Are you ready to tackle cleaning your public restrooms? We are!
It’s probably no surprise to you that public restrooms — whether office buildings, medical facilities, or retail spaces — are the single most contaminated areas in any public space. Cleaning public restrooms can be a difficult task because they host the most dirt and germs, but also because they have to be cleaned for aesthetics as well as health. Eliminating odors and making the restroom look visibly clean is one thing, but actually disinfecting and removing the surprising amount of microbes and bacteria that live on nearly every bathroom surface is the tricky part. Below are some steps for cleaning public restrooms that can improve public restroom health.
Clean Before You Clean
It sounds silly, but pre-cleaning is an important step in truly disinfecting a public bathroom. Remove debris and bodily excrements before disinfecting with EPA-registered products to ensure that microbes and bacteria are effectively extinguished.
Use the Right Products
Besides checking for EPA approval, you should also pay specific attention to disinfecting surfaces that are frequently touched by hands, like toilet and door handles and faucets, and use products specifically designed for those surfaces. Check product labels and follow manufacturer instructions to guarantee a true clean.
Kill Odors, Don’t Just Mask Them
There’s a difference. Air fresheners and odor neutralizer sprays don’t actually attack the root of the problem, and therefore don’t actually clean. This is a caveat between cleaning public restrooms for aesthetics versus health that often trips cleaning services up. Use products that break down the source of the odor like ready-to-use hydrogen peroxide based solutions.
Look Out Below
Just because a surface probably won’t be touched by hands, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t properly clean and disinfect it. Floor care is important, too — for aesthetics and public restroom health. Public restroom floors are estimated to have about 230 different microbial species, which can be tracked on shoes into guests’ homes, where they’ll rest on floors and carpets and threaten health concerns at home.
No matter if it’s an office building, retail store, or medical facility, every public restroom ought to be properly cleaned and maintained. These tips should help in that endeavor, as should hiring A360 Cleaning as a professional commercial cleaning service!
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