Protecting your Davidson County Workplace from COVID-19 or Other Contagious Outbreaks

3/19/2021 (Permalink)

Our Certified: SERVPRO Cleaned program is a professional disinfecting service we provide to give your customers peace of mind.

When COVID-19 swept the world in 2020, business owners were left without a clear understanding of how best to protect their customers and employees.  As the Covid-19 numbers have decreased and things begin to return to slowly return to normal, business owners are trying to determine what level of clean they need in their business to keep their doors open.

What is Clean?

To better understand the level of cleanliness you need in your business, you first must understand the terminology. 

• CLEAN: Remove visible dirt and germs
• SANITIZE: Kill enough germs, so it's safe for people
• DISINFECT: Kill virtually all germs
• STERILIZE: Kill every germ.While this is great for an operating room, it's not necessary for a typical business. 

So, What Does That Mean for Your Business?

To begin the proper clean-up of your business, you need to read all your cleaning products' labels carefully.  They may have different directions for different jobs, i.e., it may sanitize after 15 seconds of contact on a surface but may require 5 minutes to disinfect.  In addition, make sure any product you use is on the EPA LIST of approved disinfectants, and you are using that product as it's intended.

Get Everyone Involved

To ensure maximum safety in your business, provide supplies at strategic locations for both your employees and customers. 

• Place Hand Sanitizer at entrances and exits.
• Provide disinfectant wipes so everyone can clean high-touch surfaces such as doorknobs and keyboards etc.
• Schedule hand washing breaks
• Encourage anyone who is sick to stay at home.

If this all seems like it's too much for you to handle, give the cleaning experts at SERVPRO of Lexington/Thomasville a call at (336) 224-2565 for your free facility assessment.  We would be happy to discuss the pro-active disinfecting of your business.  We can create a schedule to fit your time and budget.

At SERVPRO we're here to help.