If you think that color-coded commercial cleaning strategies sound gimmicky, you’re not alone. In fact, many people feel this way. After all, what’s wrong with just reusing the same, gray cloth over and over until it’s time to throw it out?

Truthfully, some commercial cleaning services will use towels of the same color throughout their entire sanitation process. However, this leads to a few different problems including cross-contamination, huge amounts of waste, and decreased efficiency.

Cross-Contamination

When bacteria from one part of a commercial facility is introduced to another part of said facility, bacteria and germs can invade the new area, causing illness. This is known as cross-contamination.

For example, if a cleaning staff member used the same rag to clean both the toilets and the kitchen space of an office, it’s easy to see what type of problems may develop!

By using a color-coded system, commercial cleaners can effectively eliminate the possibility of cross-contamination in a client’s place of business.

Waste

Through color-coded cleaning, janitorial cleaning services tend to waste less. Case in point, if a cleaner is unsure whether or not he used a certain towel in the bathroom, he absolutely cannot take the risk of using it in another area of the facility. Therefore, he must use a brand-new towel.

When cleaners use a color-coded system, however, there is no doubt about which towels have been used in which areas. This leads to less waste and a more environmentally-friendly operation all-around.

Inefficiency

As is true of any operation, “time is money”. When it comes to commercial cleaners, huge amounts of time can be wasted when one cleaner has to ask her partner whether or not a towel was used in a certain area. These precious few moments add up to a lot of wasted time when this situation happens multiple times throughout a day.

By using a color-coded system, there’s no confusion. Red towels are used for certain processes, yellow towels are used for others, etc.

3aclean Color Coded Cleaning

If you’re considering hiring a new cleaning service for your commercial space, 3aclean is ready to help you today!

We ensure that our staff uses the best color-coded cleaning methods in order to reduce transmission and leave your facility sparkling clean. We implement a system which ensures that we don’t ever contaminate an area.

For instance, red towels cue our staff that said cleaning supplies should only be used in areas of extremely high transmission, such as the bathroom. On the other side of the spectrum, blue towels are only used for tasks that contain very low risk of transmission, such as wiping down a dusty office area.

But beyond just our color-coded cleaning strategy, we also offer top of the line janitorial cleaning services to all of our clients. From floor and carpet care, to final cleaning after construction products, we provide any and all cleaning options that a commercial facility may require.

Conclusion

If you’re looking for highly skilled commercial cleaning in Denver, look no further than 3aclean! We have been serving the Denver area for decades and would love to help your business today. If you’d like to learn more about our operation, check out our commercial cleaning blog.