🦠✨ Office Germ Hotspots: Keeping Workspaces Clean and Healthy! 🧼💼

Office environments are breeding grounds for germs, lurking on surfaces we touch daily.

Here are some common germ hotspots in offices that require regular cleaning and disinfection:

📝 Meeting Room: Countertops can host respiratory viruses for hours to weeks.

💻 Private Offices: Desktop equipment like telephones, keyboards, and mice are germ hotspots, with keyboards carrying 400 times more bacteria than toilet seats!

🏢 Foyer/Reception: Light switches may harbor up to 219 bacteria per square inch.

🛗 Elevators: Elevator buttons are touched by hundreds of people daily, each leaving their unique germ fingerprint.

👥 Shared Workplace: Desks can accumulate over 20,000 germs per square inch.

🍽️Employee Lounge: Sink faucet handles, microwave door handles, and refrigerator door handles are germ magnets.

Shared Spaces, Shared Accountability:

Maintaining a clean office is a team effort. Office occupants can help reduce the spread of illness-causing germs by cleaning and disinfecting shared surfaces during the day.

Optimal times for disinfection include morning entry, lunch hours, and evening departure. Focus on high-touch surfaces like telephones, desks, and light switches.

Best Practices for Disinfecting Wipes Usage:

Remove excess dirt from visibly soiled surfaces before using wipes.

Ensure surfaces stay visibly wet for 15 seconds to kill 99.9% of cold and flu viruses.

Let wiped surfaces air dry and repeat throughout the day.

Do's & Don'ts:

✅ Wipe surfaces from clean to dirty, using a new wipe for each space.

✅ Discard soiled wipes in the trash.

✅ Close wipe canisters after use to prevent drying out.

❌ Don't dilute wipes or mix with other substances.

❌ Don't use a cloth to dry surfaces until the contact time has been reached.

❌ Don't use wipes on electronics and sensitive surfaces without reviewing cleaning guidelines.

🧼 Keep your workspace clean and healthy for a productive work environment!