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The NHS Scotland National Cleaning Services Specification: Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force

Guidance to NHSScotland

A CODE - IN-PATIENT ACUTE

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
A1	Bed Area	In-patient Ward	If usage is different from the standard specification, adjust service frequency accordingly to reflect actual location usage.
A2	Day Room	In-patient Ward
A3	Sanitary Area	In-patient Ward
A4	Clinical Clean and Dirty Utility Area	In-patient Ward
A5	Pantry/Kitchen	In-patient Ward
A6	Offices	In-patient Ward
A7	Internal Ward/Corridor/ Stairs	In-patient Ward
A8	Store Room	In-patient Ward
D9	Staff changing/sanitary areas	Wards/Departments
A10	Dining Room	In-patient Wards
A12	Domestic Services Room	All Areas
D7	Entrance	Wards/Departments

B CODE- HIGH RISK IN-PATIENT

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
B1	Bed Area	In-patient Ward	If usage is different from the standard specification, adjust service frequency accordingly to reflect actual location usage.
A2	Day Room	In-patient Ward
A3	Sanitary Area	In-patient Ward
A4	Clinical Clean and Dirty Utility Area	In-patient Ward
A5	Pantry/Kitchen	In-patient Ward
A6	Offices	In-patient Ward
A7	Internal Ward/Corridor/Stairs	In-patient Ward
A8	Store Room	In-patient Ward
D9	Staff changing/sanitary areas	Wards/Departments
A10	Dining Room	In-patient Ward
A12	Domestic Services Room	All Areas
D7	Entrance	Wards/Departments

C CODE - IN-PATIENT CONTINUING CARE

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
A1	Bed Area	In-patient Ward	If usage is different from the standard specification, adjust service frequency accordingly to reflect actual location usage.
A2	Day Room	In-patient Ward
A3	Sanitary Area	In-patient Ward
A4	Clinical Clean and Dirty Utility Area	In-patient Ward
A5	Pantry/Kitchen	In-patient Ward
A6	Offices	In-patient Ward
A7	Internal Ward/Corridor/Stairs	In-patient Ward
A8	Store Room	In-patient Ward
D9	Staff changing/sanitary areas	Wards/Departments
A10	Dining Room	In-patient Ward
C11	Day Room/Day Dingin Room/Recreation	In-patient Ward
A12	Domestic Services Room	All Areas
D7	Entrance	Wards/Departments

D CODE - CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
D1	Treatment Room/Patients Changing	Consulting Room/ Departments	If usage is different from the standard specification, adjust service frequency accordingly to reflect actual location
D2	Sanitary Area	Departments
D3	Office	Departments
A4	Clinical Clean and Dirty Utility Area	Departments
D5	Rehabilitation Pools/ Changing Rooms	Departments
D6	Corridor, Stairs and Lifts	Departments
D7	Entrance	Wards/Departments
D8	Lecture Room	Departments
D9	Staff Changing/Sanitary Area	Departments
D14	Clinical Workshop	Departments
D16	Store	Departments
D17	Fire escape stairs	Wards/Departments
A12	DSR	All areas

E CODE - NON CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
E3	Office non-clinical	Departments
E4	Computer Services	Departments
D6	Corridor, Stairs and Lifts	Departments
D7	Entrance	Wards/Departments
D8	Lecture Room	Departments
D9	Staff Changing/Sanitary Area	Departments
E10	Staff Dining Room/Coffee Lounge	Departments
E11	Voluntary ServicesTea Bar/Cafeteria	Departments
E12	Shop/Bank	Departments
E13	Pantry	Departments
E15	Workshop - Works Dept	Departments
D16	Store	Departments
D17	Fire Escape stairs	Departments
A12	DSR	All areas

F CODES - RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
F1	Bedroom, BedSitting Room,Private Sitting Room, Office	Residential Accommodation
F2	Sanitary Area - Communal	Residential Accommodation
F3	Sanitary Area - Flat	Residential Accommodation
F4	Pantry/Kitchen	Residential Accommodation
F5	On Call room/Relatives Room	Residential Accommodation
F6	Communal Stairs,Corridor, Entrance, Sitting Room, Recreation Room	Residential Accommodation
F7	Utility Room	Residential Accommodation
A12	DSR	All areas

G CODE - CLINIC AND HEALTH CENTRES

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
G1	Consulting Room/Clinic Treatment Room	Clinics/Health Centres	If usage is different from the standard specification, adjust service frequency accordingly to reflect actual location.
G2	Corridor, Waiting Area, Entrance	Clinics/Health Centres
G3	Public/Patient & Staff Sanitary	Clinics/Health Centres
G4	Clinically Clean and Dirty Utility Areas	Clinics/Health Centres
G5	Workshop and Dispensary	Clinics/Health Centres
G6	Pantry	Clinics/Health Centres
G7	Office	Clinics/Health Centres
G8	Staff Changing/Rest Rooms	Clinics/Health Centres
G9	Lifts and Stairs	Clinics/Health Centres
G10	High risk Treatment Room	Health Centre
D16	Store	Clinics/Health Centres
D17	Fire Escape Stairs	Clinics/Health Centres
A12	DSR	All areas

H CODE - VERY HIGH RISK THEATRES, TRANSPLANT, BONE MARROW, ICU, CICU, NICU

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
H1	Theatre, Transplant Unit,Bone Marrow,Intensive Care Unit,Cardiac Intensive Care Unit,Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	Very High Risk
H2	Changing accommodation

I CODE - LABORATORY, PHARMACY, STERILE FLUID PREPARATION, SSD

Specification Code	Room Type	Area	Remarks
I1	Laboratory, Pharmacy
I2	Pharmacy sterile fluid preparation, CSSD
D6	Corridor, Stairs and Lifts	Departments
D7	Entrance	Wards/Departments
D9	Staff Changing/Sanitary Area	Departments

J CODE - PATIENT TRANSPORT VEHICLES

Specification Code	Type	Area	Remarks
J1	Patient Transport Vehicles	Interior	Task Group 18

K CODE - DAILY CLEAN ISOLATION ROOM

Specification Code	Type	Area	Remarks
K	Isolation Room	In-patient area	Task Groups 1 - 16 except 2

Specification Code	Type	Area	Remarks
L	Discharge Clean	In-patient area	Task Groups 1 - 16

M CODE - TERMINAL CLEAN

Specification Code	Type	Area	Remarks
M	Terminal Clean	In-patient area	Task Groups 1 - 16

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