After numerous lockdowns, you’re all prepared to open your office or factory premises for business as usual: the desks are screened, government regulations have been complied with, and social distancing has been implemented.
But the return to work can be a time of high anxiety for employees, who are rightly concerned about which safety measures have been put in place.
Many employers report being asked the same COVID-safety related questions by their staff: is their workspace clean? Is it sanitised properly? Is there a record of it having been done?
Anti-microbal fogging in East Sussex
As employers, you will have heard about fogging on the BBC news and media.
But what exactly is it? What does it do? And how does it work?
If you haven’t got the foggiest about anti-microbial fogging, and how it can help you to give your employees peace of mind, here are six key benefits:
1. It kills 99.99% of all bacteria, yeast and viruses including Coronavirus
At Oakeys Cleaning Ltd, we only use professional grade products. The anti-microbial disinfectants we use are both approved by the NHS and backed by the government.
Chem spec 429 is a concentrated water-based anti-microbial with multi-surface broad spectrum kill and residual control.
Prochem Microsan is an EC registered anti-microbial multi-surface sanitiser and cleaner which is effective against bacteria including MRSA and viruses including Hepatitis B, HIV, Bird flu, Swine flu and Coronavirus.
So all the way up your office chain, from your employees to the health and safety executive, you can rest assured that you’ve done everything you can to fulfil the government guidelines in terms of safety, and that you’ve made your premises COVID-secure.
As employers, you want to make sure that you’re doing everything you can to put your staff members’ minds at ease and make your employees feel safe in the workplace. Part of this is making your COVID risk assessments publicly available in order to reassure staff that the right policies and measures have been established to make their work space COVID-secure.
2. It forms part of your COVID risk assessment
UK’s largest union UNISON, states that: ‘Employers are legally required to do everything that they reasonably can to make the work that you do and the place where you work safe – and should consult staff and union safety reps on any proposals before you return to the workplace.’
With COVID-19 still on the increase, the emphasis on cleanliness is even more prominent, and it’s more important than ever to make sure that your work place is clean and germ free, in accordance with the UK Government guidelines.
Peace of mind
Using a professional company to sanitise your office space using anti-microbial fogging means that you can display the certificate in the front entrance for immediate reassurance to your staff and visitors.
And as part of your risk assessment - whether it’s your method statement, your on-the-spot dynamic risk assessment, or your continual situational awareness in risk management - using Oakeys Cleaning Ltd means we’ve got you covered.
4. It disinfects the areas that can't be done by hand
Traditional cleaning can’t always tackle that pen lodged down by the desk, or the debris in between the radiator - all of which can be a breeding ground for germs and viruses.
Fogging reaches those parts other cleaning methods can’t
Disinfectant fogging produces a steady, even stream of droplets in the form of a dense fog which settles and gets into areas that can't be reached by other cleaning methods. Using a government approved disinfectant, the process kills 99.999% of viruses including the Coronavirus. Fogging, as the term suggests, uses disinfectant sprayed from a fogging machine to create a ‘fog’ which cleans, disinfects and sanitises the room, including all touch points, surfaces, equipment and floors. It is highly effective in disinfecting hidden, hard to reach areas and enclosed spaces such as extractor units.
4. It only takes 1 hour!
Anti-microbial fogging is fast-working and efficient, with minimal disruption - an infection control solution which is ten times faster than traditional cleaning methods. In fact, after only one hour, your employees are safe to return to the premises and continue working. This has huge benefits for businesses where it’s unsafe or impractical to leave the premises for long. A kiln office, for example, needs to keep the furnaces burning at 400 degrees!
At Oakeys Cleaning Ltd, we specialise in high-level cleaning in factories and deep cleaning in commercial businesses, and have a fully-trained infection control team who will ensure that your site receives the correct levels of infection control using specialist equipment and chemicals. We make sure that we tidy up and leave the premises swiftly so that you can go back to business.
5. It's environmentally friendly
We at Oakeys Cleaning Ltd are big wildlife fans, so we make sure that the chemicals we use are environmentally friendly. Chemspec 429 is non-toxic to humans, as well as having no negative impact upon ecosystems or the environment.
6. All fogging is carried out using full PPE
At Oakeys Cleaning Ltd, we ensure that we undertake all safety measures to abide by government guidelines, by usng full protective PPE. This includes Sundstrom (SR580) Air Fed Masks, Category 3 type 5 coveralls, gloves and boots - which means that you have peace of mind that your office and employees are protected.
We use PPE to make it contamination-free
In accordance to The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, we wash each other before taking our PPE off inside. After we leave, we make sure that all PPE is bagged, locked, tagged, and incinerated.
That way, once we’ve fogged and sanitised, there’s no possibility of cross contamination from one part of the office premises or factory to another.
At Oakeys Cleaning Ltd, we know all about keeping your work premises clean and germ-free.
If you feel your premises have been affected or at risk, or you have any other cleaning requirements, call 07731915015, email us at oakeyscleaningltd@aol.com or visit our website
oakeyscleaning.co.uk for friendly, professional advice.