Not all cleaning products are the same infact some will cost you more than others
There are a number of things that you should be aware of when you employ someone for cleaning. When you clean your own house, you can use practically any cleaning products you wish. When you employ a cleaner, however, you are under the Health & Safety legislation legally obliged to provide a safe working environment.
You can use your own system of colour-coding to avoid the risk of cross-contamination. We would recommend the following:
* Yellow for kitchen and food preparation areas
* Blue for general low risk areas, excluding food areas
* Red for toilets and sanitary appliances, including bidet and toilet brush holder.
This is for your own protection. The colour-coding system is simple and easily understood. The golden rule is to have your cleaner work from the cleanest areas to the dirtiest, and to start in the kitchen before doing the toilets and bathrooms. Differently colour-coded cleaning materials should be kept separate from each other. The cloths provided should be high strength long-lasting cloths by Vileda or other quality manufacturers. They are normally designed to be boil-washed and reused, so save yourself some expense and instruct your cleaner not to throw them away after a few uses.
Avoid supplying abrasive cloths and abrasive cleansers. In the event of damage to surfaces, insurers will view the use by a cleaner of inappropriate materials that have been supplied by the client as ‘contributory negligence’ by the client. Insurers will not meet such claims. Instead we recommend the use of non-abrasive cleansers and cloths.
* A Safety Kit
Make a small First Aid Kit available for the cleaner’s use. Safety Goggles should be available for high level cleaning work and goggles should be worn when mixing chemicals and for oven cleaning.In the next house cleaning article we will talk about insurance that you need.
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