Common Daily Cleaning Tasks
It may seem like a lot of work, but it is important to complete daily (or almost-daily) cleaning in your office or workplace. If you don’t, dirt, debris, and dust can easily start to pile up and become a bigger, more challenging problem. In order to keep your work environment clean and healthier for you, your staff, and your customers or clients, the following daily tasks are recommended.
Reception Areas, Lobbies, and Work Spaces
Mopping of all hard floor and tiled areas
Vacuuming all floors
Empty waste bins, wash as needed and add new liners
Use standard glass cleaner to wipe down all glass areas
Damp-wipe hard surfaces with mild disinfectant
Polish brass and bright work
Clean walls and painted surfaces as needed
Wipe down door handles, light switches and baseboards
Keyboard cleaning
Break Rooms (Including Kitchen Break Rooms) and Washrooms
Empty waste bins, wash as needed and add new liners
Disinfectant mopping and wipe down of all hard surfaces
Sanitize and clean all basins, toilets, doors and fixtures in washroom
Refill soap dispensers
If there is a dishwasher, load all dishes and run
Wipe down all reflective surfaces including mirrors, brass, and glass
Use spray disinfectant on the sides of all surfaces including toilets, doors, sinks, and appliances
Daily cleaning is important year-round, but is especially important when commercial cleaning in Ontario during the winter. This is not only because of increased dirt getting tracked in on boots and winter shoes, but also because of flu season! You want to keep everything as clean and sanitary as possible to reduce the spreading of germs that thrive during the winter months.
Weekly Cleaning Tasks
Along with your daily list, there are some cleaning tasks that should be done regularly but don’t necessarily have to be done on a daily basis. These tasks are as follows:
Office-Wide
Squeegee glass windows inside and out (as needed)
Polish and buff all hardwood surfaces including floors and conference tables
Empty refrigerator of all employee-brought food, clean, and disinfect
Empty and disinfect all trash receptacles, add new liners
Completing tasks such as regularly cleaning your windows can actually help employees feel better and work more productively, as a clean window allows more sunlight to enter your office - and that helps improve productivity! As well, emptying the refrigerator and disinfecting surfaces will help reduce germs and nasty smells!
Monthly Cleaning Tasks
These monthly tasks should not be overlooked, but definitely do not need to be done on a regular basis. However, it’s good to keep track of when they have been completed last, so they don’t get forgotten! It may not be terrible if you forget to vacuum fabrics for one month, but leaving it for a whole year can be lead to some pretty off-putting furniture!
Vacuum all fabric chairs (clean as needed)
Vacuum all vents
Dust all high surfaces, working top to bottom
Vacuum and deep clean surface areas