National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country
Background: Cleanliness is one of the main reasons for poor satisfaction among the patients and their attendants visiting healthcare facilities. Objective: To elevate and transform the sanitation in public sector facilities, a committee was constituted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Gover...
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| author | Vijaydeep Siddharth Angel Rajan Singh D K Sharma Sidhartha Satpathy Vipin Kumar Kaushal Amit Lathwal Anil Sain Shweta Misra Mohammad Kausar Ruchi Garg |
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| description | Background: Cleanliness is one of the main reasons for poor satisfaction among the patients and their attendants visiting healthcare facilities. Objective: To elevate and transform the sanitation in public sector facilities, a committee was constituted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to study the existing system of Housekeeping in Central Government Hospitals and draft the Guidelines for house-keeping services, since no such literature is available in context of the healthcare facilities in India. Methods: The committee ascertained the housekeeping services in three tertiary care hospitals of Central Government and simultaneously conducted the literature review of the best practices in hospital sanitation and housekeeping. Results: Formulated national guidelines focus on various aspects of sanitation services in health facilities, i.e., hospital infrastructure; organization of sanitation services; human resource requirements; qualification, experience and training needs of sanitation staff; roles and responsibilities of different personnel; risk categorization of hospital areas; mechanized cleaning; cleaning agents; cleaning standards and standard operating procedures; effective supervision and monitoring; procurement of these services, etc. Conclusion: Formulated guidelines can be adopted by developing countries aiming for standardizing cleaning practices in public health facilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b51aa010c527439382788cec275daac02022-12-21T21:25:56ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632021-01-011093475348010.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1614_20National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing countryVijaydeep SiddharthAngel Rajan SinghD K SharmaSidhartha SatpathyVipin Kumar KaushalAmit LathwalAnil SainShweta MisraMohammad KausarRuchi GargBackground: Cleanliness is one of the main reasons for poor satisfaction among the patients and their attendants visiting healthcare facilities. Objective: To elevate and transform the sanitation in public sector facilities, a committee was constituted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to study the existing system of Housekeeping in Central Government Hospitals and draft the Guidelines for house-keeping services, since no such literature is available in context of the healthcare facilities in India. Methods: The committee ascertained the housekeeping services in three tertiary care hospitals of Central Government and simultaneously conducted the literature review of the best practices in hospital sanitation and housekeeping. Results: Formulated national guidelines focus on various aspects of sanitation services in health facilities, i.e., hospital infrastructure; organization of sanitation services; human resource requirements; qualification, experience and training needs of sanitation staff; roles and responsibilities of different personnel; risk categorization of hospital areas; mechanized cleaning; cleaning agents; cleaning standards and standard operating procedures; effective supervision and monitoring; procurement of these services, etc. Conclusion: Formulated guidelines can be adopted by developing countries aiming for standardizing cleaning practices in public health facilities.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2021;volume=10;issue=9;spage=3475;epage=3480;aulast=Siddharthcleaninghousekeeping servicesnational guidelineoutsourcingpublic healthsanitation |
| spellingShingle | Vijaydeep Siddharth Angel Rajan Singh D K Sharma Sidhartha Satpathy Vipin Kumar Kaushal Amit Lathwal Anil Sain Shweta Misra Mohammad Kausar Ruchi Garg National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care cleaning housekeeping services national guideline outsourcing public health sanitation |
| title | National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country |
| title_full | National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country |
| title_fullStr | National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country |
| title_full_unstemmed | National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country |
| title_short | National guidelines for sanitation services: Addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country |
| title_sort | national guidelines for sanitation services addressing the unmet need of standardizing cleaning practices in tertiary care public health facilities of a developing country |
| topic | cleaning housekeeping services national guideline outsourcing public health sanitation |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2021;volume=10;issue=9;spage=3475;epage=3480;aulast=Siddharth |
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