Medical and laboratory facilities
Research labs, analytical labs, vivarium support space and clinical rooms, cleaned with clear lines: we take the floors, sinks and bench edges after the lab releases the room, and nothing on the bench is ours to touch.
What we look for
On the walk, with EHS.
- Biosafety level
The posted level on each door, what it means for entry, PPE and what we may touch.
- Release
Who releases the room, how we know it is released, and what happens when it is not.
- Boundaries
Floors, sinks, bench edges and door hardware are ours. Benches, instruments, samples and biohazard bins are not.
- Waste
Regular, recycling and sharps streams, and the rule that biohazard waste stays with EHS.
- Safety stations
Eye-wash and shower locations; we log that we saw them clear, we do not test them.
- Chemistry
What your EHS team allows on which surface, and what is banned from the lab.
Inside the room
Support the work around the bench.
Access, materials and live research set the scope. Each zone has its own rule, agreed with the lab before the first shift.
Supply equipment stays with the facility team.
We stay out of protected airflow zones and biosafety cabinets.
Accessible return surfaces only where the site authorises.
Bench surfaces only after the laboratory releases them, if at all.
The PPE and entry steps the area requires, trained and recorded.
What we write down
What goes into the scope.
The release step
A written step in the log for every lab room: released by whom, at what time, before we enter.
Ours and not ours
A list per room type of what we clean and what we never touch, signed by EHS.
Chemistry by surface
The approved product for each surface class, with the banned list.
Labs and clinics
Questions about lab cleaning
Will you touch the benches?
Bench edges only, and only after release. Bench surfaces are cleaned by us only if the scope says so for that room.
What about biohazard waste?
It stays with EHS. We handle regular and recycling streams and leave sharps and biohazard bins alone.
Do you work while research is running?
Only in rooms that are released. Live rooms are skipped and logged as skipped, never cleaned around.