A cleaner’s room and housekeeping area in a Care Home are critical spaces which can have serious implications for Infection Prevention and Control. Though most Care Homes in India do have a separate room or corner to store various housekeeping items, but unfortunately in many Senior Citizens Care Homes these items are left open.
Since many of the cleaning agents are harmful for human consumption hence it’s extremely critical that these toxic cleaning items should be kept under lock and key, especially in Memory Care Homes (Dementia Care).
Infrastructure planning and service delivery are complementary to each other hence it is extremely crucial that there should be standardization for both these foundational aspects of Senior Care.
The attached document is from “Indian Health Facility Guidelines (HFG-India)” and is uploaded by RFHHA with knowledge partners TAHPI Pty Ltd & iHFG. The purpose of these Guidelines is to suggest the minimum requirements for design of health facilities and setting benchmarks for quality
1) Cleaner’s Room – 5m2 & 10m2
A cleaner’s room is a secure room for the storage and decanting of cleaning materials and agents, storage of cleaning equipment and trolley, washing and storage of mops, buckets, brooms etc. and for waste disposal.
The document can be accessed here or the website at: https://india.healthfacilityguidelines.com/Guidelines/Index/HFG-India or can be download here (Cleaner’s Room) or can be viewed below