Maintaining a healthy workplace is essential for productivity, staff wellbeing, and customer confidence. Germs can spread quickly in offices, classrooms, and shared spaces, often leading to increased sick days and reduced performance. In fact, more than 10 million bacteria are on a typical office desk.
At CCS, we’ve spent years helping South West businesses and schools maintain clean, hygienic environments. Here’s our expert guidance on reducing germ spread effectively.
Why Germ Control Matters
Workplaces are high-contact environments. Door handles, keyboards, shared desks, break-room appliances, and touchscreens can all harbour bacteria and viruses for hours, or even days. Without consistent hygiene measures, one sick employee can trigger a wave of absences, disrupting operations.
5 Tips To Reduce Germ Spread
- Focus on High-Touch Surfaces
High-touch areas should be cleaned and disinfected regularly throughout the day. These include:
- Door handles and push plates
- Shared keyboards, mice, and phones
- Light switches
- Handrails and lift buttons
- Taps, kettle handles, and fridge doors
Disinfectants should be left on surfaces for the manufacturer’s recommended dwell time to ensure germs are fully killed.
- Promote Hand Hygiene
Encourage employees, pupils, and visitors to wash their hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds. Where sinks are not available, provide alcohol-based hand sanitisers (minimum 60% alcohol).
Placing sanitiser stations at entrances, meeting rooms, and communal areas can significantly reduce germ transmission.
- Improve Air Quality
Viruses can spread via airborne particles, especially in enclosed spaces. Increasing ventilation by opening windows, using air purifiers, or upgrading HVAC filters can help dilute and remove harmful microbes from the air.
Even small changes like regular window ventilation between lessons, can reduce seasonal illness rates.
- Implement a Professional Cleaning Schedule
Daily cleaning is essential, but for long-term protection, consider a tailored professional cleaning plan. These businesses use high grade disinfectants, colour-coded equipment to prevent cross-contamination, and trained staff who understand infection-control protocols.
For offices, retail units, and schools in the South West, we can arrange out-of-hours cleaning to avoid disruption, as well as deep cleans during holidays.
- Educate and Involve Your Team
A culture of cleanliness works best when everyone takes part. Provide short training sessions or reminders on hygiene best practices. Clear signage such as “Wash Your Hands” posters or cleaning checklists helps reinforce good habits.
How Can CCS Help?
With over 18 years’ experience serving South West businesses and schools, CCS combines industry-leading cleaning methods with a personal understanding of local needs. We keep up-to-date with the latest infection-control standards, so our clients can focus on running their business or school without worrying about hygiene risks.
