5 Workplace Cleaning Tips
Having a clean workplace is essential for preventing staff illness, company productivity and providing a more pleasant and efficient working environment for employees, customers, and clients.
Did you know that the average employee loses 5.8 working days a year to sickness and if that person is carrying a virus, they could contaminate 50% of the working environment in just 4 hours?! The emergence of COVID-19 has only made this an ever-more important issue to address, which is why we’ve compiled a list of our top 5 workplace cleaning tips.
Our 5 Workplace Cleaning Tips Are:
- Regularly disinfect electronics
- Let people help themselves
- Keep the kitchen clean
- Wash hands regularly with soap and water
- Keep floors clean
1. Regularly Disinfect Electronics
Frequently used items such as phones, keyboards, mice, tend to be overlooked when it comes to workplace cleaning, but these items can harbour lots of germs and bacteria. As we all know, viruses such as COVID-19 can remain active on surfaces for a number of days, so regular cleaning of these items is essential.
This is especially important in a hotdesking environment in which a single keyboard may have passed through a number of different hands, with a multitude of bacteria.
Interestingly, the average desktop harbours 20,961 germs per square inch, in addition to 3,295 on the keyboard and 1,676 on a mouse. There is also a staggering 25,127 on the phone. Pretty gross, right?
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2. Let People Help Themselves
Installing cleaning tools like antibacterial hand gel dispensers, tissues, and cleaning wipes in the office means each person can keep on top of the cleanliness of their own work area, reducing the number of germs spread throughout the day and ensuring a cleaner working environment for everyone.
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3. Keep The Kitchen Clean
Keeping the communal kitchen area clean is also so important, as they often build up a lot of bacteria and germs if not regularly cleaned. Also, a messy kitchen can heavily disrupt your workflow if your employees don’t feel comfortable in the environment they are in.
To prevent these occurrences from happening, ensure you are regularly disinfecting worktops and microwaves and cleaning out the old, out of date food from the fridges.
4. Wash Hands Regularly With Soap and Water
You don’t need us to tell you this, but washing your hands regularly with soap and water is a must. A thorough clean will protect you from introducing the virus to your system by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching your face. When you go to the toilet, ensure you wash your hands thoroughly for 20 seconds.
Learn about how viruses spread here.
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5. Keep Floors Clean
In highly populated areas of the workplace, it is really important to keep floors clean. Flooring can easily harbour germs and dust brought in from outside. A deep clean with bleach tends to be the most effective method of cleaning hard surfaces, while carpets will require a good steam clean.
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Written by Kate, for MorSafe Supplies.
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