Is Your Business a Certifiable Clean Workplace?
poppy johnson • August 25, 2020
The pandemic is a reset of cleanliness in Lake Havasu, how does your company measure up?
Everyone has been affected in one way or another by the pandemic, and if employers want to allow employees to return to the workplace it has to be certifiably clean to prevent health issues
for everyone involved. In this way, there needs to be new cleaning protocols in place to protect the safety of all workers, vendors, customers and clients who come to work and who visit to do business at the organization.
First, every business will benefit from a thorough and deep cleaning including fogging disinfectant
to clean the surfaces at a company, before allowing employees to return to the job front. Also, all businesses need to be aware of their cleanliness status on a daily basis to keep their employees and workers, customers and vendors safe from communicable diseases, as well as the current COVID-19 virus.
As a business owner, it will be imperative to develop a new plan that includes a close and careful review of how your business is cleaned now and well into the future. Next, the employers need institute daily and weekly cleaning routines to protect the health of all employees, vendors and guests to the business.
Anywhere that the employer notes frequently touched surfaces in public areas, there needs to be a plan in place to wipe down and sanitize these items to protect the staff and the public from the effects of the pandemic. Areas that need special attention for daily, or even hourly cleaning are included in the high traffic areas of a business, such as the:
• Shopping carts and point of sale keypads
• Tables, chairs, desks
• Glass and windows (including glass doors)
• Light switches
• Countertops, shared breakrooms, kitchens, lobbies
• Telephones, keyboards, computers
• Restrooms, sinks, toilets, faucets
• Rugs, carpets, drapes
• Electronics, remote controls, touch screens, tablets, iPads (use wipeable covers)
• ATM machines
• Launder clothing and towels (if serviced to the public)
It will be a good idea to follow the 6 steps to safe and effective disinfectant usage to clean all workplace surfaces, which are as follows:
8. Follow all product directions for use.
9. Pre-clean the surfaces with soap and water (to remove visible dirt).
10. Follow all necessary contact times for product use (time if necessary).
11. Wear gloves to protect your hands from cleaning solutions, use disposable or reusable gloves.
12. Store all disinfectants in a place for safekeeping.
People coming into a public or private facility must be checked and verified that they are not currently sick with COVID-19, and do not have outward signs of the virus. Also, employers must educate employees to not come into work sick, and to wash and sanitize hands frequently to prevent the spread of the virus as well.
We are available to come to your business, residential or commercial property to perform an in-depth cleaning and disinfection for the return of your workers
to the workplace. Just give us a call and we will come to you to perform a deep cleaning of our workplace environment to promote the safety and well-being of everyone who comes to work and does business at your facility.
References
www.epa.gov

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