From standing desks to vegan cafeteria options to mediation groups, the trend toward greater employee health and wellness shows no signs of stopping. Employers looking to retain staff, improve productivity, and increase employee satisfaction can start by following these five tips to have a cleaner, healthier office.
Add Some Greenery
There are many benefits of installing plants into a workspace including stress reduction, improved productivity, and even reduced sickness. Plants are known to have a calming psychological effect when installed in offices and even make typical fluorescent-lit offices feel more open and inviting, but the biggest benefit of adding plants can be improved air quality. According to NASA studies, several varieties of plants are able to assist in removing potentially harmful chemicals from the air.
Remove Clutter
Removing clutter from your office can help create a cleaner and healthier office in a few ways. Removing clutter like extra papers, office supplies, and other “stuff” that’s just hanging out in a workspace can have a mental benefit by “clearing the slate” and allow you to focus more fully on the task at hand. Likewise, having multiple objects in a workspace allows more surfaces that can house harmful bacteria or viruses. It’s a good practice to wipe down and sanitize your workspace, including any items on or in your space, regularly and decluttering can help make this process faster and more effective.
Clean High-Touch Surfaces Regularly
Depending on your work environment, there could be a variety of items you or your colleagues come into contact with daily. It’s important to disinfect items like keyboards, computer mice, telephones, light switches, and doorknobs regularly, especially in a shared office arrangement. Commercial disinfectant wipes are great to keep in a desk drawer or cabinet and can be used to remove any potentially dangerous bacteria or viruses from the equipment you use every day.
Get Some Fresh Air
Opening a window is one of the best ways to introduce fresh air into an otherwise stale office building. While it may seem counterintuitive, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air can actually sometimes be more polluted than the air outside. Indoor toxins can show up anywhere from the materials used to build office furniture to the paint on the walls to inadequate or dirty air movement systems inside an office making it important to let fresh air into your office to improve the overall air quality.
Seek Professional Help
Depending on the size of your company and the layout of your office, it may be a good choice to regularly hire a company like PurePro One to perform a total office sanitization. In many offices, there are objects that aren’t able to be cleaned using typical disinfectant sprays or wipes. PurePro One uses state-of-the-art technology and is able to disinfect all surfaces, including material or porous surfaces, to ensure hospital-grade total office sanitization.
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