A medical office cleaning company has to do more than a regular office crew: it disinfects exam rooms, works around clinical equipment and knows which tasks belong to your staff. Seven questions show you whether a company is ready for a medical or dental practice.
BizProClean offers medical office cleaning services in Northern Virginia and Maryland, in the evening, after the last patient has left.
7 Questions to Ask a Medical Office Cleaning Company
- 1. Have you cleaned practices like ours? Exam rooms, dental operatories and labs are not cleaned like a front office.
- 2. Do you clean before you disinfect? A disinfectant does not work through dirt.
- 3. Which disinfectants do you use? Ask for EPA-registered products and how long each one stays wet on the surface.
- 4. Who handles sharps, medical waste and instruments? In most practices that is the clinical team. Put it in writing.
- 5. What happens after a spill of blood or body fluids? Agree who cleans it up, your staff or the crew.
- 6. Is there a written checklist for each room? Exam room, waiting room, restroom, front desk and break room.
- 7. Who checks the work, and who answers when something is missed? You need one name.
Signs a Company Is Not Ready for a Practice
- It quotes without walking your rooms.
- It uses the same cloth in the restroom and the exam room.
- It cannot name its disinfectants.
- It has no written list of what the crew does on each visit.
How Often Should a Practice Be Cleaned?
- Every day you see patients: exam rooms, restrooms, the waiting room and the front desk.
- Every visit: door handles, chair arms, counters, switches and other surfaces that many hands touch.
- Every week: baseboards, vents, ledges and the fronts of cabinets.
What Public Guidance Says
The CDC calls cleaning the necessary first step of any disinfection. It also says that surfaces touched often, such as doorknobs and light switches, should be cleaned or disinfected more often than surfaces with little hand contact. OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard covers work around blood, and its Hazard Communication Standard requires safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals. A cleaning company should be able to show you those sheets.
A Crew for Practices in Northern Virginia and Maryland
BizProClean is locally owned and operated and based in Tysons, Virginia. We clean medical offices, dental practices and specialty clinics after closing. Before the first visit we agree with you which tasks stay with your clinical team, and we write a checklist for every room.
We clean practices through our commercial cleaning services in Reston, VA, our janitorial services in Silver Spring, MD and our commercial cleaning services in Alexandria, VA.
Why Practices Choose BizProClean
- Clean first, then disinfect. On every visit, in every exam room.
- A written split of tasks. Your team knows what is theirs and what is ours.
- The whole suite on one plan. Our janitorial services cover the offices, the break room and the hallways.
- Every room listed. See the medical office cleaning checklist for the tasks room by room.
Get a Free Walkthrough and Quote
Show us your practice and ask us the seven questions above. You then get a written quote with each room and each task on it. Request a free quote today.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I look for in a medical office cleaning company?
Experience with practices like yours, EPA-registered disinfectants, a written checklist for each room and a clear answer on who handles clinical waste.
Does the cleaning crew handle sharps and medical waste?
In most practices the clinical team does. Decide it before the first visit and write it into the scope of work.
How often should a dental or medical practice be cleaned?
Every day patients are seen. Exam rooms, restrooms and the surfaces many hands touch are done on each visit.
Can cleaning be done after office hours?
Yes. Our visits are scheduled on evenings and weekends, when patients and staff are gone.