Do you think we wash our hands as well as we should? As often as we should? How well a health care facility should be cleaned?
I do not think that we wash our hands as well as we should. In most cases this is because we are not aware of how exactly proper hand washing should be done. We also in most times depend on the availability of hand washing signs on strategic places to remember to wash our hands. This makes the washing of hands an external discipline that we have not internalized. Because of the aforementioned we end up not washing our hands as often as we should.
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A healthcare facility should be cleaned to excellent levels. The facility should have thorough cleaning processes and a well-established systems of operations that maintains the standards. A health facility should at all times be able to pass whenever there are any cleanliness audits. The facility must have appropriate cleaners and disinfectants. It should strive to maintain its medical equipment and its waters clean.
Do you think our patients and their families care about a clean environment?
Patients and their families care about a clean environment. An environment that exposes one to environmental pathogens and airborne pathogens results in sick patients and healthcare workers. These ailments can easily be transferred to the visiting family members leading to a whole cycle of infections.
Have you ever walked into a health care facility and thought it not clean?
I have had instances when I walked into a facility and felt there was something amiss concerning its cleanliness standards. The edges of the walls and floor seemed incomplete. The consultation table and medication counter looked too old for the facility.
What did you do? Does it matter? What do you think?
At that point I did not do anything towards the facility but I pledged to not visit the facility again opting for other facilities. Yes it does matter. Whatever one perceives of a facility influences whether or not they will visit again or even recommend someone to that facility. An untidy facility also paints an administration that is non-committal to a patient’s welfare. This can easily demotivate the patient and affect their internal psyche which is critical to their recovery.
