Diane Holland, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
More and more hospitals in Ireland and the UK (NHS, HSE and Private) are moving to Medical Audits for Hospital Cleaning audit software and monitoring cleaning standards.
Some of the reasons quoted by our customers include:
- Medical Audits Cleaning Monitoring software is reliable and uses the latest technology
- Medical Audits cleaning software solution reflects the most up to date best practice standards
Our cleaning audit tool tracks and monitors trends and produces Trust wide reports as well as local hospital specific data
Users have complete control over room configuration and elements with ability to change these in real time.
Monitor Compliance With Irish Cleaning Standards With Medical Audits TS+ Cleaning Audit Tool
- In Ireland, the National Hospitals office produced a national cleaning manual in 2008 and this remains the National standard along with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Infection Prevention and Control Standards (2010).
Monitor compliance with NHS England's new 2021 National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness
In England the NHS has produced new guidelines to cover all cleaning tasks across the whole NHS. These standards apply to all departments and apply to all those responsible for cleaning across the NHS
Monitor Compliance With Cleaning Standards In NHS Scotland With Medical Audits TS+ Cleaning Audit Tool
- “Audit Scotland - A clean bill of health”, published in 2000 set the basis for cleaning, auditing and monitoring standards of hospital hygiene in NHS Scotland.
- This was followed by the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS)/Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS) HAI Infection Control Standards (December 2001) and Cleaning Services Standards (June 2002);
Monitor Compliance With Cleaning Standards In NHS Wales With Medical Audits TS+ Cleaning Audit Software
- The National cleaning standards for wales were published in 2003 and were followed in 2008 by the Welsh assembly national all wales monitoring tool.
Monitoring Cleaning Standards and Auditing the Effectiveness of Cleaning made easy with Medical Audits Cleaning Audit Software
- High quality Cleaning standards in hospitals and other healthcare settings are essential to safe care.
- Medical Audits cleaning audit tools and cleaning efficacy audit software help you evidence compliance with Healthcare cleaning standards and drive improvements in the standard of cleaning.
“Organisations need to achieve 'a consistently high standard of cleanliness in all it's Healthcare facilities using the functional risk category, cleaning frequencies and cleaning responsibilities for each functional area' (NHS, 2021)”.
Using Medical Audits cleaning audit software you can:-
- Audit functional areas and elements
- Record cleanliness by room
- Monitor compliance and give immediate feedback
- Produce reports and charts and dashboards in real time
- Evidence compliance with cleaning standards