Adding some time, love, and care to your workplace can have a significant impact on productivity, occupant health, and visitor satisfaction.
A Clean Workplace Equals More Money
It's a fact--the cleaner your office is, the healthier and more productive your employees are, all of which translates into increased profits, decreased costs, and drastically reduced absenteeism and turnover.
Each year, sick days cost businesses in the United States a whopping $225.8 billion. Keeping your work environment clean is one of the most effective ways to support the health of your employees and limit the number of days lost to preventable illness. Environments that are free of clutter and clean from top to bottom also reduce distractions and increase productivity.
Routine cleaning and maintenance programs that occur year round, such as vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and wiping down germ hot spots, are critical to maintaining that all-important level of high-performance cleanliness, but a little TLC, especially in the spring and early summer, can go a long way towards improving the look and appeal of your office building, with services such as:
- Window washing.
- Deep cleaning.
- Power washing, and;
- Carpet Cleaning.
Window Washing
Clean windows allow more natural light through to office workers, which has a demonstrable impact on their health, wellbeing, and productivity.
Researchers at the Interdepartmental Neuroscience program at Northwestern University in Chicago concluded that;
[...] there is a strong relationship between workplace daylight exposure and office workers' sleep, activity and quality of life.
Having your office windows professionally cleaned twice per year will also improve its look and appeal, as well as help control spiders and other pests.
Deep Cleaning
Regular cleaning, especially during the challenging winter months, can miss critical areas where germs and bacteria can build up and spread to other parts of a facility and come into direct contact with occupants and guests.
A yearly deep cleaning helps identify problem areas that could lead to severe health and safety issues in the future by starting with a thorough onsite facility inspection and progressing through a detailed plan for leveling up your organization's workplace performance.
An annual deep cleaning in the spring and early summer also presents the perfect opportunity to declutter your workplace and remove problematic distractions that are stressing out employees and causing severe mental and physical illnesses.
Power Washing
Power washing the walkways and sides of your office offers several advantages, including providing that deep clean that sweeping and hosing off the sidewalks just can't provide, as well as helping to remove weeds in cracks without toxic chemicals.
Additionally, power washing the sides of buildings is the perfect preparation for painting and other touchups that increase the curb appeal for your organization to prospective customers.
Carpet Cleaning
Spring and early summer are ideal for deep cleaning carpets, which can play host to an unbelievable number of germs, dust mites, and dirt.
Some interesting facts regarding the average carpet:
- The norovirus can survive on an unclean rug for more than a month.
- The average carpet can conceal pounds of dirt.
- An estimated 43 million tons of dust falls on the U.S. every year--approximately twice the volume of dust exists indoors compared to outdoors--and nearly 2000 dust mites can survive on a single piece of dust.
- The average person sheds approximately 1.5 million skin flakes per hour--multiply that by the number of workers in your office, then by the number of hours they are in the office each week, and;
When properly cleaned and maintained, carpeting may improve the quality of air through trapping allergy-inducing dust and allergens.
Most people, however, do not clean their carpets correctly, which can actually exacerbate allergies.
References & Resources
- The Basics: How Having a Healthy Workplace Improves Your Profit, Performance and Power
- Incentives and Benefits Of A Healthy Workplace
- Importance of Hygiene & Cleanliness at Workplace
Takeaway
Yearly or bi-annual special office and classroom cleaning services, while tempting to perform on your own, have a demonstrable and profound impact on the health of your facility, as well as everyone who occupies or passes through it.
Evidence suggests that foregoing professional cleaning services can negatively impact your desired results and lead to sick office workers and upset, soon to be, former customers.
Outsourcing your facilities needs to a professional service provider remains the single most cost-effective method for delivering these services.
If you would like to learn more about the benefits of specialized cleaning services, such as carpet or window care programs, or if you would like to schedule a free onsite assessment of your organization's custodial and infection prevention and control requirements, contact us today for a free quote!
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