Office hygiene: the war against germs and absenteeism!

Office hygiene is essential in the war against germs, not to mention the war against employee sick days! But you’ll need more than just a once a week visit from the cleaner and some kitchen towel in the office kitchen to deal effectively with hygiene in the office; you’ll need specific office products which help you keep the office really clean.

Did you know that a recent study found that the average office telephone is contaminated with up to 25,127 germs per square inch; desktops had almost 21,000 germs per square inch, the average keyboard has 3,295 germs per square inch and a computer mouse has 1,676 germs per square inch. That’s compared to the average toilet seat which was found to have only 49 germs per square inch! It’s enough to make you want to call in sick, and certainly could explain the speedy ecxhange of cold symptoms around the office.

Luckily there are office supplies that are specifically designed to clean office equipment such as computers and keyboards. For instance, Cyberclean cleaning wipes are the high-tech cleaning compound which are designed to get into all those nooks and crannies of your keyboard, mouse and telephone. Other office products which can just as easily be used in the home but are particularly powerful in the office include Mr Muscle Multi Surface Cleaner spray, which can be used on all of the office furniture and on kitchen surfaces.

Check out the huge range of office cleaning products in the Janitorial section of our Facilities department and win the germ warfare on the office front!