How Often Should My Business Be Cleaned? And What Should My Cleaners Be Doing?

Thanks to the recent pandemic, cleaning and infection control are now the highest priority for all business operations. Without a comprehensive plan in place, businesses now risk closure during periods of virus surge or seasonal flu. The most effective way to commercial clean Brisbane is by creating an effective cleaning management plan to protect your people, business operations, and the bottom line.

So how often should your cleaning team attend, and what should they be doing?

The frequency of cleaning depends on the size of the office and the number of employees. We recommend the “bums on seats” principle, meaning that for a small office with 10 employees, assume employees will visit the bathroom and kitchen facilities a minimum of 3 times daily. This means there are 150 bathroom visits and 150 kitchen visits per day, leading to 300 opportunities for cross-contamination in shared spaces. The numbers are even more staggering for a larger office with 50+ employees.

Often when we highlight this to potential clients, there’s an immediate understanding of how quickly and easily infection can spread between workplaces and the community.

Cleaning Scope: How do you decide what to clean?

We recommend breaking down the cleaning scope into high and low-priority areas to decide what to clean. High touch points, bathrooms, kitchens, and desks/meeting rooms are the most important areas to clean. If your cleaning service frequency is once a week, we recommend implementing basic cleaning practices in these areas daily, such as having disinfectant and disposable cloths accessible in the kitchen. Whilst it’s not as effective as a commercially trained cleaning crew, it will still provide an essential level of infection control. Scheduling low-priority areas throughout the month will also ensure every cleaning task is attended to by a professional team within a one-month period.

Commercial Cleaning Frequency Guidance

The below is a simple but useful guide. Whilst it doesn’t consider the size of the workspace, or the industry, it will give you an idea of best practices.

  • 1 x weekly: Small offices (under 10 employees)
  • 2-3 x weekly: Medium offices of 10-50 employees, Cafés, small public facilities
  • Daily: Medical centres, schools and fitness institutes. Large offices and industrial workshops, large or frequented public facilities

With our many years of industry experience, we’ve witnessed what delivers the best outcomes for all businesses, from small office cleaning  to large corporate facilities. We hope that by providing insight into how easily a virus can spread, we can help your office to mitigate the risks within the workplace successfully.

If you’d like us to review your current scope of work and provide a quote for your business, please call us on (07) 4998 5250 or email admin@cleanfeeling.com.au.