Cleaner (CTC)

Reports to: CTC coordinator (or healthcare supervisor depending on the organisation)

Cleaning of the "clean" zone

• Sweeps, then washes the floors (staff changing rooms, latrines and showers; stock room, pharmacy, meeting room, etc.) with detergent, rinses and disinfects them with 0.2% chlorine solution once a day (or more often if necessary e.g. in the event of heavy rainfall).
• Washes surfaces (tables, desks, chairs, etc.) with detergent, rinses and disinfects them with 0.2% chlorine solution once a day.
• Collects and transports waste to the waste treatment area at least once a day (several times if necessary), leaves the full waste bins there and brings empty clean waste bins back from the waste area.
• Collects and transports organic waste from the kitchen to the waste treatment area 3 times a day, leaves the full waste bins there and brings empty clean waste bins back from the waste area.
• Ensures outside areas of the CTC are clean.

Cleaning of the "contaminated" zone

• Cleaning and disinfection of floors, surfaces and objects
  • Washes with detergent, rinses and disinfects floors, patient latrines and showers with 0.2% chlorine solution at least twice a day, or more often if necessary.
  • Washes with detergent, rinses and disinfects surfaces (tables, desks, chairs etc.) with 0.2% chlorine solution once a day.
  • Washes with detergent, rinses and disinfects dishes after meals and when patients are discharged.
  • Washes with detergent, rinses and disinfects the morgue with 0.2% chlorine solution after each death.
  • Washes with detergent, rinses and disinfects beds with 0.2% chlorine solution once a day (if the patient can get up) and when patients are dischargedaCitation a.If mats are used: transports mats to the waste treatment area for elimination..
  • Ensures outside areas are clean.
• Management of excreta buckets
  • Empties patient excreta (vomit, stools) buckets when they are a third full into the dedicated pit (excreta pit), rinses and disinfects the buckets with 0.2% chlorine solution.
  • Replaces the bucket after having poured 1 cm of 2% chlorine solution into the bucket.
• Collects and transports waste
  • Collects and transports waste to the waste treatment area several times a day, leaves the full waste bins there and brings empty clean waste bins back from the waste area.
  • Transports sharp containers to the waste area when they are ¾ full, at the request of the nurse, without opening the container.

Other tasks

• Informs the coordinator in the event of a problem (e.g. accidental exposure, PPE problem).
• Participates in certain team meetings.
• Attends certain in-service training courses.