An education in cleaning

It seems that it isn't just the children who need educating in school today. This report highlights the cost of poor health and safety in many schools in the UK. Ensuring the safety of employees should be a priority in any workplace, but in schools there is also the safety of all the children who attend.

Thousands of pounds is being paid out in compensation to teachers who have suffered injuries through slips at school, many of these accidents could have been prevented if the cleaning practices were done properly.

The amount of foot traffic that goes through a school or college each day is huge, and the dirt and grime that is being brought into school on the footwear of staff and children is also carrying a lot of bacteria. Top quality professional cleaning is needed on a regular basis to ensure floors are kept hygienically clean and definitely dry in order to prevent slips.

Some schools are huge and have many long corridors and huge halls that can take many man hours to clean. This type of cleaning is both tiring for the cleaners doing the job and not cost effective when using lots of man hours each day.

Scrubber dryers are now being used in many schools and colleges across the country as they not only produce cleaner drier results but also take a fraction of the time to clean an area. There is less fatigue for the operator of the machine as they are easy to use and the job doesn't take as long. The results are far better than a manual clean.