Top 5 Tips Disinfect Your Office

With our nation’s top doctors now alerting local businesses and
schools to prepare for a potential coronavirus crisis, local companies are
scrambling to disinfect their workspaces the right way to keep employees and
customers safe.  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)is now urging
U.S. businesses to vigorously and routinely wipe down workplace surfaces to
contain the spread of the potentially deadly virus.

The local office cleaning pros at Stratus Building Solutions are
swamped with calls from companies that want cleanings – and advice – on how
to keep offices germ free.

 “With this new warning from the CDC, businesses need to step
up their efforts to make sure their workplaces are disinfected regularly and
properly,” says Afshin Cangarlu, the CEO of Stratus
Building Solutions, a national commercial cleaning franchise with
offices in our area.  “There are specific cleaning tools and methods and
a right and wrong way to tackle disinfection that could make or break the
health of employees.”

Top 5 Tips to Disinfect Your Office

• One-Way Wipe Down – Wipe down a
  surface in one direction and don’t go back over it in the opposite direction
  because you will deposit germs you just cleaned up.  Routinely wipe down
  all frequently touched surfaces such as workstations, countertops and don’t
  forget doorknobs.
• Color Coded Cleaning – Color code
  cloths for specific spaces so you don’t cross-contaminate the kitchen cloths
  with the bathroom cloths and discard immediately after use.
• Smart Spraying – On the bottle,
  common household disinfectants tout their ability to kill 99.9% of bacteria
  and viruses, including human coronavirus, flu strains, E.coli and salmonella
  among others.  But will they work against the new “novel
  “coronavirus?  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says these
  disinfectants are thought to be effective against the new coronavirus strain,
  but until tests confirm it, this has not been scientifically proven. 
  Meanwhile, Stratus Building Solutions touts its Sani-Spritz
  Spray as the best protection against office
  germs.
• Tech Disinfect – Don’t forget to
  wipe down employee laptops, mousses and especially cell phones.  One
  study by a web-based researched platform found we touch our cell phones 2,000
  times a day. Other recent  studies
  indicate the average adult brings their fingers to
  their nose, mouth or eyes about 16 times per hour, and germs
  thrive on human touch and the tech we touch!  The use of Electrostatic Sprayer Disinfecting
  Systems is the gold standard for attacking germs in difficult to
  reach spaces. 
• Hand-Washing Warnings – Post
  handwashing- and drying signs EVERYWHERE – from the kitchen to the bathroom –
  as a reminder to employees to wash hands with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer
  with at least 60-95% alcohol or with warm water and soap for at least twenty
  seconds. ( as long as it takes to sing the Happy Birthday
  song!) Dry hands thoroughly because germs spread with moisture.