Rest Room Care

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Rest Room Basics

Topics: Rest room floors, walls, and ceilings; Plumbing fixtures; Sinks; Toilets; Showers and tubs; Hospital, food service rest rooms

Learning Objectives:

• List the three kinds of rest room surfaces that you must clean, and tell how to clean each type.
• Describe the different rest room flooring materials, and tell how to recognize and clean each one.
• Describe the common types of walls and ceilings in rest rooms, and tell how to care for each one.
• Name the common types of rest room plumbing fixtures, and describe the features of each.
• Describe the differences among rest rooms in different kinds of buildings.

Chapter 2: Routine Rest Room Cleaning

Topics: Cleaning supplies; Clearing and blocking a rest room; Removing trash; Restocking; Cleaning plumbing fixtures and floors; Equipment care

Learning Objectives:

• Explain how to gather and prepare supplies needed for routine cleaning tasks.
• Explain how to clear and block a rest room for daily cleaning.
• Explain how to remove trash from a rest room's trash cans, sanitary napkin disposals, and ashtrays.
• Explain how to restock paper products and hand soap.
• List the correct sequence of steps for cleaning the surfaces of a rest room.
• Explain daily dry cleaning and wet cleaning procedures for above-floor surfaces of a rest room.
• Explain procedures for daily cleaning of a rest room floor.

Chapter 3: Cleaning Plumbing Fixtures

Topics: Equipment and chemicals for cleaning sinks, toilets, showers, and tubs; How to clean

Learning Objectives:

• Explain safety precautions that you must take to protect yourself when cleaning plumbing fixtures.
• List the equipment and chemicals needed for cleaning sinks.
• Explain the proper procedure for cleaning sinks.
• List the equipment and chemicals needed for cleaning toilets and urinals.
• Explain the proper procedure for cleaning toilets and urinals.
• List the equipment and chemicals needed for cleaning showers and tubs.
• Explain the proper procedure for cleaning showers and tubs.

Chapter 4: Periodic Rest Room Cleaning

Topics: Rest room ceilings, walls, and partitions; Graffiti removal; Pressure washing; Stripping and refinishing

Learning Objectives:

• Tell how often to clean rest room ceilings, walls, and partitions.
• Explain how to wash rest room ceilings by hand and with a machine.
• Tell which ceilings must be vacuumed and explain how to vacuum ceilings.
• Explain how to remove graffiti from rest room walls, and how to wash rest room walls and partitions.
• Tell how to scrub, pressure wash, strip, and refinish a rest room floor.
• Explain the difference between scrubbing and/or pressure washing a rest room floor that has a drain and one that does not.

Chapter 5: Rest Room Disinfection

Topics: Germ size, growth, movement, and transfer; Chemicals that kill germs; Kinds of cleaner/disinfectants; Aseptic cleaning

Learning Objectives:

• Describe germs in terms of size and reproduction.
• Tell what conditions germs need to live, grow, and multiply, and relate these conditions to rest rooms.
• Explain how germs move from one place to another in a rest room.
• List the kinds of disinfectants that kill germs, or stop them from growing.
• Contrast resident and transient odors in a rest room, and explain how to prevent resident odors.
• Explain how, why, and when to use deodorants in a rest room.
• Tell why disinfection must be done, how often it should be done, and how to do it correctly.

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