CloroxPro Blog – Professional Cleaning and Disinfection Insights

Is your workplace a hybrid workplace, where desks and other office equipment may be shared? Many are: in fact, a 2025 survey of 261 employers across Canada showed that 91% offered hybrid work arrangements. And in those workplaces, most workers are now in office more often, with many expected on-site between 11 and 15 days per month, if not more.

The truth is, without paying close attention to cleaning and disinfecting routines, this can all have an impact on employee health — as equipment and workspaces shared among commuting employees can allow pathogens to thrive. With this year’s cold and flu season upon us, it’s a great time to turn our focus to our current practices, and how they can be optimized. So managers, here are three important questions you can ask yourself to do just that:

1) Is our facility being cleaned appropriately, and frequently, enough?

If employees’ schedules change, your cleaning and disinfecting needs may change, too. More frequent cleaning (e.g. every 2-3 hours) may be necessary, and if there are shifts of workers coming and going, it’s important that your workplace is cleaned between shifts, or at least once during each one. That includes all high-touch surfaces: doorknobs, phones, kitchen handles, coffee makers, and copiers, to name a few. And don’t forget deep cleaning in addition to daily cleaning, as well as recording when cleaning takes place.

2) Do employees/visitors have access to appropriate cleaning and disinfecting products, and know appropriate protocol?

A few tips:

Make sure cleaning and disinfecting products are handy. Do your employees have, or know where to find, products like hand sanitizer, ready-to-use wipes, disinfectant sprays, tissues, and masks? Keep them readily available and in places like boardrooms and breakrooms. It’s also helpful to encourage cleaning and disinfecting of personal equipment with reminder signage and emails. This includes cell phones – we all know how easy it is to touch a coworker’s phone when they show us a picture.Stay on top of “hot desk” signups. Keeping track of who used what desk can help make it easier to trace potential contacts if infection happens. Reminding employees to take all their personal belongings with them (including water bottles, etc.) when they leave is important, too.

Choose “hands-free”. Swapping regular high-touch items like light switches, water taps or door handles for hands-free options can minimize pathogen transmission.

Remind employees about hand-washing and stay-home protocol. Want employees to keep their germs at home if they have a cold or flu symptoms? Send reminders. And, we all know the power of proper handwashing, so make sure sinks and bathrooms feature the following prompts:

• For at least 20 seconds, wet, soap and lather:
  • fingers and thumbs
  • between fingers
  • back of hands
  • wrists
  • lower arms
• Rinse thoroughly
• Dry using an air dryer or fresh paper towel
• If paper towels are available, use them to turn off the taps/faucets

3) Are we using the right cleaning and disinfecting products in our facility?

It’s worth looking into: does your cleaning staff consistently follow best practices? Are the products used appropriate for your particular workplace, including special tech or equipment? How do the products used perform against common pathogens, and how quickly do they work — ie. what are their contact times?

By asking yourself these questions and finding the answers, you can help prevent “hybrid” from becoming “high risk”.

To help keep employees healthy in your hybrid workplace, choose CloroxPro™.

Ready-to-use wipes:

CloroxPro™ Clorox™ EcoClean™ Disinfecting Wipes (DIN: 02545047)

A citric acid-based disinfectant that is made from a naturally derived plant-based active ingredient, and formulated without bleach, alcohol or ammonia.*

• Kills 20 pathogens in 5 minutes.  
• Disinfects in 5 minutes.
• Kills 99.9% of flu viruses (Influenza A virus, RSV) and the COVID-19 virus in 5 minutes.
• Sanitizes hard, nonporous surfaces in 60 seconds.
• Cleans and disinfects without harming most surfaces, with no lingering chemical smell.

CloroxPro™ Clorox™ Disinfecting Wipes (DIN: 02492636)

Attack multiple surfaces with this bleach-free disinfecting product in a convenient ready-to-use wipe. Great for high-traffic areas and high-touch surfaces.*

• Kills 57 pathogens in 15 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Cleans and kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria on hard, nonporous surfaces.
• Sanitizes in 10 seconds.
• Kills Staph, Strep, E. coli, salmonella, listeria, measles, mumps and SARS-CoV-2 on hard nonporous surfaces.
• Safe for use on hard, nonporous surfaces such as finished wood, sealed granite, stainless steel, mirrors and glass.

*When used as directed.

Learn more about CloroxPro™ products that can help safeguard your facility.

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