Infection Prevention and Control NHS National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness For Managers and Supervisors/Head Housekeepers

Overview of course contents:

• Responsibilities for registered providers in relation to environmental cleaning
• The overarching principles of the national standards of healthcare cleanliness (2025) inc. functional room risk assessment and creating cleaning schedules according to functional risk (of infection)
• What policies and procedures do you need to have in place
• General principles of cleaning and disinfection and the products you should be using (this course does not recommend/endorse specific products but provides categories of products to consider)
• Infection prevention and control elements of cleaning
• The importance of audits – technical and efficacy audits together with external audits
• Ensuring your staff actually know how to clean to healthcare standards inc. competency assessment of your staff
• Working in harmony with contract cleaning companies

Session 1 – Introduction

• Introducing the trainers
• Face to face / Remote delivery etiquette group work / questions
• Agenda / Aims and Outcomes

Session 2 – Regulation and registration

• Overview of regulatory framework including CQC
• Health and Social care act
• Code of practice 2022
• CQC inspections
• Overview of guidance
• National infection prevention and control manual for England 2022
• HTM 07 01 waste management

Session 3 – NHS National standards of healthcare cleanliness 2025

• Risk categories and standards for functional areas
• How to undertake a functional room risk assessment
• Definition of invasive procedures where necessary
• Practical assessment of one room
• Cleaning schedules and checklist
• Cleaning responsibilities
• Safe cleaning frequencies

Session 4 – Policies, standard operating procedures and Procurement

• Environmental cleaning policy
• What does your policy cover?
• Standard operating procedures
• What SOPs do you have?
• General principles and definitions of cleaning and disinfection
• Procurement of cleaning products, what is really needed?

Session 5 – Importance of effective cleaning: infection prevention and control

• National colour-coding scheme
• Employers’ responsibility
• Personal protective equipment
• Hand hygiene
• Training
• Accidental exposure to blood or substances
• Spillages of bodily substances
• Uniform
• Waste management

Session 6 – Governance

• Auditing and monitoring
• Technical audit
• Efficacy audits
• External assurance audits
• Star rating

Session 7 – Principles of decontamination

• Do you know how your staff should be cleaning?
• When disinfection is required?
• Practical session of how to clean – do you have your supplies ready?

Session 8 – Staff competencies

• Competency assessment of cleaning staff
• New starters
• Tupe staff
• Capability

Session 9 – Cleaning contractors

• working in harmony with contract cleaning companies (where applicable)

Course review and evaluation:

• Did you achieve your objectives?
• Evaluation by Zoom Poll

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