Best habits to keep your work space organized and clean, thanks to your colleagues!
Not everyone has the luxury of a large workstation. For those who work in open offices and have smaller desks, keeping the workspace clean is not only a basic courtesy to colleagues, but also a necessity to avoid clutter. ET spoke with experts to give you tips on how to keep your workspace organized.
Here are tips to give your employees to maintain hygiene standards and cleanliness around your workplace at a comfortable level:
1. Organize your daily life
Taking 5 minutes when you arrive at your desk to assess the state of your desk can do wonders for maintaining a continually clean and tidy environment. These minutes will become some of the most valuable minutes of your day because they will have a positive effect on all the other minutes you have.
2. Prioritize your desk.
Research has found that the desk contains 400 times more bacteria than the toilet seat.
3. Don't Neglect Your Plants
Most people love plants for the boost they give to the visual environment. They also bring oxygen into the air. Cleaning plants helps ensure they stay healthy and removing dead leaves and stems helps ensure they still have that positive visual presence.
4. Take the time to deep clean and organize periodically.
Clean your drawers every 6 weeks. Clean the office refrigerator once a month. Also dust your books every month. Mark these tasks in your calendar to make sure you make time for them.
5. Maintain order in shared areas
It is essential to keep shared areas clean and tidy. Your workspaces or those of your colleagues may contain bacteria that could transfer to public areas, allowing others to contract illnesses. This can be easily avoided by making sure your hands are clean before entering, making sure your hands are clean before touching anything, and performing daily cleaning of shared areas via bleaching or cleaning with an antibacterial cleanser. It's also a good idea to keep hand sanitizer in these spaces.
6. Don't eat at your desk
Eating at your desk only creates more problems, both in terms ofcleaning and hygiene in general. Additionally, it interferes with the functionality of your office space. No one wants to find expired and moldy food in their workspace. Having a designated space to eat meals is a good way to solve this
7. Find a reputable cleaning service company.
This is a no-brainer, coming from the blog of acommercial cleaning company, but it's is easily one of the most reliable ways to ensure a high level of cleanliness throughout your office space.
A clean desk translates to high productivity – it’s proven. So, stay organized and clean, and your productivity will skyrocket!
