How to Make Your Workplace a Germ-free Environment

Every year, a lot of people have to take leave from work citing medical illness. Even if one person gets sick in your office in Bermondsey, the germs can spread rapidly through your workplace through contact or being air-borne and make your other workers sick. Many of these are preventable and with a bit of care regarding health and safety in the office environment, you can easily improve the quality of the working environment. What most office cleaning practices forget to include in their cleaning routine is sanitization of all working surfaces and touchpoints. This simple step can drastically reduce the chances of a viral infection from spreading. If you want to increase your employee’s productivity at work, you need to ensure that the working environment is safe and healthy for them to work in. Here are some things you must definitely ask your cleaning company to do to give you a germ-free environment.

1.    Disinfect all touchpoints
The most common way in which germs spread is through direct contact, so make sure that the regular touchpoints such as doorknobs and handles, glass doors, computer stations, desks, phones, kitchen counters, water fountains in your office in Bermondsey, SE1 etc. are disinfected regularly. Make sure the cleaners use a powerful disinfectant from a reputed brand that does not give off pungent odours and is compatible to be in contact with all skin types. Some cleaners will try to dilute a disinfectant, but unless that is how the manufacture instructed it to be used, make sure the disinfectant is used in an undiluted concentration for maximum sanitization effect.

2.    Bathroom cleaning
Since all your employees will be sharing the bathrooms, it is important that you maintain the utmost level of hygiene in the bathroom. Depending on how often your bathroom gets dirty and how much your cleaning budget is, you should get professional cleaners to give your bathroom a thorough wipe down every day. Flush handles, toilets, doorknobs, taps and dispensers are hotspots for germs so make sure that your cleaning crew cleans them every day. Use of paper towels is not only harmful to the environment but also encourages germ build-up at the dispenser. A much better way to dry your hands is to use a blower. Make sure the mirrors and sinks in your SE1 office are cleaned every day for soap spatter and any other residue. Drains and toilets should be unclogged every week or two. Put up adequate signs in the restrooms encouraging people to inculcate hygienic habits, such as washing hands, proper disposal of toilet paper and other rubbish etc.

3.    Protective measures
Besides cleaning and sanitizing the office environment, you should also encourage the employees to practice adequate safety and hygiene. For example, make sure they are aware of the health precautions that need to be taken depending on the workplace environment in Bermondsey. You could also put hand sanitizers on their desks and common areas so that they can sanitize their hands before they touch personal or common items. This will highly limit the spread of the diseases. Make sure everyone in your office gets reminders to get their regular flu shots. Irrespective of whether your office is getting dirty or not, employ a regular cleaning service to clean your office frequently. Don’t wait for your carpet to start smelling and looking shabby before you bring in the carpet cleaners. Regular vacuuming of all areas will collect dirt, pollutants and germs and also improve the air quality in the office. Once in awhile, also get your air vents and heating systems looked at.