Housekeeping Department
The Housekeeping Department of North Carolina Baptist Hospital is made up of approximately 280 employees who clean 2.4 million square feet of space each day, with some areas being cleaned more than once per day. The Housekeeping Staff removes over 
7 million pounds of trash annually, including 385,000 lbs. of bio-hazard waste and 492,000 lbs. of cardboard. Daily duties include cleaning patient rooms, discharge / transfer rooms, offices, restrooms, clinics, diagnostic areas and the operating rooms. In one year, the staff will clean over 80,000 discharge / transfer rooms and 205,000 occupied rooms. In addition, the department will supply 158,000 packages of paper towels and 97,000 rolls of toilet tissue. The staff of approximately 280, provides services 7 days per week, 24 hrs. per day.
Housekeeping employees take care of everything from mopping floors, washing walls, cleaning carpeting, washing windows and finishing floors. Many of these duties include the use of highly specialized equipment. A highly skilled staff accomplishes this monumental task. It hasn't been too many years ago, when all you needed to know to be a housekeeper, janitor or maid, was to be able to clean a bathroom or mop a floor. Today, each housekeeper must be trained and pass competency assessments in bloodborne pathogens, infection control techniques, personal protective equipment, fire and disaster responsibilities, in addition to their normal cleaning processes and chemicals they use.
Guy A. Harley
Associate Director