02.C Core Competency: Practice good housekeeping

• Practice Good Housekeeping


  performance criteria: Good housekeeping procedures in line with company policy and regulations • Good practices towards achieving safe working environment areas for both dispensing and compounding (in accordance with the FDA policies and regulations) • Proper record keeping and documentation for housekeeping
• Practice Good Housekeeping


  Strictly observing general housekeeping in the premises of the pharmacy can be denoted under the DOH Administrative No. 56, s. 1989
• Grounds for Suspension of LTO


  Minor deficiencies in GMP or material management that need to be corrected but are not immediately or likely to result in adulterated, misbranded, substandard or unsafe products as determined by BFAD. This includes, among others, poor housekeeping, inadequate storage facilities, lack of minor equipment or requirement, and other minor shortcomings.
• Some signs of poor housekeeping

  Poorly arranged and disorganized work areas • Untidy or dangerous storage of materials • Dusty, dirty floors and work surfaces • Items that are in excess or no longer needed • Tools and equipment not being returned to proper storage places • Broken containers and damaged materials • Bins and containers with overflowing waste • Spills and leaks
• Housekeeping


  Defined as the management, care, maintenance and servicing of property, equipment or area of a facility
• Housekeeping


  Not just about cleanliness.
• Housekeeping includes


  Keeping all work and desk areas neat and orderly, • Maintaining halls and floors free of slip and trip hazards, and • Removing of waste materials and other fire hazards from work areas
• Housekeeping requires paying attention to important details:

  Layout of the whole workplace • Aisle marking • Adequacy of storage facilities • Maintenance
• Effective housekeeping is an ongoing operation: it is not a hit-and-miss cleanup done when the need arises or occasionally.
• Purpose of Housekeeping


  Provide a clean, pleasant and safe atmosphere for patients and staff that is visually attractive and appealing; • Reduce the number, and growth and reproduction of microorganisms that may come in contact with patients; • Avoid cross-contamination; • Provide maintenance considering that surfaces, articles and equipment will have a long and functional life only when they are cleaned on regular basis; • Ensure safety and eliminate some workplace hazards.
• Store Layout


  Large stores: cross aisles should be provided to reduce travel time from aisle to aisle (cross aisle every 10-20 meters)

  
• Store Layout


  • Pacing depends on frequency of picking

  
• Slow moving products: long aisles


  Fast moving products: short aisles
• ergonomic


  application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems.
• Shelving: Optimal Layout with ergonomic considerations

  
• Cleaning


  The removal of gross contamination, organic material, and debris from the premises or respective structures, via mechanical means like sweeping (dry cleaning) and/or the use of water and soap or detergent (wet cleaning).
• Cleaning


  The goal is to minimize organic material so disinfection can be effective.
• Disinfection


  Methods used on surfaces to destroy or eliminate a specific species of infectious microorganism through physical (e.g., heat) or chemical (e.g., disinfectant) means.
• Disinfection


  A combination of methods may be required
• Cleaning is required prior to any disinfection process

  Because dirt, debris and other materials (e.g., organic matter) can decrease the effectiveness of many chemical disinfectants.
• Cleaning Solutions


  Water is a poor cleaning agent if used alone.
• Cleaning solutions


  Appropriate agents for use: • 0.5% sodium hypochlorite solution • Benzalkonium Chloride
• cleaning solutions that cannot be mixed

  bleach (naocl / sodium hypochlorite) & hcl (hydrochloric acid)
• Cleaning Methods


  Sweeping, Wet Mopping, Dry dusting, Wet dusting
• Sweeping


  Done to collect dust when floor surface is rough for a dust mop. • Use short, smooth strokes and sweep directly into a long- handled dustpan without dissipating the dust • Always keep the head of the broom flat on the floor
• Sweeping


  Not the most efficient, hygienic, or advanced way of removing dust, as so much of it becomes airborne. • Sweeping has been replaced using suction cleaners.
• Wet Mopping


  Damp mop is used to remove spills and adhered soil that were not removed during the dry removal process
• Wet Mopping


  • Immerse the mop in the bucket and wring it out until damp. • Mop the entire area with figure-eight strokes
• Dusting (dry)


  Start dusting articles at the door, and work in one direction around the room
• Dusting (dry)


  Begin dusting from the highest surfaces so that dust does not fall on articles already cleaned.
• Dusting (dry)


  A soft, lint-free cloth should be used as a duster. • Avoid using old rags, which leave behind their own dust and lint
• Dusting (wet)


  Surfaces can be wiped as well as dusted
• Dusting (wet)


  Makes use of lint-free cloth and detergent solution
• Dusting (wet)


  Never spray/put dusting solution directly onto the surface being cleaned as it can stain or cause stickiness
• Dusting (wet)


  Correct level of dampness should be used to avoid leaving smears
• precaution signs


  Flammable

  
• precaution signs


  explosive

  
• precaution signs


  oxidizer

  
• precaution signs


  corrosive

  
• precaution signs


  toxic