When cleaning teams belonged to the Hospital, in the years B4 the service was opted out, cleaners were confined to 1 Ward, lessening the risk of spread. Then some bright spark (not)
decided that it would be cheaper to use agencies who moved from who knows where between cleaning in hospitals?
When I was a secretary there were rarely 'bugs' around due to the above. MRSA and C.Diff were a huge problem once agencies were used
.
I believe that since Matrons were removed, women who 1 wouldn't argue with
and who had charge of every Ward in a Hospital, standards over all have slipped, add to that, less Staff. Until Covid came along, these situations were pushed under the carpet.
Usually Staff treating patients with cancer will make suggestions as to who can visit, i.e. no children as well as anyone else not connected. My neighbour took her friend every day during her 5-6 months' of treatment, hygiene standards etc. were insisted upon. That was prior to the 1st lockdown.