Corona Virus (COVID -19) Infection Control Measure

Keen to Clean is a triple ISO certified cleaning service provider in the commercial, child care, education, industrial, hospitality, retail, aged and health care industries since past 15 years.

Keen to Clean’s well documented infection control policy and procedures enables us to immediately respond to any infection outbreaks. In event of an outbreak, our cleaning teams are fully trained and equipped to respond with required infection control procedures and are capable of implementing their expertise in a safe and professional manner. We strive to adopt best infection control practices and any additional recommendations from the Federal or State Government and/or Department of Health and Human Services.

Keen to Clean has a large team of highly trained individual to respond to infection outbreaks and hence we can scale up or down seamlessly to meet your requirements. Our operations team has vast experience in managing and coordinating staff from various teams that may be required in order to respond to the situation.

With our extensive online training programs, job scheduling, management processes and auditing systems, we always aim for a smooth and timely delivery of our services.

Our duty of care towards our clients, their customers and visitors and our staff are evident from the comprehensive set of policies and procedures we have developed as part of our Triple ISO certification in Quality Management, Environmental Management & Occupational Health & Safety Management.

Our Process:

Step 1: Reporting of Outbreak

In the event your organisation experiences an outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the first step is to ensure staff and visitors are evacuated from the infected areas immediately. Second step is for a Manager from your organisation to immediately notify Keen to Clean team, who will then enact the process for Infection Control Outbreak.

Step 2: Site Isolation

Keen to Clean will attend your premises to ensure the infected areas are completely isolated and if required call for further evacuation based on site assessment. We will then start preparing your premises for disinfection and sanitisation by implementing the Infection control measures.

Step 3: Infection Control Measures

Now more than ever, it is crucial that we all follow best practice when it comes to personal hygiene and sanitization and disinfection of surfaces, especially in close-quarters workplaces such as commercial office  suites.

a: Site Preparation

Infection control beings with identifying the high touch areas to treat which mainly consists of the following areas (including but not limited to):

  • All Entry and Exit Doors
  • Light switches
  • Hallway walls
  • Handrails
  • Toilets and urinals
  • Showers and shower screens
  • Toilet roll holders and hand dryers
  • Sinks (including tapware and faucets)
  • Benches, tables and chairs
  • Desks including Computer screens, keyboards, mouse, phones etc.
  • Cupboards & Drawers
  • Other surfaces

Keen to Clean has documented procedure for infection control outlining the safe methods of carrying out a full detailed disinfection and sanitisation clean of the premises. As part of the site preparation process, we identify the chemicals and PPE to be used onsite.

b: Wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

As part of our infection control process, it is mandatory that the Keen to Clean team adheres to the documented PPE procedures and have the approved personal protective equipment.

These include:

  • Droplet protection masks
  • Anti-Fogging goggles
  • Powder Free Gloves
  • Disposable Coverall suits

c: Sanitising using Approved Chemicals

Keen to Clean will use approved hospital grade surface disinfectants and alcohol and chlorine-based sanitisers throughout the process. Keen to Clean has AGAR as its preferred chemical supplier and has following accredited chemicals for infection control.

TANGO:

TANGO is a fresh scented Hospital Grade Disinfectant with a powerful cleaning action that leaves surfaces disinfected and clean. Tango is listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods as a Disinfectant – Hospital Grade. Its ARTG Number is 104423.

LEMON

LEMON is a Commercial Grade Disinfectant with a powerful cleaning action that leaves surfaces disinfected and clean.

ORCHIDS

ORCHIDS is an anti-bacterial detergent with a three-way cleaning action: it functions as a powerful germ-killer, a detergent and a deodoriser.

Alcohol Sanitiser AS-60

Alcohol Sanitiser AS-60 is a ready-to-use, no-rinse sanitiser for all cleaned surfaces. It evaporates quickly, has a strong antibacterial action and leaves no residues.

Chloradet

CHLORADET is a concentrated, high-foaming cleaner with a bleaching action. Because it offers a very effective method of killing undesirable micro-organisms (germs, bacteria, fungi, etc.), CHLORADET is an excellent sanitiser.

d: Professional Disinfecting and Sanitizing

Our team will conduct through cleaning of all surfaces as per the assessment and ensure they are thoroughly disinfected first. Once disinfected the team will start sanitizing the disinfected areas.

Some large areas may require us to undertake the sanitizing using sprayer or an Ultra-Low Volume Misting machine to penetrate hard to reach areas. Our operations team will take a call on required method to be used for infection control.

e: Waste Removal

The Keen to Clean team will prepare the waste for disposal in leak proof plastic bags and will remove from your premises for appropriate disposal. This includes any bio-waste from the site generated during disinfecting process and all the PPE used throughout the process of sanitization.

Step 4: Site Assessment for Clearance

Once your premises have been disinfected and sanitised, it will not be accessible for the duration of 8-10 hours, however this time may vary according to your site OHNS requirements (Keen to Clean operations team will advise accordingly). After this duration, operations team will ensure that site is cleared of all equipment’s and chemicals from the sanitization process.

Step 5: Handover

Once the premises have been quarantined for above duration, our operations team will start the hand over process and will liaise with you to ensure that your team is back in, up and running.

Step 6: Documentation

A post clean report will be prepared by our operations team and will be documented for future reference. A copy of the report can be provided to the client upon request.

FAQ’s:

  1. What is your response time in event of any COVID-19 outbreak?

In event of an outbreak, Keen To Clean can be onsite between 6 to 8 hours from the time its office is notified.

  1. Do you follow the correct cleaning and sanitisation guidelines?

Yes, we follow the steps outlined as per the guidelines from Department of Health.

  1. Is your team adequately trained to carry out COVID-19 cleaning?

Yes, all our staff have successfully completed the e-course on Infection Control Training – COVID-19 launched by Department of Health. In addition to this our team goes through extensive training on use of chemicals and appropriate PPE.

  1. What chemicals are you going use?

A list of all chemicals we use have been listed above. In addition to these we may use additional chemicals for further treatment of infected areas.

  1. Do you have task list of what areas will be covered in our premises?

Yes, we have developed a generic task list for each premises type. Please contact us to get a copy relevant for your business premises.

Please contact us via phone on 1300 737 978 or email us on enquiry@keentoclean.com.au to discuss your Corona Virus (COVID 19) Infection Control options.