Will A Healthy Clean Office Help Your Bottom Line? Absolutely And Here's Why!

By Author: Joel McGinley
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20,000 germs per square inch. Huh? Where are they, what are they on! My friend, that your be your desk-top. Yes all those times eating at your desk, spilling coffee, sneezing your brains out and coughing adds up. There are literally groups of people out there that track such things. Such people say that the kind of germs that can ultimately lead to sick days are present on your desk in a density that is 400 times worse than the average toilet.

So the next time your office cleaning company cleans your office you may want to clean up your desk so that they can clean those hidden surfaces. But maybe you don't have a professional cleaning service?

Keeping your office's clean might just be more important than you think especially during flu season. While frequently washing your hands and using hand sanitizers are important, Taking simple, easy steps, such as frequent hand washing and cleaning workspace surfaces, can go a long way in keeping healthy. However, door handles, phone receivers, light switches, faucet handles, front counters, door jams and frames, elevator buttons, vending machine buttons, chair ...
... armrests, escalator and elevator handrails and other numerous areas need to be cared for consistently.

A study by Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimates that the flu results in approximately 70 million missed work days and nearly $10 billion are lost productivity in the U.S. each year. If you have a small business and depend on critical people that you can't easily replace, you may want to rethink your office cleaning strategy.

A good Commercial Cleaning Company will provide you with not only the products to combat disease such as antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers, they will also make sure on a consistent basis that germs are dramatically reduced from your common work areas such as the contact points listed above as well as your building. Ask your office cleaning company to provide extra tissues and paper towels. Paper towels decrease hand bacteria by 29 percent while a hand dryer increases it by 162 percent. Ask for a waste basket next to the bathroom door, so that you can use a paper towel to open that door as opposed to risking more exposure.

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