Effective Cleaning - Cleaning Schedules
A cleaning schedule will help to ensure a good standard of cleanliness and will also help to maintain standards cost effectively.
A cleaning schedule is aimed at monitoring the effectiveness of routine cleaning and staff should still maintain the practice of ‘cleaning as they go’. Cleaning schedules are a method of supporting this practice, not replacing it.
- The schedule will specify:-
- What is to be cleaned
- When it is to be cleaned
- How it is to be cleaned
- The precautions to be taken
- Who is to clean it?
- Who will be responsible for ensuring that cleaning tasks have been completed.
- Where cleaning materials and protective equipment is stored and who to report to when stocks are running low.
Checklists can also be used to ensure the work has been carried out to the correct standard and proper frequency. They may also be essential in establishing a due diligence defence in the event of a complaint.
The PDF below will give an example of how a cleaning schedule may be set out with a summary sheet and checklists for daily, weekly and monthly cleaning.
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