Review of Training Requirements for Cleaning and Decontamination
Discipline:
Support services
Theme:
Healthcare associated infections
Career stage:
Career Framework 1-4
Overview:
Cleaning and decontamination of healthcare environments has a hugely important role in ensuring that the risk to patients from healthcare associated infection (HAI) is prevented. The research aimed to clarify and review the training programmes, education provision, policy and procedures that exist for the staff whose role it is to clean and decontaminate the NHS healthcare environment in Scotland. A further consideration of the research was to identify the key learning needs of the domestic services workforce within NHSScotland.
