Can Commercial Cleaning Service Ensure COVID-19 Isn’t Transmissible in Your Workplace?

People infected with COVID-19 who are still contagious bring it with them everywhere they go, including a newly disinfected office. However, disinfecting a workplace can ensure any existing COVID-19 on surfaces, along with all other pathogens and dangerous microbes, are eliminated. Industrial-grade disinfectants also offer some longer-term protection, making surfaces inhospitable to COVID-19 and the viruses that cause the flu, colds and other illnesses for days after application.

This type of workspace disinfection comes in a couple of forms. During a routine professional cleaning, all high touch point surfaces will be wiped down using highly effective disinfectants. A more thorough disinfection of every surface, including in hard-to-reach places, can be accomplished utilizing specialized cleaning equipment and techniques, like our electrostatic disinfection and fogging services.

Electrostatic Disinfecting

Electrostatic disinfecting is performed using specialized sprayers that charge disinfectant liquids as they pass through the sprayer’s nozzle. This charge makes the droplets attracted to surfaces, allowing them to stick in a comprehensive coating. Essentially, it makes surfaces like magnets, including the undersides and backsides of surfaces that can’t be easily or conveniently reached with traditional surface cleaning methods. It’s an ideal solution for complex objects in the space, from office chairs to gym equipment. 

This type of disinfecting can be effective for combatting the transfer of COVID-19 due to contact with contaminated surfaces in a workspace, especially if long-lasting disinfectants are used.

Fogging Disinfecting

Fogging is designed to offer a similar level of coating using fogger machines instead of electrostatic sprayers. Disinfectants are dispersed in the air through fogger machines and allowed to settle on surfaces throughout a room. This provides a consistent and thorough disinfectant coating across every surface. The fog can reach every little corner and crevice of the space, making it particularly comprehensive.

Fogging should ideally be done at a time when the space will be empty for a number of hours afterward.

It may be best to perform fogging on a Friday night or Saturday morning so the office won’t be disturbed for 24 hours after application. The exact time a space should be undisturbed does vary based on the disinfectants used, with ideal times ranging from 30 minutes to 24 hours.

High Touch Point Wipe Downs

Even during normally scheduled or one-off cleanings, the professional cleaners and janitorial staff employed by West Texas Commercial Cleaning pay extra attention to all high touch point surfaces in the spaces we clean. We utilize highly effective professional-grade disinfectants to maximize long-term surface protection.

Examples of surfaces we routinely pay extra disinfecting attention to include:

• Door handles and/doorknobs
• Elevator buttons
• Light switches
• All shared office equipment, like printers
• Telephones
• Keyboards and mice
• Office chairs
• Break room appliances and surfaces
• Water fountains and coolers
• Handrails
• Bathroom fixtures (toilet handles, soap dispensers, faucet handles, etc.)
• Industrial machinery controls and touchpoints

Is Fogging or Electrostatic Disinfection Necessary?

Not every COVID-19 infection in your workplace necessarily justifies full electrostatic or fogging application. It often depends on risk factors, like the age of clientele, employees or patients who visit your facilities as well as the consequences of an infection. An office frequented by high-risk people may require a more aggressive disinfecting approach.

Even managers, property owners or administrators that aren’t overly concerned with COVID-19 may still want to invest in fogging or electrostatic disinfection in flu and cold season when illnesses can rapidly spread through a workforce and lead to significant time and productivity loss.

Comprehensive disinfection is a worthwhile investment. It’s hard to calculate the ROI of a preventative process since it’s difficult to quantify the total productivity loss that would have been attributable to prevented ailments. For most businesses, a small upfront preventative expense is worth it to avoid far more costly consequences in the future.

A healthy workforce is a happy and productive workforce, especially when workers know their employer cares enough about their safety to invest in EPA-certified and highly effective disinfectant practices designed to protect them and their families.

Protect Your Workforce and Your Bottomline With COVID-19 and Flu Prevention Services in Odessa and Midland

Are you looking for dependable preventative measures to disinfect your workplace in Odessa, Midland or the surrounding areas? West Texas Commercial Cleaning provides exceptional commercial cleaning and janitorial services tailored to the unique needs of all types of businesses, organizations and institutions, from hospitals and bank branches to industrial facilities and auto dealerships.

We tailor our cleaning to the unique needs and concerns of the businesses we serve and can customize a one-off cleaning or regularly scheduled cleaning to keep your workplaces safe. Call us at 432-552-9520 to schedule a quote or to learn more about our disinfecting services.