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Pillars  /  Pillar 07

Environmental Cleaning & Waste Management

Clean surfaces, safe reprocessing and correct waste handling lower risk across the whole facility. IPS trains your cleaning, kitchen, laundry and maintenance teams to do it right — with aged-care-specific guidance you won't find free.

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Surfaces carry risk

The physical environment is a proven route of transmission — cleaning is infection prevention.

Non-clinical teams matter

Cleaning, kitchen, laundry and maintenance are frontline IPC, not afterthoughts.

Little free training exists

Aged-care-specific cleaning and waste training is genuinely hard to find for free.

What we offer

Start free. Equip the teams that keep it clean.

Begin with free cleaning awareness, then roll out structured, role-based training for every support team.

● Free

Free cleaning & environment basics

Open to every facility — no subscription required. ACIPC and ACSQHC offer free environmental cleaning resources; start here to lift baseline awareness across support teams.

Micro-course

Cleaning for Infection Prevention

Why and how cleaning stops infections — for all support staff.

  • ~20 minutes, self-paced
  • Certificate of completion
  • Support-team friendly
Toolkit

Clean & Waste Pack

Cleaning schedules, colour-coding and waste-segregation posters.

  • Cleaning schedule template
  • Colour-coding & waste signage
  • AU & NZ versions
Self-check

Environment Readiness Check

See where cleaning, reprocessing and waste handling can improve.

  • 10-point self-check
  • Instant gap snapshot
  • Points you to next steps

Ready to back your support teams?

See how the free basics and full support-team training fit together for your facility.

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