Bacteria and viruses can be easy to miss in your workplace. Germs love hiding out in areas that are hard to reach, hard to see, and hard to disinfect. Unfortunately, this means most commercial cleaners miss some of the germiest areas in the average workplace.
Even if your commercial cleaners deliver results that look hygienic, there’s a good chance your office is less healthy than meets the eye. Here are five key areas that many commercial cleaners fail to fully disinfect — if they disinfect them at all.
5 Easy-to-Miss Germ Hot-Spots
- Restroom Nooks & Crannies. Without a disinfection system built for awkward and irregular surfaces, most cleaners miss bacteria located on and underneath toilets and urinals, as well as those hiding out in bathroom cracks and crevices.
- Faucet Screens. Faucet handles are one of the germiest places in your workplace. But most faucet screens aren’t much cleaner. That piece of mesh at the end of your faucet is a breeding ground for bacteria if it isn’t disinfected frequently.
- Phone Keypads & Handsets. Phones are one of the worst culprits for germs in the workplace. Even if your commercial cleaners disinfect phones regularly, there’s a good chance they’re missing germs built up in the phone’s mouthpiece, earpiece, and/or around its buttons.
- Computer Accessories. Computer accessories, like your mouse and keyboard, are nearly as bad as phones for bacterial build up. As with phones, the crevices and gaps in these items are the perfect hiding spot for contagions.
- Carpets, Mats, & Rugs. It’s easy enough to disinfect hard floors, but it’s much harder to eliminate germs hiding out in fibrous materials. Without a disinfection system that can handle these materials, your carpets, mats, and rugs could be crawling with bacteria.
How to Disinfect Smarter
Smarter workplace disinfection relies on three factors: the right cleaning plan, the right cleaning provider, and a disinfection system built for easy-to-miss and hard-to-clean areas.
At JAN-PRO®, all three of these factors play a crucial role in our approach to workplace disinfection. Our custom service plans allow our owner-operators to identify the germiest places in each workplace and put protocols in place to disinfect these areas. Every cleaning is performed by the same owner-operator who designed this cleaning plan, ensuring detailed and consistent disinfection.
To tackle easy-to-miss and hard-to-clean areas, we use EnviroShield®. This commercial disinfection system uses proprietary technology to eliminate 99.99% of bacteria and viruses in spots where other systems are ineffective. When used, EnviroShield® releases a wide-spectrum mist that wraps around uneven surfaces, reaches into cracks and crevices, and penetrates fibrous materials.
By putting these three principles in place with your commercial cleaning provider — or by partnering with your local JAN-PRO — you can build a stronger and healthier defense against infection in your workplace.
Book a FREE consultation with the commercial cleaners at your local JAN-PRO by calling 866-355-1064 today.