A hospital can be an incredible breeding ground for a variety of microbial diseases, bacteria and fungi; it takes a very special level of cleaning to achieve the appropriate level of hospital hygiene to eliminate these from the facility. All of these issues are ever present in any type of medical setting, from the basic examining rooms to the emergency room and the operating theater. If these areas are not routinely and properly disinfected they can lead to major outbreaks that can leave patients in worse shape than when they came in. While most hospitals maintain their own cleaning staff to handle the day to day cleaning that keeps everything looking nice, it takes special cleaning skills to achieve the sterile condition that proper hospital hygiene standards require.

This level of cleaning is often better left to those who have been professionally trained. There is much more to this level of cleaning besides mopping the floors wiping everything down. Hospital hygiene services are involved in every area of the hospital including the wards, examination rooms and operating theatres. Their job is to provide the deep level of cleaning that assures a sterile environment such as is required to avoid any type of contagion outbreak. Infection control is a major function of this level of cleaning and often includes CCSD packing along with instrument sterilization along with laundry services. The company you hire to take care of your hospital hygiene services will need to have personnel on duty in your facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that they are there keeping everything properly sterilized and ready for use. A good company will hire only the most reliable employees as they are going to have to invest a significant amount of time and money into training them. Not only will these employees undergo initial training before they are allowed to work in your facility, they will be required to attend continuous education throughout their careers. There are several very virulent organisms that while quite common are the root cause of the majority of hospital infections.

These are E. Coli, Pseudomonas several variations of Staphylococcus including MRSA and Enterococcus including VRE all of which can reduced or eliminated with the institution of a proper hospital hygiene plan. If they are not eliminated you are placing your patients in danger of contracting infections and illnesses that can lead to permanent disability or death. When you are looking for a hospital hygiene service that will work with you to create a solution that is designed specifically to meet your needs, you need to contact Prestige Cleaning. As South Africa's leading hygiene service provider with over 30,000 employees nationwide trained to be specialists in their field. With both on and off site management to ensure that the highest possible level of service is provided and continuous training provided by their own SETA registered training department, you can rest assured your facility will be kept cleaned to within all approved standards at all times.