According to CCH Incorporated (a company that produces electronic and print products for the tax, legal, securities, insurance, human resources, health care, and small business markets) unscheduled absenteeism can cost up to an average of $602 per employee, per year.  Considering most employers offer on average 5 sick days per year, this means that each sick day costs more than $120.  This cost does not include indirect costs such as overtime pay for other employees, hiring temps, missed deadlines, lost sales, sinking morale and lower productivity. Indirect costs can add up to 25 percent to the direct costs, according to Employee Benefit News and HR News stretching the cost of a sick day to more that $150! http://humanresources.about.com/od/laborrelations/a/sickleaveabuse.htm

It has been overwhelmingly documented in the wake of the HINI pandemic that a properly cleaned office space results in fewer sick employees.  Thorough cleaning hinders the spread of vectors via touch points on office surfaces such as door handles and other commonly touched surfaces.

Having read the statements above, it is easy to make a case that a properly cleaned office space will save the operation money over the course of a year.  The next time you put your office cleaning services out for tender, think twice before accepting the lowest bid.   Remember that if by spending an extra $100 dollars per month, and you prevent even one employee sick day per month, you are saving $50.

What are the dirtiest locations in your office or home?  They are commonly referred to as ‘Touch Points”; which is to say areas that many people touch in any given day.  A list of such touch points could include your office desk, the elevator keys in your office or home, light switches, and door handles.  Did you know that many microbes can live on such surfaces for days?

What is your current cleaner doing to ensure these touch points are sanitized every time they clean?  Have they spelled out cleaning frequencies in their contract?  Are they using the right tools to ensure these surfaces are properly sanitized each time they clean?

At Cleantech we outline in each proposal the frequency by which such surfaces will be cleaned.  We use Eco Logo certified green cleaning agents to ensure these surfaces are properly sanitized and we use micro-fibre technology to wipe away the microbes, not re-distribute them.

Give me a call to learn more.

Iain Hunt, Director of Operations – 604-244-1660

Cleantech Janitorial is pleased to offer additional protection and disinfection products and services to our clients upon request. We have, in cooperation with our suppliers, assembled kits containing essentials such as hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes, gloves, and facemasks. Kits are available for $249.00 and will be delivered in mid October.

Kits must be ordered by Sept 30th

Further we will work closely with our clients in the event of a suspected outbreak in their building to offer special disinfecting deep cleans upon request. Ask one of our Supervisors or call our office for details @ 604-244-1660.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention have written an information article on how to help prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus in the workplace.  Here is a link to the article;  http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance/workplace.htm

The article has links to CDC posters that can be put up in your workplace.  It mentions many ways to protect workplace employees such as providing hand sanitizer  as well as tissues to cover coughs and sneezes.  Cleantech can provide many of these prevention mediums to your workplace, just contact our office or our sales department.