Theme: Creation of a Playful Instrument for Understanding the Hospital Hygiene Team: “Who Cleans What,” in an Oncology Hospital

In hospital environments, surfaces close to the patient are more frequently touched by hands, mainly by healthcare professionals, and therefore require frequent cleaning. Contaminated surfaces can serve as reservoirs for pathogens, making the environment a significant risk to patients. The objective of the study was to present an approach that allows people who work directly in this service to understand the role of each professional in environmental hygiene, through a playful method, in an easy and fast way, “Who cleans what.” After defining the responsibilities of each team, meetings were held with the Hospitality, Hygiene and Cleaning (outsourced) teams and the SCIH, with the aim of developing strategies that are easy to understand. Photographs of ward beds and intensive care unit beds were used, in which surfaces were marked with specific colors and geometric figures, considering the possibility of the existence of collaborators with color blindness. The Hygiene and Cleaning team came to be represented by a blue circle, nursing by a green square, and the chambermaids by an orange triangle. The SCIH conducted training aimed at the Hospitality/chambermaids and Hygiene and Cleaning (outsourced) teams. Of the total of 272 collaborators from the Hygiene and Cleaning team, 257 (94.48%) were trained. In the Hospitality/chambermaids team, 68 are part of the workforce, of which 46 (67.64%) participated in the training. The training sessions took place in two Units of the Institution, totaling 303 collaborators trained. The playful instrument used proved to be a useful training tool, easy to understand and very well accepted among collaborators, with the potential to assist in improving the process.