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Stay clean to stay productive 07/12/2011

The key for any company, of any size, to stay productive is to have your employees come to work everyday. Last year according to ergo-web, 5.8 million people called out of work for sick days. An average of 46.4 hours per employee were lost; to put this in perspective, if you have 20 employees you lost 928 hours of production. Why?

The answer is simple. Desks have 400 times more germs than toilets. By germs we mean bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Many of these germs can cause illness for you and your employees. Your average employee's workstation contains 20,961 germs per square inch compared to 49 germs per square inch on your company toilets. The worst are on shared equipment such as keyboards, mice, telephones and touch points. Your worst offender is the company water cooler containing 2.7 million germs per square inch.

A once a week cleaning by a professional cleaning company will assist in reducing employee sick days by nearly 74%. You should use a professional cleaning company due to the fact only 36% of your employees ever clean their workspace. It is vital for you to protect yourself as well as your employees from germs that cause illness and spread bacteria throughout your company. A sanitary environment is essential to you, your employees and keeping your work place clean. Hiring a professional cleaning company such as Cleancare will save you more time and money than you can imagine.