What are the best practices for cleaning after office parties or events?

20

Nov

Posted by: Admin

Office parties and events are commonplace in office environments. You launch a new product with an event, inviting all your loyal customers, or you end of the year with an end of year office party. While celebrating is a great experience, once it ends, there is always a fair amount of mess than needs to be cleaned up, making your office ready to start work. You can do the clean-up yourself, or you can hire a professional office cleaning company.

The Sloane Cleaning Services team have put together a check-list for after office party or event cleaning.

Pre-Event Tips and Tricks

To make the cleaning up after an office party or event quick and easy, we recommend placing bins in common areas, while using disposable tablecloths, that can be removed, along with any food and spills.

Office Party and Event Cleaning Checklist

If you have decided to clean your office after a party or event yourself, you will want to put a cleaning committee in place. They are responsible for cleaning the office after the event, this reduces the risk of one person being held responsible. The committee should delegate particular tasks to employees, ensuring all areas are thoroughly cleaned and back to normal.

The committee can then follow this comprehensive checklist:

• Pick up large items of rubbish – using a black bin bag, one person can go through the room or office, picking up paper plates, party hats, cups, and any other large items that should be thrown a way
• Decorations – another person should be responsible for taking down any decorations, placing those you want to keep for future parties in a large, sealable container, and throwing the rest in one of the bins
• Sanitise surfaces – using disinfectant, along with sanitising wipes, all tables, chairs, shelves, door handles, light switches, and elevator buttons should be thoroughly wiped down and cleaned
• Stains and spills – these should be cleaned immediately throughout the event. This cannot be left to one person and everyone should keep their eyes on any pills, the sooner you act, the higher the chances of removing the stain
• Mop – all hard and tiled floors should be mopped, focusing on high traffic areas
• Vacuum – all carpeted areas, along with fabric furnishings should be vacuumed to remove dirt and grime
• Washroom – the washroom should be cleaned thoroughly. This includes sanitising and disinfecting the toilets, sinks, any appliances, doors, and doorhandles. The toilet paper, hand towel, and soap dispensers should be refilled

Large Office Parties and Events

If you are going to host a large office party or event, you may want to consider calling in professional office cleaners who can complete the clean up quickly and effectively. Sloane Cleaning has extensive office cleaning experience, using the best products and state of the art equipment, combined with an experienced team of cleaners, we can help you get your office back to spotless and healthy in no time at all. Contact us now to find out more.