29 Jul High-Frequency Touch Point Cleaning
Since COVID-19 spread throughout the world, more attention has been placed on the importance of cleaning, disinfecting and sanitising public spaces. People don’t just want the peace of mind from seeing regular cleaning, but effective cleaning has become an important health measure.
In Melbourne, teams of publicly funded cleaners hit the streets each day to disinfect touchpoints such as railings, tram stops and pedestrian crossing buttons. However, there are still many places frequented by members of the public that are controlled by private firms, such as common areas of apartment buildings, shopping centres, reception or waiting rooms, and inside restaurants and cafes.
The people who enter these spaces trust those in charge to ensure they are as clean and safe as possible. High-frequency touchpoints need extra attention to maintain their cleanliness.
High-frequency touchpoints include door handles, light switches, elevator buttons, keyboards, taps and handrails, as well as frequently opened cupboards, doors and fridges in shared spaces.
Frequency and Quality Matter
Regularly cleaning these touchpoints helps minimise the number of germs on the surfaces, and the length of time the germs are there. However, for cleaning to be effective against harmful germs, the right products and methods need to be used.
Not all cleaning products kill viruses, but most viruses can be efficiently inactivated by surface disinfection procedures with 62-71% ethanol, 0.5% hydrogen peroxide OR 0.1% sodium hypochlorite. The product needs to be on the surface for enough time to actually work, and any cloths used in the cleaning process should be regularly changed.
Fogging, a process where a fine chemical mist is sprayed on surfaces can also effectively disinfect and sanitise surfaces, but this is not practical to do as frequently as touchpoints should be cleaned.
Businesses and locations with fulltime on-site cleaners have increased the frequency of cleaning these touchpoints, and others have stocked up on cleaning products to make regular cleaning everyone’s priority.
Reducing the Risks of High-Frequency Touchpoints
Thorough touchpoint cleaning has always been part of the A&S standard clean, but to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the frequency of cleaning touchpoints at locations where on-site teams are located has increased.
A&S can also provide a commercial-quality cleaning product for businesses to keep on-site to do their own additional touchpoint cleaning throughout the day. This, along with training from A&S, allows them to increase their cleaning frequency without increasing their cleaning contract.
The popular A&S Spray Fresh Disinfectant is still available, and the A&S team are always happy to discuss your particular cleaning needs. You can get in touch with A&S here.