How to Clean a Clean Room Lab

Clean rooms are facilities often used in manufacturing and scientific research where air particles are kept to a minimum. To be precise, a typical office building contains anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million particles in a cubic foot of air. Clean rooms allow for anywhere between 100 particles to 10,000 particles per square foot depending on the type of clean room. Certain precautions have to be made for cleaning clean rooms. For instance, there are specific suits that must be worn along with strict rules, such as no cosmetics, jewelry, perfumes, colognes, aftershave or even lip balm. Personal items such as wallets, purses, keys, lighters, matches and cigarettes must be left outside the clean room. Cleaning such a room is quite meticulous and leaves little room for error.

Things You'll Need

• Cleaning and disinfecting solutions or sprays
• Mops
• Vacuum cleaners (if permitted)
• Wipes
• Mop bucket and wringer (if not built in to mop)

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Instructions

• 1

  Change the tacky mats every two hours.

• 2

  Clean stainless steel pass-throughs with designated disinfecting cleaners.

• 3

  Move any light furniture away from walls. Clean the walls. Put all furniture back in its proper place.

• 4

  Restock bathroom or wash-area facilities. Clean with designated cleaners.

• 5

  Empty all trash receptacles and place outside the room. Re-line all trash receptacles appropriately.

• 6

  Sweep and mop all floor areas with proper cleaning solutions. Let floor dry.

• 7

  Wipe down all other surfaces with approved disinfecting wipes.

• 8

  Vacuum all carpeted areas and rugs.