Let Us Reassure You About Our COVID-19 Decontamination Service

David Whan • 2 July 2020

Find out how we clean & disinfect your building

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses carried out a periodic ‘deep clean’ of their premises and paid for the service. Were they happy with the service they received? Probably. Did they inspect the results afterwards? Probably. Did they know for sure that the standards of cleanliness were adequate? Yes they did, because the standards were different then, in fact, in most cases, the standards were self-governed by themselves.

The ‘new normal’ now means that offices and workplaces need to be disinfected and sterilised to combat the spread of COVID-19 and to create a safe environment for staff, visitors and possibly members of the public. For that you need a reliable, specialist cleaning company, and you need to be assured that the standards they are working to will get the results you need. For that reason we wanted to share with you the work we have been carrying out with businesses preparing and maintaining their premises for life during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Depending on the location and the nature of your business, we have two main processes to help decontaminate your workplace and then keep it decontaminated. These two processes are fogging and touch point cleaning.

Fogging

Our team will arrive on site already wearing their full personal protective equipment (PPE) and will carry out a full risk assessment of the premises, identifying which areas to deal with in a systematic manner. We will talk with you to make logistical arrangements and then proceed with the process.

A fogging machine in internal areas generates very small airborne droplets of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, which offers excellent biological inactivation and is one of the most environmentally-friendly of all the gaseous decontamination processes. The mist generated in this process immediately disrupts the envelope membrane of any virus present, which exposes the nucleocapsid, affecting its ability to infect subsequent cells.

So, essentially, fogging releases an incredibly fine mist through the atmosphere to land on all surfaces and disinfect them, killing viruses and ensuring your areas are completely sanitised. Our fogging process is able to be adapted to target specific areas in a building, making it ideal for mixed-use premises. We use a much safer, nontoxic chemical which doesn’t involve using noxious chemicals, meaning we can apply fogging to any area in your premises that needs more targeted disinfection.

Our fogging process is also certified to BS EN 13697:2015+A1:2019, giving you hard evidence that the clinical standards you need are present and correct.

Fogging is fast and simple and sanitises large areas with minimal disruption. And we have recent experience of using this method in a range of environments, such as care homes, GP surgeries, offices and schools. The process also kills bacteria, fungi and mould, and in addition to the certification we leave you with, we carry out pre and post chemical test indicators to prove there has been sufficient exposure from the fogging process. The fogging process is non-corrosive, leaves no residue and is suitable for medical and all electronic equipment. If adequately ventilated, treated areas are safe to occupy within one hour.

Touch-point cleaning

Secondly, we can assess your business and identify the real-life touch points where the potential spread of the virus could occur. These are the locations unique to your workplace where people naturally touch surfaces and there is a risk of leaving a trace of the virus and spreading it to another person. Frequently touched surfaces are everywhere in the workplace, but you need a specialist cleaning expert to identify the very real possibilities that exist and which you may not be able to see yourself. These can be in offices, corridors, staircases and in shared areas such as toilets, canteens and even vending machines and water fountains. You also need to consider shared equipment such as photocopiers, tablets and digital devices.

We will establish a comprehensive cleaning regime that targets the vulnerable surfaces, and will establish a cleaning frequency for each specific point. This will reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus to people and to other rooms and areas of the workplace, making it more practical and safe for people to return to work and operate as closely to ‘normal’ as is possible. Touch point cleaning is a visual sign that suitable standards of cleanliness and disinfection are being maintained, and we use specific substances and materials that are designed to kill the virus, rather than simply giving touch points a ‘good clean’.

In addition, we are maintaining a professional visual appearance for the workplace and preparing areas and rooms for subsequent fogging cleaning.

Our COVID-19 cleaning services

At the end of our cleaning processes we dispense with all PPE and equipment to leave no trace of potentially infected materials. We leave a safe and decontaminated workplace and can then work with you to create a programme which maintains those standards.

We can work swiftly and strategically to minimise disruption to your workplace operations, because we understand that your efficiencies are very important, particularly at this time when all businesses have suffered due to the pandemic.

We can work with you to ensure your operations can continue as efficiently as possible, whilst still ensuring you receive the clinical standards of disinfection and cleanliness now and going forward.

We hope this breakdown of our COVID-19 response procedures has provided you with the peace of mind you need in these uncertain times of returning to work, and rest assured that if you get in touch with us today, your workplace can be COVID-ready and safe for you to continue your business as soon as possible.

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