In preparation for reopening schools and businesses post-COVID-19, facility managers, building service contractors, and custodial staff will need to implement stringent sanitation practices to ensure the health and safety of all building occupants.

Post COVID-19 Cleaning Procedures to Prepare for Facility Reopenings
A chief concern for facilities managers, school administrators, and business owners preparing or already opening their classrooms and businesses is the health and safety of everyone.

With all of the information flying around, schools and businesses are likely wondering what the best method is for cleaning and sanitizing their facility to prevent and combat COVID-19.

Cleaning and sanitizing Practices to Combat COVID-19
Across the country, businesses either are or will shortly begin to open up for normal operations.

The time has come for retail and hospitality businesses to start opening back up to the public, and that means taking extra precautions to ensure the health and safety of all facility occupants, including guests and employees.

Coronavirus Facility and Occupant Policies for Retail and Hospitality Businesses
The time is rapidly approaching for retail and hospitality facilities to reopen their doors to the public, which means each facility must be clean and hygienic with an ongoing plan in place to protect all facility occupants, including:

Policies regarding traffic throughout the facility, including restricting the number of occupants allowed in a facility at any time.

As everyone returns to work, school, shopping, and dining after a prolonged quarantine, it is important for businesses, daycares, elementary schools, and universities to establish a cleaning plan that helps ensure the safety of all facility occupants.

Post COVID-19 Facility Cleaning Plan
Of the numerous activities, many of us cannot wait to return to pre-COVID-19 status; the manner and method for which we cleaned facilities are likely not one of them.

Regardless of your position on the COVID-19 outbreak, the repercussions are real, and, at least for the time being, the new normal for businesses, schools, facility managers, and building occupants will require an adjustment to established routines.

Adapting to the New Normal of COVID-19
The lockdown and quarantine procedures implemented in an attempt to thwart the community spread of COVID-19 have established a new paradigm for which businesses, school administrators, students, customers, and other building occupants must adhere to, if for no other reason than to ensure that the facility in question remains open and able to operate.

Restaurant cleanliness is of paramount concern for the health and safety of diners and staff, and there are visible signs when it has been neglected.

Judging Restaurant Cleanliness
Restaurants, due to their very nature, commonly find themselves on display when breakdowns in cleanliness and hygiene occur.

According to certain sources, summer school classes could be reopening in California as early as July to help bridge the gap in learning losses for the millions of students forced out of the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cleaning Summer School Facilities After COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic forced an estimated 6.1 million California schoolchildren to abandon their in-class studies for the year, resulting in significant learning losses that Governor Newsom intends to address.

Regardless of the facility type, first impressions count, and they start with the floor, resulting in significant losses for businesses that fail to prioritize cleanliness and occupant safety.

Dirty Carpets Send Customers Walking
Everyone knows that first impressions count, but few are aware of where those impressions start or how quickly a prospective customer can be lost forever.

National Clean Your Room Day falls on May 10, 2020, and is the perfect time for anyone working from home or the office to self-start some healthy spring cleaning to ensure the place you likely spend a fair amount of your day is healthy, safe, and productive.

Due to their high volume of traffic and 'round the clock use, public transportation hubs and vehicles are considered among the germiest locations you're likely to encounter outside of your home.

Cleaning Public Transit for Health
Public transportation hub and vehicle sanitation and hygiene are critical components of overall general health.