How many germs are in your office?

3/5/2021 (Permalink)

How clean is your office, do you think it is germ free? Well, no place is germ free. What can we educate our employees on to keep them healthy and safe?  First and foremost is good handwashing. We do everything with our hands.  Key times to wash are,

• Before, during, and after preparing / eating food

• Before and after caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhea

• Before and after treating a cut or wound

• After using the toilet

• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet

• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing

• After touching an animal, feeding handling pet food or pet treat, or animal waste

• After touching garbage

• Touching your eyes, nose, or mouth, mask

• Entering and leaving a public place

• Touching an item or surface that may be frequently touched by other people, such as door handles, tables, gas pumps, shopping carts, or electronic cashier registers/screens.

These surface areas that are high touch bring us to another point, cleaning them often especially when you have high traffic weather it’s employee traffic in a break room or customer traffic such as shared space in an auto dealership. Door handles and counter surfaces should be cleaned frequently. Start noticing the items your employees and customer lean on and touch you will be surprised at how often it happens. We can certainly help in this area by fogging with disinfecting agent approved by the EPA and CDC.  This is the most economical way of cleaning surfaces quickly.

Work stations are high touch also. Computers and phones need disinfection attention. Per the CDC many of the approved disinfectants are alcohol based so it will dry quickly. Be sure to follow manufactures guidelines for cleaning electronic products. Consider using a wipeable cover. SERVPRO uses the fogging method so that it covers the surface areas and it can dry naturally. Using a hospital grade disinfectant approved by the CDC is the most effective way of handling.

Clean or spray disinfectant on packages coming into your facility. I recently returned from a trip and the hotel actually sprayed my luggage with a disinfectant and had us step on a mat that was spongy and filled with disinfectant. This reduces the number of germs being tracked into the hotel.          

We have customers who we are doing regular proactive disinfection cleanings for,  If you would like a quote on disinfection cleaning for your business call us directly at 336-946-1131