Cleaning Consult Rooms

Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:43:49 GMT

Current Revision posted to Veterinary Standard Operating Procedures by Arlo Guthrie on 9/27/2023 1:43:49 PM

In house cleaning:

Clean the sink with a cream cleaner (see appendix A).
Clean the worktop, cupboard doors, table, table legs, walls, doors, light, keyboard and mouse with a disinfectant spray (see appendix A).
Clean the window, pictures, blind and computer screen with a glass cleaner (see appendix A).
Empty the clinical waste bin and replace the white bin bag.
Empty the kidney dish into the DOOP bin.
Empty and refill the otoscope pot with appropriate cleaner (see appendix A)
Sharps bin are collected for incineration once full, and the sharps bin is replaced
Clean out the thermometer pot and replace with cotton wool and Hibiscrub
Clean and dry the metal ear pieces. They are sterilised at the end of each day in the autoclave.
Restock the consumables – white roll, cotton wool, disposable gloves, cotton buds.
Restock vaccination cards.
Ensure microchip scanner is fully charged.
Ensure there are nail clippers, stitch removers, pill givers in the drawer.
Top up liver treats.

Weekly in house cleaning

External cleaning:

The floor is swept and mopped using an appropriate disinfectant (see appendix A).

Appendix A - Disinfectants

We use Anigene as our disinfectant.
It is made up daily for kennels and cattery in yellow buckets at a concentration rate of 1:100 (10ml Anigene to 1ltr water).
We have spray bottles with 1:100 concentration in consult rooms, pharmacy, prep room, dental, laboratory, kennels, cattery, radiography, theatres. It is used to clean surfaces between each patient.
We use a concentration on 1:100 to clean all floors, made up daily and disposed of correctly at the end of the day. Yellow bucket and yellow mops: kennels, cattery, waiting room. Green bucket and green mops: prep room, radiography, dental, scrub. Blue bucket and blue mops: both theatres.
For cleaning isolation, we made up Anigene at a concentration of 1:50 in spray bottles, bucket and mop bucket
Red bucket and red mops – Isolation
Mop heads are washed in the washing machine at 60.c after each use.
Windows and glass are cleaned with Flash Anti-bac Plus.

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Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:42:44 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Veterinary Standard Operating Procedures by Arlo Guthrie on 9/27/2023 1:42:44 PM

In house cleaning:

Clean the sink with a cream cleaner (see appendix A).
Clean the worktop, cupboard doors, table, table legs, walls, doors, light, keyboard and mouse with a disinfectant spray (see appendix A).
Clean the window, pictures, blind and computer screen with a glass cleaner (see appendix A).
Empty the clinical waste bin and replace the white bin bag.
Empty the kidney dish into the DOOP bin.
Empty and refill the otoscope pot with appropriate cleaner (see appendix A)
Sharps bin are collected for incineration once full, and the sharps bin is replaced
Clean out the thermometer pot and replace with cotton wool and Hibiscrub
Clean and dry the metal ear pieces. They are sterilised at the end of each day in the autoclave.
Restock the consumables – white roll, cotton wool, disposable gloves, cotton buds.
Restock vaccination cards.
Ensure microchip scanner is fully charged.
Ensure there are nail clippers, stitch removers, pill givers in the drawer.
Top up liver treats.

Weekly in house cleaning

External cleaning:

The floor is swept and mopped using an appropriate disinfectant (see appendix A).

Appendix A - Disinfectants

We use Anigene as our disinfectant.
It is made up daily for kennels and cattery in yellow buckets at a concentration rate of 1:100 (10ml Anigene to 1ltr water).
We have spray bottles with 1:100 concentration in consult rooms, pharmacy, prep room, dental, laboratory, kennels, cattery, radiography, theatres. It is used to clean surfaces between each patient.
We use a concentration on 1:100 to clean all floors, made up daily and disposed of correctly at the end of the day. Yellow bucket and yellow mops: kennels, cattery, waiting room. Green bucket and green mops: prep room, radiography, dental, scrub. Blue bucket and blue mops: both theatres.
For cleaning isolation, we made up Anigene at a concentration of 1:50 in spray bottles, bucket and mop bucket
Red bucket and red mops – Isolation
Mop heads are washed in the washing machine at 60.c after each use.
Windows and glass are cleaned with Flash Anti-bac Plus.