A Comprehensive Office Cleaning Schedule

No one wants to work in a dirty office. If your offices aren’t clean, employees get demoralized and productivity suffers, not to even mention the impression it leaves on clients that visit your office. There are also health risks that come with working in a dirty environment; office equipment and furniture can harbour colonies of bacteria, meaning more sick days and fewer man-hours. Professional office cleaners ensure that your employees work in an environment that is always immaculately clean.

But how do you make sure your commercial cleaner is thorough? Reliable commercial cleaners will ensure that a comprehensive list of routine cleaning tasks get done daily and that other areas that need cleaning on a weekly basis get the attention they need. Your office cleaners should follow a comprehensive checklist cleaning schedule like the one below, which you can use to assess the adequacy of the cleaning being done in your office or workplace.

Office cleaning tasks that should be done daily

• Empty all the trash cans and the recycling bins every day, and the lining bags in the trash cans should be properly replaced. No matter what time the cleaner comes in, it’s crucial that the cans should be empty when your employees show up to work in the morning.
• Offices with carpets should be vacuumed every day to prevent the build-up of dust. Offices with hard floors need to be dust-mopped or even wet-mopped where necessary, and a disinfectant should be used in both cases (the higher the foot traffic, the higher the need for wet mopping and disinfection).
• All surfaces should be wiped down to remove any dust that has accumulated on them. As long as a surface is horizontal, dust will settle on it, so make sure that they are all dusted off every day. Cleaning desk surfaces requires extra attention because mug rings and other stains tend to form on desks, so they should be thoroughly wiped down.
• Entryways and the door handles need to be wiped down with disinfectant.
• Offices with glass partitions need to be spot-cleaned to get rid of smudges.

Breakroom cleaning tasks that should be done daily

• Office break-rooms must always be cleaned and properly disinfected because this is where employees store and eat their food. However, the employees are the ones who are responsible for cleaning their own cups, plates, and other utensils.
• The kitchen floor must be wet-mopped with disinfectant every day, or even several times a day.
• Trash cans must be emptied at least a couple of times.
• Tables and counter-tops have to be wiped down every few hours.
• Appliances such as fridges, microwaves, or toaster ovens need to be cleaned and disinfected to prevent odours.
• Coffee pots and coffee machine handles must be wiped with disinfectants to prevent the spread of germs.

Restroom cleaning tasks that should be done daily

• Depending on the nature of your cleaning contract, the cleaning company could be responsible for restocking your restroom with tissue paper, paper towels, or hand-washing soap, so in such cases, ensure that they do this on a daily basis.
• The sanitary bins in the restroom should be emptied and disinfected.
• Urinal and toilet bowls must be thoroughly scrubbed and disinfected on the inside, and thoroughly wiped down and disinfected on the outside.
• The mirrors must be cleaned and polished.
• The toilet seats must also be disinfected
• Water faucets, taps, flush handles, and doorknobs must be wiped down with disinfectants.
• Wash basins should be scrubbed to keep off stains.
• The floors should be scrubbed, mopped, disinfected, and properly dried.

Other Tasks that should be done weekly

• Some cleaning tasks don’t need to be done every day, so you can ensure that your contract cleaner does them at least once every week.
• The nooks and corners that can’t be accessed every day have to be cleaned weekly, including the floor areas underneath heavy furniture that has to be moved.
• Floors could be waxed weekly if necessary.
• The insides of filing cabinets and other storage cabinets should be wiped.
• At least once a week, deep cleaning should be done in place of standard cleaning.