The Threats of Commercial Cleaners Using Unsafe and Wrong Cleaning Products and Methods
Using the right cleaning equipment and products ensures that the building occupants, your cleaning technicians, equipments and furnishings are protected and safe. However, with an onslaught of cleaning companies and cleaning franchises a lot of companies offer cheap and unsafe cleaning practices and services. These cause a number of hazards which are detrimental to the health of everybody involved.
Some of these hazards are-
- Ineffective cleaning:
Every cleaning product and equipment used in cleaning is researched and developed keeping a certain result in mind. If they are used in a wrong way or used inaccurately, the desired cleaning results will not be visible or achieved. In fact, the entire cleaning process would become ineffective. This might lead to situations where the cleaning work will have to be reinforced the following shift to provide with the desired results.
In the case of sanitizers and disinfectants too, if used ineffectively in regard to the concentration or on wrong surfaces, the risk that arises out of this might be more profound and more dangerous. The bacteria and virus that are intended to be destroyed during the cleaning process still lingers and surfaces that are deemed to be safe to use continue to be hazardous. These go on to further cause health hazards and spread of contamination and infection.
- Damage to furniture & furnishings
When the wrong equipments or products are used in cleaning, they tend to also cause damages and adverse effects on furniture and furnishings. For example: they might leave nasty stains on carpets, smudges and marks on glass panes, toilets, hard floors and on sofas. They wrong practices can also cause rips and tears, breakages and leaks, leave nasty odours in bathroom, leave leek stains. These look ugly and cause a lot more money, time and effort to fix. They also leave bad impressions on the client about the quality of service provided by the cleaning service provider, deeming them as unprofessional.
- Health risks:
The greatest risk of using wrong products and cleaning equipments is the health dangers to cleaning staff and building occupants. In some cases, using the wrong equipment and products cause health & safety hazards as many of these cleaning products can become toxic and/or inflammable when used incorrectly, in an unsafe manner or unprofessionally.
Cleaning staff who are not trained properly might mix products in the wrong ratios or with wrong components. This makes things further complicated as most cleaning products are caustic, acidic or alkaline, leading to adverse health effects like skin and eye irritation, breathing difficulties, etc.
Our recommendations-
- Compatible cleaning product:
Care should be taken to see that the chemicals used for cleaning and disinfecting the surface are compatible with each other. To ensure compatibility, our cleaning technicians at QualGroup cleans the surface using Perdiem – which is Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide technology for high productivity cleaning and disinfecting and Oxivir in our fogging process which is a health care grade cleaning chemical.
- High Performance Cleaning:
Our High Performance Cleaning is a fivefold cleaning program developed by QualGroup with HPC Solutions Australia and aims to provide maximum efficiency and effectiveness with minimal risk to health of employees and building occupants. We run professional but customised services with a detailed cleaning plan and visual cleaning manual that meets the requirements of every site. This includes-
- Our cleaners know what is expected of them in every site,
- Our skilled staff can identify and treat all types of surfaces and soils,
- We are actively protecting the health of our staff and our customers from toxins and germs,
- Our services will achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness, and
- Our cleaning products and practices are third-party validated as effective and environmentally preferred
- Cleaning Products:
- Our cleaning practices comply with the all safety and quality standards for preventing and controlling Infections.
- We use evidence-based and ARTG listed disinfectants and Green Seal Certified cleaning chemicals.
