Colour Coding for Cleaning
What is it?
Colour-coded cleaning was created to reduce the risk of cross-contamination when cleaning. It is the process of applying colours to cleaning cloths and cleaning equipment to reduce the spread of germs across various areas.
Items to be colour-coded include mops, buckets, cleaning cloths, and microfibre cleaning equipment.
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RED |
Toilets/Bathrooms/Dirty utility rooms |
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BLUE |
General cleaning areas |
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GREEN |
Foodservice/Food preparation areas |
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YELLOW |
Infectious - Isolation rooms/ Transmissible disease/Infection areas |
All cleaning equipment items must be matched according to the colour code. For example, a yellow mop is to be used with a yellow bucket.