6.10. Uniforms and jewellery ............................................................................................ 24
6.11. Waste management ................................................................................................ 25
7. Governance ........................................................................................ 26
7.1. Committee and board reporting ................................................................................ 26
8. Auditing and monitoring information ................................................... 28
8.1. Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 28
8.2. Principles .................................................................................................................. 28
8.4. Audit scores .............................................................................................................. 29
8.5. Percentage score ...................................................................................................... 29
8.6. Other options ............................................................................................................ 30
Not adopting all functional risk categories .................................................................. 30
Blended area option ...................................................................................................... 30
Governance for functional risk areas ........................................................................... 32
8.7. Star rating score ........................................................................................................ 32
8.8. Star rating implementation timescales ...................................................................... 36
9. Audit process ...................................................................................... 37
9.1. Technical audits ........................................................................................................ 37
Timing ............................................................................................................................. 37
Multidisciplinary teams ................................................................................................. 38
Audit personnel .............................................................................................................. 38
Process ........................................................................................................................... 38
Frequency ....................................................................................................................... 39
Sample size .................................................................................................................... 39
Scoring............................................................................................................................ 39
Overall target score ....................................................................................................... 40
Demand-led cleaning technology ................................................................................. 41
Trend analysis ................................................................................................................ 41
Reporting ........................................................................................................................ 41
9.2. Efficacy audits ........................................................................................................... 42
Frequency and scoring.................................................................................................. 42
9.3. External assurance audits ......................................................................................... 43
Frequency ....................................................................................................................... 43
9.4 Timeframe for rectifying technical problems ............................................................... 44
10. Digital and technological audit solutions ........................................... 46
10.1 Audit Technology ..................................................................................................... 46