SARSONAS, MERVIMAE FLAVIA L.

BSN 1-I
STANDARDS OF IDEAL HOUSEKEEPING
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING  CLEANLINESS - all areas are immaculately
(LABORATORY) clean
BSN 1-I  ORDERLINESS - properly arranged in
appropriate location
INSTITUTIONAL HOUSEKEEPING  SANITATION - free from all bacterial
contamination
PURPOSES OF INSTITUTIONAL  GUESTS/PATIENTS’ COMFORT - properly
HOUSEKEEPING ventilated and lighted
1. Prevent the spread from person to person  SAFETY - free from any hazard
2. Prepare clean, comfortable and safe
environment for guest/patient PRINCIPLES OF INSTITUTIONAL
3. Keep the guest/patient unit–attractive as HOUSEKEEPING
possible 1. Everything ready
4. To render the unit safe and ready for new 2. Work from top to bottom
guest/patient 3. Work in one direction only
5. To ensure cleanliness of unit and its 4. Walls first before floor
equipment 5. Damp cloth (furniture)–not destroyed by
moisture
DEFINTION OF TERMS: 6. Dry cloth (electrical things & varnished
furniture)
REST 7. Never drag furniture
- bodily state–minimal functional and 8. Sticks with one end wrapped with cloth
metabolic activities (crevices & holes)
- state of motionlessness or inactivity
- results in feeling refreshed EQUIPMENTS NEEDED FOR INSTITUTIONAL
SAFETY HOUSEKEEPING
- freedom from harm or danger 1. Bucket/pail -
- the state of being safe 2. Polishing cloth
- protection from injury 3. Dusting cloth
ENVIRONMENT 4. Plastic trash bag
- the world around us 5. Scrubbing pads (Green & White)
- our surroundings (natural and man- made 6. Mop
surroundings) 7. Floor wax
LIGHTING 8. Broom
- abundant light and illumination 9. Dust pan
HUMIDITY 10. Coconut floor polisher
- amount of moisture in the air
TEMPERATURE CLEANING STANDARDS
- how hot or cold something is A. Ceiling, walls and doors
VENTILATION B. Windows
- circulation of air in and out of an area C. Furniture and fixtures
DUSTING D. Floors
- removing the dust from the surface of
something by wiping it GENERAL RULES IN THE USE OF CLEANING
HOUSEKEEPING EQUIPMENT
- maintenance in a commercial lodging (BASTA MASABTAN RANA OY KAKAPOY BA)
establishment (offices, hotels, resorts, inns,
dormitory, hospitals and apartels)