7f80-498b-a36b-4535877e78c0WelshyNurse<p>Our reception team make sure it&rsquo;s done, whether that&rsquo;s them doing it or whether they get the nurses &amp; RVNs to do it. Its whoever is free.</p> <p>Even our vets will grab a mop when things are manic.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/172500?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:24:44 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:166c9784-2da1-4458-827f-464900083839Alison Clare Hickman<p>It really depended on the practice and how it worked best for them - suggest therefore you could look at your work flow and see who is best placed to be able to do it on a regular basis, without too great impact on their other duties and with help from other colleagues if the&nbsp;going gets tough.</p> <p>In my experience...&nbsp;a dedicated role&nbsp;of some kind went to&nbsp;receptionists, ACA, RVN or SVN... even vets at a few practices did their bit. (Yay!). It worked best, ime, when someone had the primary responsibility but everyone else was tasked secondarily to assist when needed. The whole practice working together in the same direction...</p> <p>Hth?!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/172499?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:12:44 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:12093ef1-c9a1-4299-b8f5-be239714153cashbee91<p>Reception staff for us. They have a break in the middle of the day between morning and evening consults where theres little for them to do and they clean then</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>