Clean and hygienic workplace restrooms--a strong indicator of how a business values its workforce--rank highly with office workers, even where clear improvements are called for.
Office Workers Value Clean Workplace Restrooms
Happy office workers work harder and are more productive.
The ongoing rise in asthma and related allergies in the US has roots in indoor air quality, outdated cleaning methods, and the application of dangerous disinfectant products.
The Rise of Asthma in America and What Can be Done
Asthma in America is a multi-billion dollar health challenge that results in thousands of potentially preventable deaths each year.
Before COVID-19 and its subsequent variants, elementary, high school, and college students were exposed to multiple pathogens and pathogenic bacteria that often resulted in serious illness, placing an enormous burden on the education system and taxpayer dollars.
Businesses wishing to entice workers from their current work-from-home status back to the office must establish a strong platform predicated on trust and demonstrate a clear and ongoing commitment to worker health and safety through facility hygiene and sanitation protocols.
The removal of pandemic travel restrictions combined with the relaxation of many mask mandates, indoor access, and capacity requirements, and constraints on entertainment venues has resulted in a significant uptick in away-from-home travel and the need for facilities to focus on high-level cleaning and hygiene outcomes in the wake of increased COVID transmission.
Decreased social interaction may have helped thwart the spread of COVID-19, but the policy may have inadvertently increased the threat of a bad influenza season due to a lack of personal contact necessary to build immunities during a time of increased COVID transmission.
Health-based cleaning and sanitization reduce the presence of pathogens and pathogenic bacteria on surfaces and occupant skin, thereby reducing, if not fully eliminating, the transmission of illness associated with a facility's surfaces.
Health-Based Cleaning Reduces the Spread of Disease
The transmission of human infectious disease is broken up into four categories:
Airborne via inhalation.
Even amidst the uncertainty and the rise and transmission of COVID variants, schools and businesses can safely transition their facilities back to pre-pandemic operational status by adhering to a few health and safety guidelines.
Post-Pandemic Guidelines to Return Your Facility to Operational Status
More and more facilities are transitioning from a work-from-home, reduced capacity, or outdoor-only status to a more conventional, full-time, indoor work, shopping, learning, and dining environment.
One vital lesson the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us is that education is critical to preventing the spread of germs, especially among young school-aged children--currently a high-risk demographic for both the COVID Delta Variant and a potential uptick in influenza cases.
More than 18 months after initial reports of COVID positive patients began circulating, schools are still struggling with how to best deal with in-classroom learning--a concept significantly exacerbated by the emergence of a COVID-19 Delta Variant and a looming 'bounce back' influenza season.