A daily cleaning routine to reduce workplace sickness
We can all feel it, the cold weather is returning! But we can’t escape the fact that 98% of workers are affected by minor illnesses each year. None of us want to get ill and we try and prevent it as much as possible, but if you work in an office you need to be even more aware because your workplace may be making you even more ill than you realise. One of the few reasons for workplace illnesses is that people tend to spend more time indoors together because of the cold air. This increases the chances of illnesses spreading, especially within an office full of many colleagues. And now for the gross bit… Bacteria lands on countless amounts of surfaces via sneezes, coughs and hands. An office commonly has shared equipment such as keyboards, telephones and desks and inevitably other people will be touching these surfaces and transmitting the bugs to their mouth or nose. Therefore, if these surfaces aren’t frequently cleaned then there is a very high chance the not-s...