Is a cluttered desk a sign of a creative mind? While many people believe this is the case, research has found that it’s not necessarily true. Experts in productivity and creative thinking in the workplace from Princeton University found that a cluttered workplace distracts the attention and stifles productivity.
As an office cleaning service in Wellesley, we’ve found that a little organization can go a long way in creating a more welcoming and productive workspace. Putting away or getting rid of items that have accumulated on desks, shared workstations, kitchen counters, in restrooms and coatrooms, and conference/meeting spaces is an essential and meaningful first step.
Many people think that they are blind to clutter – in other words, they don’t notice or aren’t affected by the mess – but once that clutter is removed from the environment, they see the difference. After clutter is eliminated from the environment, developing standard places to put things away – supplies, products, frequently accessed materials – will save your team time and eliminate a lot of frustration.
Office Cleaning Essentials: Sanitizing Hard Surfaces to Prevent Illness
One of the benefits of eliminating clutter to the workplace is it becomes much easier for your Wellesley office cleaning service to clean, sanitize, and disinfect the hard surfaces. Hard surfaces in the workplace include desks, shared workstations, tables, countertops, door knobs, handrails, light switches, keypads and more. The reason it’s important for these surfaces to regularly be cleaned, sanitized and disinfected is because hard surfaces collect germs.
Norovirus is the highly contagious virus renowned for impacting entire cruise ships at once. How did everyone get so sick? Norovirus lives on hard surfaces for up to two weeks. This means that if one sick person touched a doorknob, everyone else who touched that same doorknob for two weeks could get sick.
However, cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting that surface eliminates the virus. No disease transmission means no sickness. No sickness means no negative impact on your team’s productivity.