May 11, 2022 admin

How many buckets are you using for disinfection?

Surface disinfection’s significance in infection prevention:

Since the days of Ignaz Semmelweiss, Florence Nightingale, and Robert Koch, hand hygiene (hand disinfection) has been recognised as critical in the control of diseases. Their scientific and practical work yielded insights that are still relevant today. Surface disinfection or environmental disinfection, in contrast to hand hygiene, has remained a point of contention. However, the notion that environmental disinfection is critical is gaining traction. A lot of recent national and international infection control policies and guidelines include surface disinfection. The Commission for Hospital Hygiene of the German Federal Robert Koch Institute (RKI) produced a guideline on Hygiene Requirements on Surface Cleaning and Disinfection in 2004. This growing focus on the use of disinfectants for environmental cleaning is, to some degree, the result of an increase in the occurrence of multi-resistant antimicrobial-resistant microbes linked to high rates of nosocomial infections around the world. Furthermore, multiple scientific research has shown proof of microbe translocation between surfaces and patients.

2-Bucket system for disinfection:

1. Clean Solution Bucket – Fill the first bucket with your cleaning solution and soak your mop in it.
2. Waste Bucket – Squeeze any surplus cleaning solution from your mop into the waste bucket.
3. Mop – Using your favourite way of mopping or our mopping technique instruction, apply the solution to the surface.
4. Waste Bucket — For the second time, wring the wastewater into the waste bucket. Repeat until all of your surfaces are gleaming!

3-Bucket system for disinfection:

1. Clean Solution Bucket — Fill the first, clean bucket with your cleaning solution. Using your mop, soak it in the solution.
2. Waste Bucket – Squeeze any surplus cleaning solution from your mop into the waste bucket.
3. Mop – Using your favourite method of mopping, apply the solution to the surface.
4. Waste Bucket — For the second time, wring the wastewater into the waste bucket.
5. Rinse your mop in the third bucket, which has been filled with a rinsing solution.
6. Wring excess rinsing solution into a garbage bucket, then continue until your surfaces are shining!

Reference:

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