Cleaning, hygiene, prevention and maintenance

These four pillars (cleaning, hygiene, prevention, and maintenance) form the basis for protecting personal health, ensuring environmental safety, and prolonging the life of surfaces and devices. The role of each phase and how they integrate are explained below:

• Why it's vital: It is the mandatory and preliminary step in any sanitization process.

• It includes primary prevention (healthy lifestyles, proper hygiene, use of protective equipment), secondary prevention (early diagnosis), and tertiary prevention (limiting complications).
• Practical examples: frequent hand washing, proper ventilation, and proper food storage.

• Added value: It ensures that the safety levels achieved are not compromised and that materials (or skin health) remain in optimal condition.

1. Cleansing: Removal of coarse dirt.
2. Rinsing: Removal of detergent residues.
3. Disinfection: Application of agents to destroy pathogens.
4. Final rinse (if required)