Social Cleaning Accreditations and Memberships
APM staff are trained dementia-friends and the company is accredited and certified by a wide range of specialist professional bodies
When providing professional cleaning services to clients in the North of England, we know that safety is key, especially in Social Care environments. For your peace of mind, APM staff are trained dementia-friends and the company is accredited and certified by a wide range of specialist professional bodies including:
- Award winning leadership team
- ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management
- ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
- IS0 22301 Business Continuity Management
- DBS Checked staff
- Dementia Aware
- IICRC qualified.
- IOSH qualified (Operations Manager)
- The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration (IICRC)
- The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
- The British Institute of Cleaning ScienceĀ (BICSc)
- The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)
- ICO
- Cyber EssentialsĀ
- NVQ Level II
″At the beginning of 2020, APM were awarded the contract to clean the communal areas at a number of our general needs schemes across the organisation. However due to the Covid-19 situation just prior to the start of the contract, we identified that we needed additional cleaning resource to provide essential cleaning within our Sheltered Schemes for older and in many cases vulnerable residents.
APM were exceptional. They responded to our additional request immediately, provided resource at very short notice, and addressed any concerns we had around safety, which was paramount. This was in addition to fulfilling their contract and providing individual deep clean services when requested to an excellent standard.″
Our Staff
All team members hold or are working towards an NVQ Level II in Cleaning & Support Services. In addition, each member of staff holds a DBS certificate and a CSCS card. Each APM employee is also equipped with virucidal products, PPE, FSP3 moulded face masks and safety goggles and is trained in:
Infection control
Asbestos awareness
Manual handling
Safeguarding
Biohazard prevention & spills
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
The highest standards of cleanliness
As key workers, APM Cleaning and Repair Ltd has signed up to the Infection Prevention Solutions Partnership Programme. Our aim is to use the training provided by qualified Infection Control Nurses, alongside a robust quality assurance process, to provide you with a cleaning service that will meet and exceed Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards.
Weāve invested inĀ Hygiena EnSURE Touch Luminometer ATP Testing kits for use with SureSnap swabs and our staff clean all non-clinical surroundings to the equivalent of 50-100 RLUs (relative light units) ā the standard for NHS public spaces.Ā
Electrostatic spraying technology and fogging ā are further tools we employ to keep environments safe.
In addition, our ATP testing found that chlorine gave the best disinfectant results, so we use chlorine tabs and, to ensure a spotless finish, clean all glass and reflective surfaces a second time to ensure a non-streaky finish.Ā