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How to spring clean your business

<p>Cleanliness in the workplace is always important&comma; and many organizations have instituted cleaning services&comma; codes of conduct and other procedures to maintain a safe&comma; sanitary environment&period; Despite these efforts though&comma; clutter and filth are bound to accumulate&period; Corners get ignored&comma; closets pile up with forgotten items and employees turn their backs on messes in hopes that someone else will pick up the slack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Every now and then&comma; a little extra effort is needed to keep the build-up to a minimum&period; Spring cleaning is a time-honored tradition at home&comma; and there&&num;8217&semi;s no reason you can&&num;8217&semi;t or shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t implement this approach at your business&period; Here&&num;8217&semi;s a guide to help you structure this annual cleaning event to yield effective change on your business grounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Focus on walkways<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Walkways are a prime location for falls and other accidents if they aren&&num;8217&semi;t kept clean at all times&period; As part of your business&&num;8217&semi;s spring cleaning&comma; review all walkways&comma; stairwells and doorways for possible safety hazards&period; Whether it&&num;8217&semi;s grime creating slippery stairs&comma; unexpected obstacles lurking around corners or even cables and other tripping hazards running across a walkway&comma; make an effort to clean these surfaces and remove all potential hazards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Institute cleanup time during shifts<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cleanliness is a team effort&period; Enlist your employees to help by establishing cleaning time at some point during their shifts&period; An easy time for this to occur is the last five or 10 minutes before the end of a shift&comma; but you can structure this time however you please&period; With this much manpower being focused on cleaning—even for just a short time—you should be able to see positive gains quickly&comma; and without shelling out money to bring in outside cleaning companies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Create a checklist<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whether your company is a factory&comma; a restaurant&comma; a more traditional office or some other setting&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s wise to create a cleaning checklist that contains objectives related to your type of business&period; For example&comma; a restaurant&&num;8217&semi;s checklist might include items like a weekly deep-cleaning of a fryer&comma; while an office environment might benefit from regular shredding of documents&period; Focus on details your facility has struggled with in the past and educate your employees on the checklist to keep these concerns top-of-mind not just in the spring&comma; but throughout the year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Stock up on important items in bulk<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Regular cleaning around your workplace can&&num;8217&semi;t be ignored&comma; and completing such tasks will inevitably require certain supplies&period; To save money while remaining well-stocked on cleaning essentials&comma; buy these items in bulk from a wholesale provider&period; Load up on the basics&comma; including cleaning fluids&comma; scrubbing pads&comma; trash bags in different sizes&comma; paper towels and so on&period; The long-term savings will be huge&comma; and you&&num;8217&semi;ll never have an excuse to delay a cleaning task&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Pull unnecessary items out of storage<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s easy to put non-everyday-use items into storage to deal with later&period; But if you never clean out these areas&comma; they can quickly swallow your available storage space&period; Set aside time to go through your company&&num;8217&semi;s storage areas to get rid of anything you don&&num;8217&semi;t need&period; Recycle or donate any items that are still in good condition but no longer necessary&comma; and throw the rest away to clear out your space&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In many cases&comma; a lack of cleanliness in a workplace can be traced back to a lack of procedure&period; Not only is deep cleaning an important part of your springtime routine&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s a worthwhile opportunity to revisit your current workplace practices to make changes when necessary&period; That should improve sanitary habits throughout the year and make next year&&num;8217&semi;s spring cleaning a little easier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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