Sector dossier
Healthcare
Hospitals are the most demanding cleanability environments on earth. The cost of getting it wrong is measured in lives.
44%
Hygiene uplift
31%
Cost reduction
2,400
Beds assessed
Challenges
- Hospital-acquired infection rates tied directly to surface and geometry choices
- 24/7 operations leave no maintenance window
- Multi-tenant clinical zones with conflicting hygiene regimes
Consequences
- Avoidable mortality and morbidity
- Litigation and regulatory penalties
- Reputational collapse
Compliance
- WHO IPC guidelines
- Local health authority standards
- ISO 14644 for clean zones where applicable
Design failures
- Inaccessible plinths and recessed fixtures
- Porous joinery in acute wards
- Cabling and pipework crossings at floor level
Labour implications
- High churn among environmental services staff
- Dignity gaps between clinical and cleaning labour
CI focus areas
- Surface accessibility
- Pathogen risk mapping
- Human dignity