Top Office Cleaning Tips
Tips for Keeping Your Office Space Cleaned & Sanitized
Pro Clean understands the importance of a clean, organized, and sanitized office for productivity and morale. With our services, we’ll dust, clean, and vacuum your home office, so you have more time to work and aren’t distracted by the mess. For example, our home office cleaning services include (but are not limited to) the following:
Important Cleaning Tips for the Office
Whether you’re in need of a cleaner home office or desk space, Pro Clean wants to give you practical tips to keep your office clean, tidy, and disinfected. Additionally, learn more about how to organize and clean an office from our experienced cleaning experts.
Without daily cleaning, offices can quickly become a haven for germs and bacteria. Therefore, regularly cleaning and disinfecting your desk can help you avoid sickness and keep you focused and more productive throughout the day. To get started, use the tips below to clean the dirtiest parts of your office.
Furthermore, our office cleaning checklist helps you clean each area of your office or divvy up office cleaning duties at work. Simply print out the PDF and put it on the fridge so everyone can help out, or use it for your own reference as you clean the office to ensure you don’t miss a spot.
Efficient Ways of Organizing Office Space
A clutter-free, organized desk space can help decrease stress and increase productivity. Here are some important tips our experts at Pro Clean are trained to help keep everyone more organized.
- Remove unnecessary clutter from your work space. Only keep work-related items, a few office plants and some family photos.
- Divide your desk up into two zones: one for computer work and the other for all non-computer work.
- Use an organizational document tray, file drawer, or even (gasp!) junk drawer to house items that don’t have a designated space on your desk.
- Use zip ties to bundle messy-looking electrical and charger cords. This will keep them from creating a cord nest.
- Keep a decent-sized trash can near your desk to dispose of trash.
- Separate important documents by using stacking trays to free up horizontal space and provide organization. For example, one tray can be for mail, one for documents that need signatures, and one for documents that need to be filed.
- Use wall space to hang shelves for storage and whiteboards for scheduling, notes, to-do list, etc.
How to Disinfect and Sanitize Office Space
While sitting at a desk all day, we often do more than work – we eat, sneeze, cough, and spill – creating a microbial zoo. Our experts recommend these four cleaning tasks to help you maintain a clean, germ-free workspace.
- Dust. Use a damp microfiber cloth to wipe down all work surfaces. Start with your desk and make sure you remove all items so you don’t miss any areas. For extra credit, clean power strips behind your desk, fan blades, window sills, the top of your monitor and picture frames.
- Vacuum. Cleaning an office is a three-attachment job. Use a vacuum with an upholstery brush (for curtains, drapes, and any fabric), a narrow attachment for small places, and an attachment to thoroughly vacuum floors.
- Disinfect. Germs and bacteria are often transferred from one surface to the next (keyboard, desk, mouse, and phone). Therefore, it’s important to regularly disinfect everything you touch in your office.
- Consistency. Put a reminder on your calendar or whiteboard to clean and organize your desk on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Keep disinfectant wipes near your desk to give everything a quick wipe-down between cleaning days.
Office Cleaning Checklist
- Clean Your Keyboard – Periodically clean your keyboard by shaking it out over a trash bin. You can also use a can of compressed air to force the remaining dust and food particles out from behind the keys. Dip cotton swabs in alcohol and swipe them between the keys. Spray disinfectant on a cloth and wipe the top of the keyboard (make sure you disconnect your keyboard from your computer before cleaning).
- Clean Computer Monitor – Give those tired eyes a smudge-free screen to work on, and give your monitor dust-free ventilation slots to help keep it cool. Wipe down the monitor with a damp microfiber cloth. Use a vacuum with an upholstery brush to remove dust in the vents. Spray glass cleaner on a cloth and wipe down the monitor glass. To finish, use a can of compressed air to remove any remaining dust. If you work on a laptop, shut it down and clean the keyboard and screen at the same time.
- Clean Office Chair – Look for an upholstery tag to provide directions on cleaning the fabric. Use a vacuum with an upholstery brush to remove loose dust or debris. Use a microfiber cloth to wipe off any dirt that remains.
- Clear the cobwebs – Use a rag to remove cobwebs from every corner of the office. Attach the rag to a broom handle for those high, hard-to-reach corners.
- Empty the fridge – If you have an office fridge, throw away old, expired food and drinks to create more space. This is a good time to establish some fridge rules; no one likes to find (or smell) two-week-old takeout in the office refrigerator. Once everyone agrees on the rules, post them on the door of the refrigerator as a reminder.
- Vacuum / sweep – Clear the dirt and debris off office floors (and furniture). Lift any cushions and move furniture to thoroughly clean underneath.
