5 Tips Disinfect Your Business Flu Season

On top of
dealing with this year’s COVID-19 pandemic, the regular flu season is upon
us. The combination of all of these germs may have you searching for
disinfecting services. In case you want to tackle it all on your own, here
are some tips for cleaning and disinfecting your place of work to keep you
and your employees safe and healthy. 

Use the Right Products for the
Job

Particularly during flu season, it’s advisable to use
disposable products. Disinfectant wipes, single-use paper towels and
multi-purpose disinfectant sprays are great options. In common areas such as
a staff kitchen, it’s best to avoid using items like sponges which can harbor
and spread bacteria.

Know the Hot Spots

It’s important to identify the high traffic areas and
commonly touched surfaces around your business, such as desks, counters,
doors and handles, and elevator buttons. The more often a surface is touched,
the higher its risk for carrying the viruses such as the flu. Anything deemed
to be a hot spot for frequent daily contact should be cleaned and disinfected
on a more frequent basis, up to three or four times a
day.

Place sanitizing wipes near each workspace to remind
your employees to wipe down surfaces, phones, and anything else that is used
regularly throughout the day.

Inform and Encourage Your
Employees

In addition to disinfecting the office itself, remind
employees that hand washing is important.  Encourage your staff to keep
their hands clean by providing full soap dispensers in the kitchen and
bathrooms and supplying hand sanitizer throughout the workspace. Educate and
remind employees about social distancing guidelines while in the office. And,
when possible, decrease the possible spread of germs by limiting or
staggering on-site work, and increasing the opportunity for virtual meetings
and working from home.

Rely on Professional Cleaning
Companies

Keeping your office clean is no small task, and
sometimes it’s best to hire the right commercial cleaning service which comes
with years of training and expertise to not only make sure your place of
business looks good, but that it is a safe and healthy environment for your
workers.

Stratus Building Solutions offers world-class
commercial cleaning and janitorial services that meet a range of needs
customized to your particular business, including eco-friendly cleaning and
our own brand of disinfectant and sanitization
technology.

Please contact
us to see how we
can best serve you and your business today.