As a medical practice grows, there are more things at play than just the patient count. Most of these are background elements, right up until they become issues.
And depending on where your practice is in terms of size, those needs will vary.
Cleaning for Solo or Small Medical Practices
Early on, especially with a new practice, cleaning needs are often simple and comparatively informal. Patient volume requires only a treatment room or two, and staff generally have enough breathing room in the schedule to handle light cleanup between appointments.
If outsourced cleaning is a part of the mix, it’s often to deep clean things between quicker “tidying up” sessions by the staff throughout a given week.
This might be a private practice for a family doctor, chiropractor, or small family dentist office. In these cases, usually there’s only a patient or two at a time in a treatment room.
When we’ve partnered with medical facilities, we provide:
- EPA-registered cleaning agents such as quaternary ammonium compounds, accelerated hydrogen peroxide, and isopropyl alcohol.
- Multi-stage cleaning to remove debris and visual build up, and then to fully sanitize and disinfect.
- Proper dwell times on cleaning agents before being wiped away, ensuring complete disinfection.
Our work offers a combination of floor cleaning, disinfection of patient areas, break rooms, and reception areas. The idea is to adhere to the strict sanitary requirements of a medical office without being obtrusive.
Larger, Multi-Provider Locations
- Hospitals
- Dental clinics with multiple associates
- Larger chiropractic offices
- Medical labs
- Fertility clinics
- Plastic surgery clinics
Once there are multiple associates/providers and multiple treatment rooms in use at once, cleaning becomes significantly more complex. Privacy requirements require more diligence to meet, and common surfaces like doorknobs, tables, etc. become much higher touch.
Structured cleaning programs avoid scenarios where some office areas receive attention and others are invisibly left out. Once groups of patients are in the office at once, with others in the waiting area, there’s a bigger balancing act of keeping things pristine yet comfortable.
At this point, cleaning becomes part of the practice’s operational infrastructure, supporting patient experience, staff efficiency, and day-to-day reliability.
Top Cleaning Priorities For These Facilities
Whichever size medical office you’re managing, your primary concern is likely that an outsourced cleaner is comprehensive.
Our cleaning programs include:
- Disinfection of all high touch surfaces, like doorknobs, light switches, chairs, and medical equipment
- Disinfection of restrooms, including soap dispensers and faucets.
- Nurse stations
- Waiting area cleaning
- Break room cleanup and disinfection
- Dusting of vents and fixtures
- Floor care, including mopping, stripping and waxing of hard surfaces, and vacuuming carpets
- Waste management