When you thought your office was clean, germs still lurk! — Northern Contract
You may have weekly clean ups around your office, regular garbage disposals, dust free desks and computers…but often we forget what you can’t see. Although tidiness and visible cleanliness may be number one on your office priority list, generating employee morale and great impressions, it’s important to understand and realise the potential health hazards lurking silently in certain areas of your office. Germs can cause illness and spread eve n further, causing a loss of productivity in your work place because it is common for one cold to turn in to four colds and so forth. Germs start from a sneeze or a cough and straight onto the doorknob, mouse and even on the surface of your desk. While the importance of office cleaning is often overlooked, it is in places like the following that need to be thoroughly and regularly maintained to produce a healthy and hygienic work place: Phones: The immediate contact with ones face close to the mouth, as well as hand contact means that this pop