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Healthcare cleaner mopping a hospital corridor with medical equipment nearby, illustrating the importance of routine and scheduled cleaning in clinical environments.
Environmental Cleaning

A Good Cleaning Schedule: Best Practices for Healthcare Facilities

Creating a clean, hygienic healthcare environment starts with a clear, detailed, and compliant cleaning schedule. A good cleaning schedule not only outlines what needs to be cleaned but specifies how often, how, and by whom—helping to safeguard patient health and meet national infection control standards. At Namoli Healthcare, we know that healthcare cleaning is far… Read more »

Close-up of a healthcare worker wearing blue gloves performing an ATP surface swab test to assess cleanliness and detect potential contamination.
Environmental Cleaning

Day Surgery Cleaning: Best Practices for Safe, Compliant Operating Environments

In a surgical environment, effective surgical cleaning protects patients, supports surgical teams, and ensures compliance with strict infection control standards. At Namoli Healthcare, we understand that cleaning an operating room isn’t like cleaning any other space. Each surface and protocol is essential to safeguarding patient outcomes. Operating Room Cleaning Procedures: What’s Involved? Routine cleaning of… Read more »

Healthcare worker in protective gear disinfecting a medical wall panel, with overlaid text reading “The Invisible Battle: Why Specialised Healthcare Cleaning Matters,” highlighting the importance of infection control in clinical environments.
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The Invisible Battle: Why Specialised Healthcare Cleaning Matters

In healthcare environments – from bustling medical centres to crucial aged care facilities – maintaining the highest standards of infection control isn’t just a requirement, it’s a vital line of defence. Every surface and every process plays a role in the constant battle against infection, especially when the threat, like many pathogens, is often invisible… Read more »

Illustration of a healthcare worker disinfecting a door handle, with insets showing examples of healthcare-associated infections such as catheter use, surgical site, ventilator, and C. diff.
World Hand Hygiene Day

From Hands to Handles: Winning the Fight Against HAIs Together

Published for World Hand Hygiene Day – 5th May In every healthcare facility, there’s a battle taking place—a silent, relentless fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). These infections, also known as hospital-acquired infections or nosocomial infections, represent real risk to real people—patients, staff, and carers alike. This is a story of the small actions that make… Read more »

Infographic titled “5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” featuring a hospital bed and arrows illustrating the WHO-recommended hand hygiene moments.
World Hand Hygiene Day

Five Moments for Hand Hygiene – And the Hidden Risk on Surfaces

Published for World Hand Hygiene Day – 5th May In the world of healthcare, the smallest actions often have the biggest impact. Hand hygiene is one of the most critical defences we have against the spread of infection. But what many healthcare professionals overlook is the role that contaminated surfaces play in this equation. This… Read more »

Healthcare cleaner disinfecting high-touch surfaces around a patient care area, ensuring infection control compliance.
high touch surfaces | World Hand Hygiene Day

How Clean Surfaces Support Safe Care

Published for World Hand Hygiene Day – 5th May When we think about infection control, our minds often go straight to hand hygiene—and rightly so. But there’s an equally important, often invisible partner in the fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs): clean, high-touch surfaces.On this World Hand Hygiene Day, we spotlight how hand hygiene and touch… Read more »

Healthcare cleaner mopping a hospital corridor with medical equipment nearby, illustrating the importance of routine and scheduled cleaning in clinical environments.
Environmental Cleaning

A Good Cleaning Schedule: Best Practices for Healthcare Facilities

Creating a clean, hygienic healthcare environment starts with a clear, detailed, and compliant cleaning schedule. A good cleaning schedule not only outlines what needs to be cleaned but specifies how often, how, and by whom—helping to safeguard patient health and meet national infection control standards. At Namoli Healthcare, we know that healthcare cleaning is far… Read more »

Close-up of a healthcare worker wearing blue gloves performing an ATP surface swab test to assess cleanliness and detect potential contamination.
Environmental Cleaning

Day Surgery Cleaning: Best Practices for Safe, Compliant Operating Environments

In a surgical environment, effective surgical cleaning protects patients, supports surgical teams, and ensures compliance with strict infection control standards. At Namoli Healthcare, we understand that cleaning an operating room isn’t like cleaning any other space. Each surface and protocol is essential to safeguarding patient outcomes. Operating Room Cleaning Procedures: What’s Involved? Routine cleaning of… Read more »

Healthcare worker in protective gear disinfecting a medical wall panel, with overlaid text reading “The Invisible Battle: Why Specialised Healthcare Cleaning Matters,” highlighting the importance of infection control in clinical environments.
Environmental Cleaning | high touch surfaces

The Invisible Battle: Why Specialised Healthcare Cleaning Matters

In healthcare environments – from bustling medical centres to crucial aged care facilities – maintaining the highest standards of infection control isn’t just a requirement, it’s a vital line of defence. Every surface and every process plays a role in the constant battle against infection, especially when the threat, like many pathogens, is often invisible… Read more »

illustration comparing general healthcare cleaning with specialist infection control, featuring a cleaner mopping a hospital room on the left and a healthcare worker disinfecting a door handle on the right
Environmental Cleaning

The Difference between Healthcare Cleaning and Specialist Infection Control

In healthcare settings, cleanliness is more than just aesthetics—it’s a critical factor in safety, compliance, and infection prevention. While “healthcare cleaning” and “infection control” are often used interchangeably, they serve distinct roles in maintaining a hygienic and compliant facility. Recognizing these differences is key to ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and patient safety. What… Read more »

Illustration of a healthcare worker disinfecting a door handle, with insets showing examples of healthcare-associated infections such as catheter use, surgical site, ventilator, and C. diff.
World Hand Hygiene Day

From Hands to Handles: Winning the Fight Against HAIs Together

Published for World Hand Hygiene Day – 5th May In every healthcare facility, there’s a battle taking place—a silent, relentless fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). These infections, also known as hospital-acquired infections or nosocomial infections, represent real risk to real people—patients, staff, and carers alike. This is a story of the small actions that make… Read more »

Infographic titled “5 Moments for Hand Hygiene” featuring a hospital bed and arrows illustrating the WHO-recommended hand hygiene moments.
World Hand Hygiene Day

Five Moments for Hand Hygiene – And the Hidden Risk on Surfaces

Published for World Hand Hygiene Day – 5th May In the world of healthcare, the smallest actions often have the biggest impact. Hand hygiene is one of the most critical defences we have against the spread of infection. But what many healthcare professionals overlook is the role that contaminated surfaces play in this equation. This… Read more »

Healthcare cleaner disinfecting high-touch surfaces around a patient care area, ensuring infection control compliance.
high touch surfaces | World Hand Hygiene Day

How Clean Surfaces Support Safe Care

Published for World Hand Hygiene Day – 5th May When we think about infection control, our minds often go straight to hand hygiene—and rightly so. But there’s an equally important, often invisible partner in the fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs): clean, high-touch surfaces.On this World Hand Hygiene Day, we spotlight how hand hygiene and touch… Read more »

Healthcare worker in protective gear disinfecting a medical wall panel, with overlaid text reading “The Invisible Battle: Why Specialised Healthcare Cleaning Matters,” highlighting the importance of infection control in clinical environments.
Environmental Cleaning | high touch surfaces

The Invisible Battle: Why Specialised Healthcare Cleaning Matters

In healthcare environments – from bustling medical centres to crucial aged care facilities – maintaining the highest standards of infection control isn’t just a requirement, it’s a vital line of defence. Every surface and every process plays a role in the constant battle against infection, especially when the threat, like many pathogens, is often invisible… Read more »

Healthcare cleaner disinfecting high-touch surfaces around a patient care area, ensuring infection control compliance.
high touch surfaces | World Hand Hygiene Day

How Clean Surfaces Support Safe Care

Published for World Hand Hygiene Day – 5th May When we think about infection control, our minds often go straight to hand hygiene—and rightly so. But there’s an equally important, often invisible partner in the fight against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs): clean, high-touch surfaces.On this World Hand Hygiene Day, we spotlight how hand hygiene and touch… Read more »