How many people are colonised with MRSA in the care sector is unknown to a certain extent because no one looks for it. People get swabbed as they move into higher risk areas or show clinical signs. It's the same with mental health, no one knows.
Bleach isn't not popular at all actually....we only use it for terminal cleans. Hydrogen peroxide is the new 'black' though for CDiff and MRSA
Hydrogen Peroxide is even worse to handle than bleach. Not only is it corrosive, it's also an oxidising agent. One dangerous substance has been substituted by an even more hazardous one
If you check fire exits in hotels Jimmie, surely you must realise the importance of doing it in care homes with vulnerable residents?
I do, I do !
But you will never convince me that I need to be able to prove that they were checked last Saturday, or last month or last year.
It is essential that they open today, now, this minute if the fire alarms go off.
Because you never know when a fire may start. A fire may have started last Saturday, last month or last year.
The more frequently they are checked, the lesser the risk of them being unsafe.
If you check fire exits in hotels Jimmie, surely you must realise the importance of doing it in care homes with vulnerable residents?
I do, I do !
But you will never convince me that I need to be able to prove that they were checked last Saturday, or last month or last year.
It is essential that they open today, now, this minute if the fire alarms go off.
It's not a perfect world though and with liabilities and consequences as they are, you can't blame an employer wanting evidence that their instructions are being carried out.
It also makes it very clear what the expectation is.... daily/weekly/hourly...... no doubts.
Because you never know when a fire may start. A fire may have started last Saturday, last month or last year.
The more frequently they are checked, the lesser the risk of them being unsafe.
I agree - but if I have a daily checklist, then I need only keep yesterdays and todays, right? Two sides of a wipe clean board
If I have a weekly checklist, I need only have this weeks and last weeks - two sides of a wipe clean board.
