Tips on keeping your workplace clean
You must have heard from your fellow peers that keeping a house clean is a mammoth task that everybody can’t keep up with every single day but many of you won’t know that keeping your workplace clean is equally important. As we are stuck amidst a pandemic, strict hygiene and disinfection protocols are being applied throughout the world in public and private places to ensure the curbing of coronavirus. Yes, we all know that germs are everywhere but with modern alternatives, it’s easier to kill them everywhere, better yet, even knowing where the germs are helps you remain cautious of them.
What to do?
For example, if you
know that this surface is dirty or you perceive it as contaminated you try to
make sure that this surface gets cleaned as early as possible and even if you
don’t, you try to avoid it. Well, that’s also true for any surfaces at your
workplace too. You might be paying too much attention to your home but maybe
you are completely ignoring your workplace.
Your workplace includes everything in your
sitting surroundings. It involves your working desk, your keyboard, your pc,
your drinking bottle, your lunch box, and anything that is on your working
station. Where you sit, work, and eat, all falls into your workplace
boundaries. Now you can keep it clean by using special disinfecting wipes
or antibacterial
wipes too.
Contact time
These wipes are known
for their instant disinfection properties and would kill most of germs in a
minute or two. However, you can read the label to determine what is the contact
time. Contact time is the time required by any chemical to work properly. You
really need to allow the disinfectant to sit in there for required contact time
so that germs can be killed effectively.
Washing hands
Another way is to wash
your hands thoroughly with liquid hand wash or soap and water, times and again and staying cautious.
You know you’d be touching your workstation again and again throughout the day
for different purposes but when you have something at the back of your mind
that keeps telling you that you have dirty hands then you’d try to keep your
hands clean.
Don’t eat at your desk
Another thing is to
ensure that you are not eating at your desk. You’d surely be tipping a cup of
coffee over or spreading salad dressing on your cloths if you do that. Well,
that can happen in cafeteria too but this would also mess up the paperwork on
your desk. You surely don’t want that. Another good reason to avoid doing so is
that your cubicle might be loaded with a dangerously high germ population and
it surely isn’t wise to eat at such a place because you’d be potentially
providing them with free access to your body.
It’s always a good idea to pack bag of travel
size accessories with you that can help you get through the day easily.
Products such as instant hand sanitizer, antibacterial wipes, and alcohol swabs
can sometimes prove to be really helpful.
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