Infection control
Your permit sets the rules. We build to them.
An infection control risk assessment, or ICRA, is the facility's own document. We read it before the walk-through ends and follow it on site.
Our infection-control coordinator reads your permit with the crew lead before each job, sets up the barrier and cleaning log, and keeps a copy of the permit on site. If your area has no written plan yet, we ask your team for one before we start.
The class and the barrier come from your permit
Barrier, floor covering and signs go up before work begins
HEPA vacuums on the tool for sanding and scraping
Crews follow your hand-hygiene, PPE and sign-in rules
What changes with the work
Painting only, and painting with sanding
Your infection-prevention team assigns the class for each area. Painting without sanding often sits in a lower activity type than work that makes dust, so we ask which your plan says.
| Painting with sanding or patching | Painting only | |
|---|---|---|
| Barrier | Painting with sanding or patchingThe same, plus sealed vents or ceiling access where the plan says | Painting onlySealed plastic wall at the area entry, with a sticky mat inside it |
| Dust | Painting with sanding or patchingHEPA vacuum on every sander, with the area wiped between steps | Painting onlyHEPA vacuum on any touch-up sanding |
| Air handling | Painting with sanding or patchingNegative-air machine when the plan calls for one | Painting onlySet by your facility team, never by us |
| Cleaning | Painting with sanding or patchingA second wipe-down and floor clean before the barrier comes down | Painting onlySurfaces and floors wiped with your approved cleaner |
| Log | Painting with sanding or patchingPhotos at barrier, mid-night and handback | Painting onlyPhotos at barrier and at handback |
Who signs what
Your team's part, and ours
Four groups in your building decide the things we shouldn't. We ask each of them one question before the first night.
Infection prevention
Assigns the class, signs the permit and decides when a barrier may come down.
The class and barrier
Cleaning standard
Facility management
Controls shutoffs, fire-alarm contacts, access and parking.
Access and sign-in
Egress routes
Environmental services
Names the cleaner, the waste route and the wipe-down sign-off.
Approved cleaner
Waste route
Clinical manager
Chooses the nights an area can close and the hour it must reopen.
Dates and hours
The handback walk
The photo log
What goes in your file after each night
Every night ends with a short record your infection-prevention team can read in a minute.
The barrier, before work
A photo of the barrier, the floor covering and the sign at the area entry.
The prep, with HEPA
Notes on what was patched and sanded, and the vacuum used on each tool.
The handback
A walk with your contact, a punch list for anything missed and a photo of the clean area.
Infection-control questions
What is an ICRA, and who writes it?
ICRA stands for infection control risk assessment. Your infection-prevention team assigns the class for each area and writes the permit that sets the barrier, air handling and cleaning. We don't replace that team. We follow its permit and keep a copy on site with the crew lead.
What kind of barrier do you build?
The one your permit calls for. Often that is a sealed plastic wall with a zippered door and a sticky mat inside it. Where the plan asks for a hard barrier or a negative-air machine, we build to that and say so on the bid.
Which paint and cleaner do you use?
Products from your approved list. If you have none, we propose products from the manufacturer's product data sheet and send the data sheet and safety data sheet with the bid. We don't make health claims about any coating, and we use the cleaner your environmental services team names.
Do you use low-odor paint?
Ask for the product data sheet. It states the product's VOC content, odor and cure time, which are what your infection-prevention and clinical teams will review. We choose from your approved list and tell you the data sheet for each product on the bid.
Can you paint operating rooms or sterile processing?
Those spaces have their own rules from your infection-prevention team. We look at them at the walk-through and tell you plainly whether we can take them on.
Send us your ICRA documents
Send the permit or the plan for the area, and we will read it before the walk-through.