5 Ways To Keep Your Office Germ-Free In 2025
Let’s let 2025 be the year that we are the most on top of our office cleanliness routine! We know that keeping your office space is important for not only your health, but for the health and wellness of your fellow officemates as well. In today’s article, we’re going to cover some of the best ways in which you can keep your office clean in 2025 and beyond!
Opt for Touchless Technology
It can be shocking just how much we touch the same surface every day that 90% of the rest of the office does as well. For instance, the front doors to the building, the railing to go up or down the stairs, the bathroom door handles, the break room coffee pot handle, the fridge handle, the elevator buttons, just to name a few. These places and more are ones that are typically touched by everyone in the office at least once per day, if not more!
If just one person has cold, flu, or COVID germs on their hands, then everyone else who touches that surface for the next several days will also get those germs on their hands, which then spreads to dozens or even hundreds of other surfaces. That’s why leading epidemiologists recommend implementing hands-free technology wherever possible in the office. Talk to your supervisors or bosses about investing in these items for your office today!
Train Employees on Hygiene Best Practices
Physically installing new touchless technology in the office is one way to help reduce the spread of dangerous germs, but education is another that can be just as, if not more, effective. Every other quarter, sit your team down and go over the current best practices for reducing the spread of germs in your office. These training sessions don’t have to be long and can be added to the end of another regularly scheduled meeting to save time.
Schedule Professional Deep Cleaning
It’s one thing to have your employees in charge of their own cleanliness around the office, but when it comes to really tamping down the spread of pathogens, you want to call in the professionals. Hire a local professional cleaning team to help clean and disinfect all of the crucial surfaces in your office to help stay ahead of the game rather than playing catchup once disaster strikes.
Implement a "Stay Home When Sick" Policy
Yes, this type of policy may lose the company some money or productivity in the short run, but it sure beats the alternative when one person unknowingly contracts COVID or the flu and is hounded by their manager to come in to the office anyway despite them feeling a little under the weather during the first portion of the illness. If that happens, then the entire office could contract the sickness, hampering productivity much more than losing one person for a few days while they are contagious. When in doubt, sit it out!
For The Road
Finding the best ways to keep your office clean this year is no small feat, but with a little preparation you can be ready for anything that comes your way this year. Contact us if you or someone you know may be in need of a residential or commercial cleaning service like ours. We can’t wait to hear from you. Give us a call or email us here. Have fun and stay safe out there!