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NHS National Standards of Cleanliness

The Key to Meeting NHS Cleaning Standards and Boosting Clinical Accountability

Danielle Knight
Danielle Knight |

Helping Nursing and Healthcare Teams with Smarter Cleaning Schedules

When it comes to healthcare environments cleanliness across all areas is paramount to safeguarding patients, with nurses and clinical teams relying on clean equipment and environments to be able to deliver safe, effective patient care.  Providing a digital solution that supports detailed, role-specific cleaning schedules across multiple staff groups, including nursing is a big step towards achieving the optimum in hospital cleanliness.

Supporting Clinical Cleaning with Clarity and Confidence

The Synbiotix X-Clean Scheduler system optimises the process of scheduling cleans. One of the standout features of the system is its flexibility in scheduling and evidencing cleaning tasks specific to various departments. For nursing teams, this means that critical activities like cleaning patient equipment, disinfecting medical fridges, and maintaining clinical spaces can be individually scheduled, monitored, and verified – ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.

These tasks can be assigned directly to nursing staff or clinical support workers, with full visibility and accountability built in. Once a task is completed, it’s signed off and time-stamped, creating a verified audit trail that’s aligned with the National Cleaning Standards.

Meeting NHS Standards Head-On

One of the key requirements of the NHS National Standards of Cleanliness is ensuring that cleaning responsibilities are clear, measurable, and shared across all staff groups. This includes clinical staff who may be responsible for specific elements like patient equipment, medical fridges, and high-touch clinical surfaces.

The X-Clean scheduler system directly supports this requirement by allowing trusts to:

  • Assign cleaning tasks to specific staff groups
  • Schedule and track completion of tasks in line with defined frequencies
  • Provide auditable evidence that tasks have been completed and signed off
  • Differentiate between domestic and clinical cleaning responsibilities for transparency and accountability 

The system supports trusts in implementing agile workflows, making it easier to adjust schedules in response to outbreaks, staffing changes, or new risk assessments, while ensuring everything remains compliant and logged. 

Having visible, documented accountability ensures Trusts can evidence compliance, reducing the risk of missed tasks, simplifies performance tracking, and reinforces cross-departmental engagement in upholding cleanliness standards.

Looking Ahead

As Hospitals look to strengthen compliance, improve patient safety, and free up time for care delivery, digital tools become essential. Whether it’s nursing staff cleaning a medical fridge or a supervisor completing a ward audit, the best systems are the ones which work for everyone to achieve exceptional patient care and safety. 

For more information on the Synbiotix X-Clean system please contact us at sales@synbiotix.com or visit our website at www.synbiotix.com 

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