Public restrooms are used by hundreds of different people every day. Regardless of how responsible each person is of their own personal hygiene, there will be thousands of different bacteria found in the restroom, including streptococcus, E.coli, and salmonella.
The state of a public restroom also influences a person’s decision regarding whether to return to an establishment or not.
You need these tips to help keep your public restroom clean:
Start Fresh
Check out the sanitary facilities at sanitary disposal services. The best way to start cleaning up your restroom is to gut it and replace the floor, walls, and furnishings. You’ll then know you’ve got a clean starting point.
This will make it much easier to maintain your standards.
Clean Before Cleaning
All sorts of debris are left on the various services in the bathroom. It’s a good idea to wipe all these items off the surfaces with a damp cloth before you start spraying any type of cleaning product around. Even the best cleaning products are likely to be simply moving bacteria if you don’t pre-clean.
Use Disinfectant
Read the instructions on your spray bottle before you start using the antimicrobial disinfectant. This will ensure you’re using the right product for the job in hand. It’s important to be aware that different disinfectants take different amounts of time to kill bacteria. You need to use the one that’s going to target the bacteria you’re most concerned about and do it quickly.
The public restroom is likely to be used regularly.
Do Everything
You need to wipe the toilets and the sinks. But, you also need to clean the floors and the walls, as well as any cubicle doors. Make sure every surface has been wiped with disinfectant spray and pay particular attention to the floor.
The latest research suggests that the floor is going to be home to more bacteria than any other part of the restroom.
Don’t forget that the mirrors and sinks will also need to be cleaned, as will the hand dryers if fitted. If in doubt clean it.
In fact, you can actually visualize your own path through the restroom and you’ll see how many surfaces you actually touch, all of these need to be thoroughly cleaned.
Wash Your Hands
It’s a good idea to have plenty of signs reminding people to wash their hands and informing them of the diseases that can be spread if they don’t. This might not persuade everyone but it should help.
To aid this it’s a good idea to have sensor taps and sensor soap dispensers, this will help to avoid people touching surfaces unnecessarily and help to maintain cleanliness.
A Schedule
Perhaps the most important thing to have in your restroom is a schedule that shows when the restroom was last cleaned and when it will be done again.
This, along with regular checks to ensure the bathroom is clean, will help to inspire confidence in your restroom and make sure customers return, which is just good business sense.