Veterinarian Offices and Hospitals Cleaning Checklist

Veterinarian facilities have several spaces that are routinely trafficked by pets, owners, and staff that must be sanitized in a manner conducive to a healthy and productive environment, not unlike a doctor or surgical office, including:

Each of these spaces must be cleaned and disinfected within the framework that the purpose is to protect everyone while preventing the transmission of disease from:

Person to person.
Pets to people, and;
Pets to pets.

The most efficient method is to approach the cleaning and disinfection by surface, as opposed to by room, with a focus on medical-grade product use.

Waiting Rooms

A typical waiting room has several germ hot spots for people and pets that will need to be sanitized daily, including:

Consider substituting a vacuum scrubber once per week for standard mopping to ensure a deep and hygienic clean.

Placement of entry mats will significantly reduce the number of particles and germs that are trafficked in from outside.

Consider supplementing the daily cleaning and disinfection procedures with green cleaning wipes on the waiting room desk, water faucet handle, and door handle.

Make sure to mop up and disinfect any pet accidents immediately.

Back Offices, Breakrooms, and Restrooms

Standard cleaning and disinfection practices should suffice, but special attention should be paid to floors and fomites, especially computer equipment and anywhere food is consumed.

Establish and enforce high-quality hand washing policies in line with hospitals and doctor's offices, and emphasize the use of liquid hand sanitizer after leaving the restroom, and before and after handling pets.

Pay attention to the types of chemicals used in the cleaning process in these spaces, as many commercial cleaning products have been tied to severe long and short-term health, productivity, job satisfaction, and engagement issues in office workers.

Kennels and Exam Rooms

The critical areas will be the horizontal surfaces--floors, cage bottoms, and exam tables--and the cleaning and disinfection should focus on the health of the pets in addition to the efficacy of germ and bacteria removal.

A clean for health first approach mandates that the cleaning and disinfection products employed should only be as toxic as necessary, which means that, in general, it should be acceptable to apply an EPA/EWG certified Safer Choice or certified green cleaning product.

Additionally, regularly cleaning the kennel room floor with a vacuum scrubber will simplify long-term floor care and significantly reduce the presence of illness-causing germs and bacteria.

Veterinarian Offices and Hospitals Cleaning Checklist

Veterinarian Offices and Hospitals Cleaning Checklist

Veterinarian facilities have several spaces that are routinely trafficked by pets, owners, and staff that must be sanitized in a manner conducive to a healthy and productive environment, not unlike a doctor or surgical office, including:

Waiting rooms.

Back offices.

Employee break rooms.

Restrooms.

Kennels, and;

Exam rooms.

Each of these spaces must be cleaned and disinfected within the framework that the purpose is to protect everyone while preventing the transmission of disease from:

Person to person.

Pets to people, and;

Pets to pets.

The most efficient method is to approach the cleaning and disinfection by surface, as opposed to by room, with a focus on medical-grade product use.

Waiting Rooms

A typical waiting room has several germ hot spots for people and pets that will need to be sanitized daily, including:

Door handles.

Water faucet handles.

Coffee pot handles.

Light switches.

Chairs and tables.

Waiting room desk and computer equipment, and;

The floor.

Consider substituting a vacuum scrubber once per week for standard mopping to ensure a deep and hygienic clean.

Placement of entry mats will significantly reduce the number of particles and germs that are trafficked in from outside.

Consider supplementing the daily cleaning and disinfection procedures with green cleaning wipes on the waiting room desk, water faucet handle, and door handle.

Make sure to mop up and disinfect any pet accidents immediately.

Back Offices, Breakrooms, and Restrooms

Standard cleaning and disinfection practices should suffice, but special attention should be paid to floors and fomites, especially computer equipment and anywhere food is consumed.

Establish and enforce high-quality hand washing policies in line with hospitals and doctor's offices, and emphasize the use of liquid hand sanitizer after leaving the restroom, and before and after handling pets.

Pay attention to the types of chemicals used in the cleaning process in these spaces, as many commercial cleaning products have been tied to severe long and short-term health, productivity, job satisfaction, and engagement issues in office workers.

Kennels and Exam Rooms

The critical areas will be the horizontal surfaces--floors, cage bottoms, and exam tables--and the cleaning and disinfection should focus on the health of the pets in addition to the efficacy of germ and bacteria removal.

A clean for health first approach mandates that the cleaning and disinfection products employed should only be as toxic as necessary, which means that, in general, it should be acceptable to apply an EPA/EWG certified Safer Choice or certified green cleaning product.

Additionally, regularly cleaning the kennel room floor with a vacuum scrubber will simplify long-term floor care and significantly reduce the presence of illness-causing germs and bacteria.