NHS Nurses also Mop Floors and Clean Toilets

Improper hospital hygiene has forced some nurses to clean toilets and mop hospital floors, a survey of 1000 NHS nurses has revealed.

More than 50% are of the opinion that cleaning services for their wards is not enough. Some of the nurses have had to clean the bed after an infectious patient was discharged.

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Tracey Cooper, president of the Infection Prevention Society, said: "Nurses are the guardians of the standards of their wards. Cleaning has always been an integral part of what nurses do. The risk comes when there is a lack of clarity about process and who is responsible because then you get things that nobody cleans."

Source-Medindia

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