It is obvious that cleaning medical facilities poses different threats on the surface than cleaning commercial or residential properties. While there are things that you must keep in mind in a medical facility to prevent the spread of germs, there are concepts in this training that you could and should take with you to any property that you are tasked with cleaning. Sanitation is the name of the game in medical facilities, but keeping yourself safe includes this step no matter where you are cleaning. 

Knowing the proper ways to maintain your health and safety are of the highest importance and understanding proper procedures to ensure this safety is helpful. While residential and commercial jobs may look clean visually, there are millions of germs hiding on high touch surfaces. While you must remove the dust and grime, there should be some level of sanitation in your cleaning process to kill germs and prevent the spread of illness. 

As a cleaner it is our job and duty to protect our clients as well as ourselves from sickness and germs. Clients expect to have not only a visually clean area, but also an area that is free of germs. The area when completed should be safe for inhabitants. Protecting the population of your community is not something that will generally be overly stated in your contract, but should be implied. Small changes to your routine to include utilizing cleaners with sanitation properties, handwashing, or use of hand sanitizer can drastically reduce the risk of spreading illness in an area. Focusing these efforts on high touch areas of a home or workplace can mean that you or your clients can stay safe from communicable illnesses to include influenza, Covid-19, and even human pathogenic bacteria. 

Utilizing the IJCSA’s Janitorial Directory of professionals can assist you in locating a cleaning crew that has been specially trained in these areas. Cleaners listed on this directory have been properly trained on the importance of handwashing as well as disinfection and understand that skipping over these steps can put the public at risk. While all cleaners want happy customers, utilizing this directory can ensure that you will find a cleaning company that also cares about your health and safety.