Preparation
The clinic will be deep cleaned at the end of each working day. Door handles and keys will be wiped before and after use. The hand sanitising station, chair and table will be positioned outside and these will be wiped with disinfectant.
Please not: Before entering the clinic or room within the clinic, hands must be washed thoroughly or sanitised.
The clinic will have been cleaned at the end of the previous day with good ventilation. Phones and other contact surface tech will be wiped with disinfectant.
Disposable face masks will be provided and must be worn throughout the time spent in clinic premises. Bins will be provided for safe disposal outside the clinic and front door.
Alison will have clean hands and all clinic surfaces will be clean prior to your arrival. She will be wearing scrubs, a face mask and visor and will use gloves during treatments.
On entering the room
To improve airflow and ventilation, the front door and back door will be held open, with an air purifying fan in the clinic room. All items that have been used for the care of the patient is treated as clinical waste.
Cleaning process
Disposable cloths and paper roll will be used to clean and disinfect all hard surfaces for floor, chairs, door handles, reusable non-invasive care equipment and sanitary fittings in the room, using disposable anti-microbial wipes.
Cleaning and disinfection of reusable equipment
Clean and disinfect any reusable non-invasive care equipment, such digital thermometers, that are in the room prior to their removal.
All reusable equipment will be cleaned systematically from the top or furthest away point, and from clean to dirty.
On leaving the room
Detergents and disinfectant solutions will be discarded safely at disposal points. All waste from the contaminated areas will be removed from the room.
Re-usable parts of cleaning equipment such as handles will be cleaned, dried and stored.
Hand hygiene will be performed and PPE will be removed and discarded as clinical waste.
Cleaning of communal areas
The waiting area, toilet facilities and entrance to the clinic and clinic rooms will be cleaned with detergent and disinfectant as soon as practicably possible between each patient and at the end of each working day. Clinical waste will be safely binned and disposed of.
Hand hygiene, restoring position of hand sanitising stations and cleansing the exit path and door handles will be completed.