The Spots Most Frequently Neglected by Office Cleaning Companies

Keyboard

You spend all day at the computer, and even though you’re probably washing your hands during the day, germs build up fast. Dirt and grime can get caught on and in between the keys, so it’s important that you make sure to get that keyboard clean more often than not. Use keyboard cleaner to get into the cracks and make sure to give the keys a surface wipe using disinfectant. The same goes for your computer mouse or track pad. Make sure your computer station gets disinfected daily by your office cleaning company.

Phones

Just like your keyboard, your phone(s) can harbor germs that you don’t even think about. From pressing the keys to speaking into it, you might be leaving unwanted bacteria on it all the time. So give it a good wipe at the end of the day with disinfectant cloths, so that you can start the next day on a clean slate.

Door handles

Anything that you touch with your hands can become the #1 hangout for germs and common bacteria lurking in the office. When it comes to door handles, even in your personal office, it’s likely that everyone and their brother has touched it. Door handles often get neglected in the office cleaning, so make sure you’re asking your office cleaning companies to give all the doorknobs in he office a nice wipe-down with disinfectant.

Light switches

Not any different than the door handles, the light switches often get neglected in the office cleaning regime, too. Think of it this way: anything that many people are liable to touch needs to be cleaned with a good disinfectant every day. The CNESST even recommends a higher frequency of disinfection, depending on how busy your office is.

Kitchen 

Besides the cleanup of dishes and table, everyone is doing after using the kitchen, there are many places in kitchen and break rooms that are prone to develop cross-contamination. Also called points of high contacts, these spots must be disinfected very regularly: places such as the coffee machine buttons and the coffee pot handle, microwave buttons, fridge handle, kitchen taps, garbage lid… all require special attention and should be ideally disinfected every day…

Light fixtures

Just because sometimes we can’t see them, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t getting dirty. Light fixtures have a tendency to gather with dust and sometimes even little bugs. It’s important to get them cleaned out so that your office space is not a hot spot for dust. Keep the allergens out by keeping the fixtures clean.

Vents and Fans

The ducts and vents around the office are important for air circulation and should be getting cleaned professionally every season. It doesn’t mean that you have to wait until then to get yours cleaned, as soon as you see dust and debris accumulate on them, you should take action. Indeed, they will lose their efficiency circulating fresh air because of the clogging, and might even make things worse by spreading allergens all around. You will visually know when the time has come to ask the janitorial staff to help get the buildup of dust wiped off your office vents & fans.

Blinds

Blinds have a tendency to collect layers of dust if you don’t clean them regularly. While they won’t be blowing dust around your office like a dirty air vent will, the build up will definitely affect the clean air in your space. Giving them a regular cleaning with a duster will help eliminate that build up and give you a healthier work environment.

Houseplants

Houseplants like any other horizontal surface are accumulating dust and debris. Help them breathe and flourish by wiping down the large leaves on a regular basis with clean water. They will highly benefit from your efforts, your health too.