Tips for minimizing the spread of coronavirus in your office
Important tips to avoid coronavirus from spreading in your office space
With cases rising in Pennsylvania, along with mandates for quarantine and social distancing, maintaining a disinfected work environment in an essential business is crucial to flattening the curve of spreading COVID-19. The guidelines from the CDC state that the most effective way to minimize the spread of the virus is to keep hands clean by using soap, water and alcohol based cleaners.
To avoid the spread of Coronavirus in the workplace, it’s important to not just clean with common cleaning supplies, but to use the correct chemical solutions that will destroy the virus. It is estimated that 5% of people contracting the virus will have serious side effects. Although 5% doesn’t seem like a large percentage, 5% of 500,000 is 25,000 people. That is a lot of people getting infected with a virus that could be contained if the proper disinfection is taken into consideration.
Employers and employees alike are concerned about how the virus may spread through the workplace. Businesses like restaurants and hospitals are constantly seeing a flow of people and if not properly disinfected, it can spread the virus very quickly. Luckily the Center for Disease Control and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) have published guidelines for containing the COVID-19 coronavirus from spreading in the workplace.
Disinfect bathrooms every time they are used
Keeping bathrooms disinfected is a full-time job in itself. It is recommended that bathrooms be sanitized and disinfected at the minimum every hour. Businesses like supermarkets and department stores should close bathrooms altogether. In an office or medical office, bathrooms should be disinfected after every use.
Wipe down work station with a CDC approved disinfectant
This is crucial to maintaining an area disinfected. All areas must be cleaned with soap and water first. The best time to do this step is when the office is empty, either at night or on the weekends so as to not disrupt the workplace. Give all chairs, countertops, and desks a good scrub with soap and water. Afterward, wipe down everything with a disinfecting solution. A solution that contains bleach is optimal to eradicate the COVID-19 virus. Wipe down keyboards and mouse with an alcohol wipe or an EPA approved wipe daily. One step is not enough, it is necessary to complete both steps to make sure the virus is completely eliminated.
Wipe down all highly populated every time they are used
Common areas are perhaps the areas where most viruses live. This is because so many different people frequent these areas and make direct contact with the furniture. Ideally cleaning down each surface with a cleaning solution that has bleach is the recommended thing to do. Areas such as kitchens, breakrooms, and cafeterias should be stocked with abundant soap, water and hand sanitizer as a precaution to contain the coronavirus. Restaurants should have plenty of hand sanitizer and disinfectant available when clients are picking up food. Anything that the public touches should be disinfected immediately.
Promote hand hygiene
Perhaps the greatest way to avoid the spread of the Coronavirus is to wash hands often. Cleaning staff and others should clean hands often and for at least 30 seconds. If soap and water are not available, an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains 60%-95% alcohol may be used. Even though using hand sanitizer is a good choice, using soap and water to wash hands is the best way to spread Covid-19. Providing employees with hand sanitizer in break rooms, lobbies, conference rooms, bathrooms and co-working spaces is imperative to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Hire a professional cleaning and janitorial service company.
While asking employees to contribute extra time to clean and disinfect is recommendable, it can also be a cause for disaster. With the pressure of completing jobs, along with maintaining oneself sanitized at all times, relying on your staff to clean the premise is not realistic. In order to flatten the curve, the most imperative thing to do if you have an essential business is make sure everything is hygienic and hyper-sanitized. The consequences of not disinfecting surfaces and frequented areas can result in closure of your essential business, but even worse, it can aid in spreading the virus.
One of the best and most effective solutions to containing the spread of the virus is to have a highly sanitized environment. A commercial cleaning and janitorial company will ensure that every space is disinfected all day and at all times. Commercial cleaning and janitorial companies are trained to use chemical solutions to eliminate all viruses and are trained to use CDC and OSHA cleaning standards which will provide the most accurate sanitizing solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
CNS Cleaning Company is a family owned and locally operated cleaning company. We provide industrial cleaning, corporate office cleaning, janitorial and porter services throughout Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area since 1983. Our professional cleaners are fully licensed, bonded and insured.
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