Steam Cleaning a Care Home
30th November 2020
When it comes to steam cleaning, a care home setting is one of the best places to use it. Steam cleaning has many benefits, but creating areas in the care home that are clean and clear, as well as making sure that they are sanitary and odour-free is so simple and straightforward with steam cleaning. Steam can effectively clean different areas in the care home that other cleaning methods cannot. Not only that, but steam cleaning also means cleaning without the use of any toxic, noxious or irritating chemicals. For older patients that could have breathing difficulties, this is a significant benefit as you can create cleaner air with steam, eliminating allergens in the air, as well as pollutants.
What are some of the ways that you can steam clean a care home?
There are resident rooms that can benefit from steam cleaning, as well as the staff areas and the communal areas that need to be cleaned as part of a deep clean of a care home. But here are some of the ways that care home steam cleaners, like the ones that we stock, can clean and keep things disinfected and sanitary.
- In resident rooms of the care home, bed rails can be cleaned with steam, as well as food trays, service trays, and tables, making everyday life in a care home more sanitary than ever.
- You can use a steam cleaner to make sure that upholstery is cleaned and sanitised. For communal rooms, as well as resident rooms, this can be essential on chairs and beds.
- Using a steam cleaner, you can spot clean fabrics and rugs, as well as carpets, curtains, drapes, and chairs. For residents with incontinence this can be an essential part of the clean up process, as well as for other spillages. You don’t need to move them either, as they can be cleaned in situ, such as curtains or chair cushions.
- Floors, whether hard floors or carpets, can all be cleaned with a steam cleaner, which helps to kill germs and bacteria, but help them to look good at the same time.
- Steam cleaning can also make cleaning care home equipment simple and easy, as they don’t need to be moved to be cleaned in this way. This makes cleaning equipment like wheelchairs and harnesses simple and easy.
- Steam cleaning can help to kill the dust mites that are in bedding and carpet, which can be hazardous to some residents.
- Bathroom fixtures, such as tile and grout, as well as sinks and porcelain items like toilets, can become sparkling clean with steam cleaning, as well as sanitised and germ-free (99.99%). Steam cleaning also helps to eliminate odours, which can be such a good thing when it comes to care home cleaning.
If you have any questions around the products that we stock for care home cleaning, then please get in touch with us today. We can talk through what the best options will be for you, as well as finding the best solutions for your budget.