Common Cleaning Mistakes to Avoid
Keeping your office, sports club or early learning centre clean is essential for maintaining a healthy environment for your staff, clients and our wee ones. There are simple mistakes that people make when cleaning. At Quality Cleaning Services, we ensure our staff not only have the right chemicals and tools for the job, but know how to use them. Here are a couple of common mistakes people make.
Using too much Cleaning Chemical
One of the most common mistakes people make is using too much cleaning chemical. Often hot water and a bit of elbow grease is more important than spraying a lot of chemical around your office. Using too much chemical can leave your floors or surfaces sticky, which then catches dirt and dust, meaning your surfaces will get dirtier faster. Ensure when using chemical, you always follow the instructions on how much to use, but more importantly use clean cloths or mops and hot water. If the surface you are cleaning is particularly dirty, and you have had to spray more chemical to get it clean, thoroughly rinse your cloth or mop, and reclean the area to remove any excess chemical.
Using the wrong tools for the job
Ensuring you have the right tools for the job at hand is essential to ensuring a quality cleaning result. Sometimes paying a little extra, can save you a whole lot of time and money in the long run. For example, at Quality Cleaning Services, our fantastic cleaning crew only use microfibre cloths. Microfibre cloths attract and trap dust and microbes so efficiently, that it significantly reduces the amount of cleaning sprays and products that need to be used. They are also soft on your delicate surface and if rung out well, leave your surface shining.
Cleaning the not so obvious High Touch Areas
We all know that door handles and light switches are common germ transfer stations!! Regularly cleaning these areas, is essential to stop those winter bugs quickly spreading through your office and work place. But what about the not so obvious places. Here are a few other areas to it is important to clean and sanitise regularly:
· Alarm Pads – especially if various people unset and set your alarm
· Around the door handle & sides of doors – how many times do you see people (including yourself) close the door, not using the door handle, but instead just pushing the door
· Door frames – often in offices and work places, people lean on the door frame while talking to their co-workers
· Your cell phone, key pad and mouse. These items have often been found to be dirtier than your toilet seat!! While you may be the only person touching these items, your hands touch hundreds of surfaces a day, transferring germs. Having some sanitising wipes at your desk and making a habit of cleaning these items daily is a great idea for your own hygiene!
Leave it to the Professional Commercial Cleaners
These tips can help you to keep your office and workplace clean, but even better, why not leave it to commercial cleaners, who specialise in providing you with a clean and healthy work space for your staff. This way your team you can concentrate on what you do best!
At Quality Cleaning Services we offer a high quality, flexible cleaning service, tailored to your needs. We know that times are tough, so we can do as much or as little as you require at an extremely competitive rate. Our wonderful team of cleaners have the right equipment and training to leave your workspace spotless.
