We adopt the house's hygiene standard and supply the evidence that goes with it – rather than bringing our own standard along.
A care home is neither a hospital nor an office. It is a home where people spend their everyday lives, and at the same time a facility with elevated infection risk that is inspected regularly. Both belong together: we work to the house's hygiene plan, treat a resident's room like a private flat, and supply the evidence the facility needs.
The decisive question is not the cleaning service but the boundary. Without a clear division, gaps arise that care staff then have to close in everyday work – losing exactly the time the facility wanted to save. There is also the relationship of trust: people with dementia orient themselves by faces, not by routines. Changing staff create unrest, and unrest costs care time.
The cleaning need of a care facility follows the daily routine and the hygiene plan, not the floor area. These factors determine the scope of work:
In a care facility, recommendations, laws, private lists and company plans are particularly often confused. Here the distinction is not a formality; it determines what is actually binding.
The rules named here describe requirements on how the work is carried out — they are not a certification held by BREREI. VDI and DIN standards are chargeable and were not available in full text; where a statement touches the standard in detail, this is noted in place.
For a reliable calculation we need the following details. The more precise the breakdown, the fewer additional items arise in the first year.
Four services carry the operation of a care facility. Their intervals differ considerably: contact surfaces and sanitary areas need a different rhythm from glazing or ventilation systems.
The guide explains the legal framework and the methods in detail.
Answered briefly, so you can judge whether we fit your property.
We work according to your facility's hygiene plan. The recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) are a professional benchmark and feed into that plan, but they are not a legal norm. What is binding for you is above all your duty under § 36 IfSG (German Infection Protection Act), biological agents legislation with TRBA 250, and official orders. We adopt your house's standard and supply the evidence for it.
The VAH list concerns products, not companies: listed are agents with a tested spectrum of activity and a stated contact time. For use in your facility what matters is that the agent matches the spectrum of requirements set by your hygiene plan, and that contact time and concentration are observed. The facility or the hygiene commission decides the selection; we present the product list with safety data sheets and manufacturer information.
The procedure is set out in your facility's hygiene plan and, where necessary, supported by the competent authority. We follow it: isolation and separation of areas, separate equipment, a defined sequence of work, proper final disinfection and disposal. What we contribute is instructed staff and the methodical execution. We do not promise a fixed reaction time – such a commitment would not be verifiable in an emergency.
That is the usual reason for an enquiry, and yes, it is possible in principle. The precondition is a clear boundary: which tasks does the external service take on – room and sanitary cleaning, circulation areas, dining room, waste disposal within the house, crockery – and which activities remain part of care, such as bed preparation in care situations or handling residents during personal hygiene. That boundary belongs in the contract.
That is our aim and the intended way of working for care properties, precisely because of the relationship of trust with residents. It cannot be promised: people fall ill, resign or change employer. What makes contractual sense is something else: a fixed assignment to the property, notification of every change, naming the new member of staff and instruction that has demonstrably taken place.
The documentation duty lies with the facility, because it carries the responsibility towards inspection bodies and authorities. We supply the factual evidence you need for that, for example service records, details of agents and dosing, records of disinfection measures carried out and reports of anything unusual. We align the form and rhythm with your inspection procedures.
We read your hygiene plan, look at the areas and describe which tasks we can take on.
Service, property and contact details – that is all we need.
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