Why Covid-19 has made office cleaning an “essential” service
These are undoubtedly tough times as the world wrestles with a pandemic that refuses to perish. However, thanks to vaccinations, we are slowly heading back to life as we know it. Offices are cautiously reopening, and our social gatherings are reappearing. Although, all of this is a ‘new normal’ - masks are still a thing; we shudder as we see someone cough; we are extra cautious about what we touch and how we clean our spaces. Even when (or should we say if) coronavirus disappears. The memory of this outbreak and the consciousness of the presence of infectious germs and pathogens around us will remain as part of our everyday life.
Not surprisingly, demand in office cleaning services has seen a dramatic uptick and it is here to stay. As office managers, restaurant, factory or other business owners, people are growing well aware of how commercial cleaning services are basically an essential service without which this desperate need for normalcy cannot be achieved.
An essential service that cannot be performed in-house
It is for a fact that in-house cleaning by employees cannot match the quality of office cleaning done by commercial cleaning services. It’s a waste of time and resources with lack of employees’ knowledge, or industrial equipment that is needed to do a fine job of clearing off all bacteria’s and germs. Moreover, cleaning wouldn’t hit the top priority for an employee who has to manage other routine chores, resulting in a rushed performance. Moreover, will your workers always remember to clean or sanitize restroom doors, handles, chairs, knobs or other frequently touched surfaces? Something to think about and see a reason for investing in office cleaning services!
An essential service that will help you understand difference between “Cleaning” and “Disinfecting”
Cleaning essentially means removing dust, dirt, spots or germs from the surface. However, the germs might not be “dead”, still having considerable chances of someone getting sick. On the other hand, Disinfecting means using chemicals, anti-bacterial and other disinfectants, for a required amount of time, to kill the germs. An office cleaning service has that essential expertise to kill the germs thoroughly out of your office spaces.
Office cleaning service will prevent your office from becoming source of outbreak
Employees will be putting a lot of trust in you as they come to their workspaces every day. There is no wonder why studies show a direct correlation between office cleanliness and number of sick days that employees take, and this trend has only been more prominent in wake of covid-19, making office cleaning an essential service.
A good commercial cleaning company should be able to:
- Use latest technologies and cleaning equipment in use in the market, i.e., with chemical disinfectants to keep diseases at bay
- Follow a proper Covid-19 virus protection protocol, including sanitization, disinfection, establishment of SOPs, etc.
- Offer flexibility in scheduling, and fit pricing for a competitive service
- Have a proven track record of excellent service, such as a portfolio of offices and companies that use their services
- Recruit well and pay well, so that employees are dedicated and provide value for money
- Be able to perform deep and comprehensive cleaning whenever required
- Make your workspace, be it an office, bank, school, medical center or otherwise, be more welcoming
Use of Disinfectants by office cleaning services and how effective are they against coronavirus
Be it CDC, EPA or other disease fighting bodies, check if your commercial cleaning service’s products use disinfectants approved and recommended by them. The threat posed by coronavirus, now with the notorious Omicron variant, is so new that it is hard to make definitive claims about the effectiveness of specific cleaning products to fight it, therefore, checking if the office cleaning service uses recommended ones (judged by their performance on harder to kill pathogens) is essential.
Office cleaning services help fight other germs out there - beyond Covid-19
People routinely get sick of diseases like flu, cold and hepatitis. If your office space is compact/small, it is likely that if one person is sick, others will fall ill soon as well. Germs are there to stick around people, regardless of this newfound attention. However, a fitting commercial cleaning company can put on its forces to fight any and all germs - so your employees do not have to take sick days, and help the economy flourish.
