Are your employees raising a stink about odors in the office? If so, you might need to speak with your office cleaning service. Persistent odors are a bigger concern than many office managers often realize. In surveys, unpleasant smells are one of the biggest complaints from office workers, and studies have linked persistent odors with decreased employee morale and performance.
Different odors require different solutions, and if unpleasant smells stem from foods, perfumes, or body odor, you’ll need to work with your employees to remedy the situation. In other cases, smells are deeply embedded in your workplace furniture, carpeting, and fabrics. If this describes your workplace, your workplace will need to be professionally deodorized by an office cleaning service that provides specialized deodorization services.
To neutralize persistent workplace odors effectively, you’ll need to partner with the right office cleaning service. Here are a few important factors to consider as part of this decision.
Are Office Cleaning Services the Answer?
In some situations, persistent workplace odors can’t be treated by an office cleaning service. If odors are caused by chemical fumes, for example, a cleaning service won’t be able to fix the problem. You’ll either need to remove the cause of the fumes or find a way to reduce their presence in your office’s air.
Odors related to bacteria or mold, on the other hand, can be treated by an office cleaning service — provided that cleaners have the right products and equipment. Common workplace odors related to mold or bacteria include the following types of persistent odors:
- Bathroom odors
- Mildew odors
- Food odors
- Smoke odors
- Body odors
Workplace Odor Elimination vs. Odor Masking
When you’re researching cleaning companies for workplace deodorization, pay close attention to the language used by different companies. Many office cleaning companies say that they treat workplace odors, but they don’t actually address the root cause of these unpleasant smells. Instead, they use odor-masking products to make them less noticeable.
While these products might smell pleasant, their effect on worker health and well-being is often worse than the odors themselves. Most odor-masking products contain irritating chemicals. Many have been linked to long-term health issues or to reduced productivity when used in office settings. What’s worse, these products don’t actually get rid of the nasty bacteria or mold that’s embedded itself in your office.
How Do Cleaning Services Eliminate Odors?
At JAN-PRO, we provide workplace deodorization through EnviroShield®, which performs double-duty in our office cleaning services as a disinfection/deodorization system. EnviroShield® offers a range of important advantages over competing workplace deodorization systems, which is why so many offices choose JAN-PRO for odor elimination.
Unlike many odor-removal and disinfection products commonly used by office cleaning service providers, EnviroShield® uses a non-toxic, eco-friendly deodorization solution. This EPA-registered solution generates no harmful fumes, sticky residue, or irritating odors. In fact, it’s completely odorless.
Just as important, EnviroShield® uses a specialized ionizing applicator to reach bacteria in areas that other disinfecting systems can’t reach. This allows JAN-PRO® to eliminate persistent odors that other cleaning companies fail to neutralize.
Learn more about JAN-PRO office cleaning services and odor elimination with EnviroShield® by calling 866-355-1064 today.