21. What are the two (2) core principles of surface cleaning?

Satisfactory response Yes

☐ No ☐
The two core principles of surface cleaning are as follows:
 Frequently touched environmental surfaces such as door handles, washrooms,
bathroom taps etc. should be cleaned more frequently with using necessary
equipment and detergent and also the standard precaution like using personal
protective equipment must be followed.
 Possible contamination environmental surface such as furniture, bedding and
any kind of surface or items should be cleaned with bleach solution following the
manufacturer’s recommendation.

Correctiion
The two core principles of surface cleaning are as follows:
 Physical removal: It is one of the most appropriate microbial decontamination
methods. It is the process that involves the act of removing contaminates
bacteria and soil from surfaces and this process is used to reduce the quantity of
pathogens from all surfaces as well as the sources that aide in their growth.
 ,pH principle: The method of changing the chemical state of physically
contaminates object like bacteria and soil in the sense to physically remove
contaminates from a surface is known as pH principle of cleaning. Depending on
the surface and type of physically contaminates object the matchable pH and
chemical should be used to get effective cleaning result.
22. Why is a routine surface cleaning important? Satisfactory response Yes ☐ No ☐
Routine surface cleaning is very important because there is high possibility of
transmitting infection from the dust, soil and microbes on the surface and the cleaning
surface on the regular basis will help to reduce the number of those infectious material
and assist in preventing transmission in an infectious outbreak. The surface which used
to be touched frequently like door handle, washrooms etc. should be cleaned frequently
using required detergent and warm water by following health and safety instructions.