As one of the many after-effects of the pandemic, venues and facilities are being held to higher-than-ever standards of hygiene. New cleaning guidelines have been introduced across the board in the wake of heightened fears and risks of contamination that were thrown up by the spread of COVID-19. While understandable, the new policies have hit the commercial cleaning industry at one of the
worst possible times.
The pandemic has had a large additional knock-on effect on the revenue and staffing levels of cleaning companies, with the strain of worker shortages, alongside necessary extra cleaning, currently hitting healthcare, hospitality and other industries the hardest. The result is that existing cleaners are being tasked with more work, while new workers are unfamiliar with hygiene requirements and policies, and are therefore more liable to make mistakes.
One thing’s for certain: whether operating in healthcare, hospitality, educational facilities or entertainment venues, pre-COVID cleaning approaches are now more rigorous and enhanced. Having to know complicated procedures, such as how and when to perform cleaning audits, or even which products to use and in what volumes for particular jobs, only increases the risk of errors being made by inexperienced or overworked staff.
When this is applied to outsized venues, such as sports stadiums or large hotels, it’s clear that the process becomes quickly unsustainable. Finding clever solutions that are both simple and effective is a simple way to help ease the burden on cleaning staff. A dosing pump is an innovative cleaning solution, and provides an intelligent way for cleaners, trained or not, to easily measure the correct amount of super concentrate daily cleaner or disinfectant needed without call for a connected water supply.
By adopting dosing pumps, cleaners can vary the amount of cleaning liquid to pre-determined, precise dilution rates, making the resulting mix of water and detergent ideal for the job, whether spray or bucket cleaning or scrubbing. Using dosing tools in larger venues helps companies reduce costs on cleaning fluids by eliminating overmixing, and saves staff time by bypassing the need for precise manual measurement of cleaning products.
Diversey’s SmartDose uses a safetyfirst, closed-system design, which sports easy-to-follow icons to make it simple for anyone to use. In line with Diversey’s sustainability values, SmartDose is made with less packaging and fewer transport costs, and is recyclable once it’s been used.
So if you’re looking for smart solutions to staff shortages or for members of the workforce who aren’t yet fully trained, a device like SmartDose could be key to ensuring the cleaning work still meets rigorous guidelines to meet high standards of hygiene.
