Table 2.

Environmental services staff education and training, cleaning policies and practices.

	Facility
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Does staff have ongoing education?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
How often?	-	-	Q1 mo or PRN	Q3 mo or PRN	At least 2/year	Q1 mo
How is education performed?
Reading materials	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Video tapes	No	No	No	No	No	No
In-service exams	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Computer-based	No	No	No	No	No	No
Is there hands-on training about cleaning procedures?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
How often?	During first week for 2 days	During first week for 2 days	Re-train every 2 weeks or once/month	During first week for 3 days	During first week and in-services twice/year	During first week and PRN
Frequency of cleaning:
High touch surfaces*	Once daily	Once daily	Three times daily	Once daily and PRN	Once daily	Once daily and PRN
Minimal touch surfaces**	Once daily to PRN	Once daily to PRN	Weekly	Monthly to PRN	Once daily to PRN	Monthly to Biannually
Bed side curtain	As needed	Weekly	Post discharge	In deep cleaning	Monthly	Annually
Techniques for cleaning high touch surfaces*	Disinfectant directly to cleaning cloth and spray bottle	Disinfectant directly to cleaning cloth	Pour bottle to bucket immersion and spray bottle	Disinfectant directly to cleaning cloth	Disinfectant directly to cleaning cloth and spray bottle	Disinfectant directly to cleaning cloth and spray bottle
How often deep cleaning is performed?	Only after discharge	Once/month and with new admission	Once/month	Once/month	Once-twice/month	Once/month
How cleaning rooms with contact precautions is different?	Time spent and product used	Time spent and product used	Time spent, product used and sequence among others	Product used	Time spent, product used and sequence among others	Time spent, product used and sequence among others

PRN, as needed.

^*High touch surfaces include doorknobs, bedrails, in and around toilet seat

^**Minimal touch surfaces include walls, blinds and window frames