| Are you tired of cleaning grimy fingerprints off | | | | refill, the quicker your cleaning crew can get the job |
| restroom faucets and soap dispensers? Indeed. One | | | | done and move on to other tasks. Avoid using |
| of the major sources of customer complaints is | | | | dispensers that need threading the towels through a |
| restroom cleanliness. The reasons for this go beyond | | | | series of rollers. |
| the abilities of your cleaning staff. The more traffic a | | | | To minimize the items a visitor has to touch, many |
| building gets the harder it is to keep high cleaning | | | | buildings are now installing automatic toilet flushing |
| standards, especially if you are cleaning the building | | | | mechanisms. These allow toilets and urinals to flush |
| only once or twice a week. Restrooms can have | | | | automatically after use. Some systems are even |
| problems with odors, general appearance, empty | | | | designed to flush periodically when not in use to keep |
| dispensers, leaky soap dispensers and wads of paper | | | | fresh water in the bowl at all times. To help minimize |
| towels stacked up on the floor. Besides not looking | | | | bacteria and reduce odors, consider adding an |
| clean, this leads to a perception that the restroom is | | | | automatic disinfectant dispensing system. |
| not sanitary. Installing touchless dispensers can help | | | | Installing touchless soap dispensers and automatic |
| to control these problems. | | | | water faucets cuts down on what visitors' touch and |
| Touchfree technology not only helps keep restrooms | | | | saves on soap and water use. If the restroom is |
| clean, but also helps to reduce the spread of germs | | | | heavily used, be sure to order soap dispensers that |
| and cuts down on your staff's cleaning time. Using | | | | are large enough so frequent refills are not |
| touchfree soap dispensers, water faucets, toilet | | | | necessary. |
| paper, and paper towel dispensers, restroom visitors | | | | Restroom cleaning in itself can be very labor-intensive |
| do not have to touch handles, buttons or levers. The | | | | - from wiping down counters to scrubbing toilets, it |
| fewer the objects visitors' hands touch, the less dirt | | | | requires a big time commitment. There now touchless |
| and grime your staff will have to clean off fixtures. | | | | cleaning products that can save you time and money. |
| You may think of a touchless system as expensive | | | | These systems are designed to allow your staff to |
| because it's controlled by a sensor. But touchless | | | | clean without having to touch any surface in the |
| systems do not have to be complicated or | | | | restroom with their hands. |
| expensive. There are toilet paper systems that hold | | | | One type of system includes a cleaning cart, bucket |
| individual interleaved sheets of paper. The user easily | | | | and series of extension handles with specialized mop |
| takes the sheets they need and do no have to "fish | | | | heads and attachments. The cart itself includes |
| around" the inside of a potentially dirty dispenser | | | | storage space for cleaning supplies and paper |
| looking for the end of the toilet paper roll. This | | | | products. |
| provides a much cleaner and more sanitary system | | | | Steam and vapor cleaning is also growing in popularity. |
| than the traditional toilet paper roll dispensers. | | | | The steam cleaning system uses a tank that |
| Another low-cost hygienic choice is a folded towel | | | | superheats water as opposed to using chemicals. The |
| dispensing system. Towels are dispensed | | | | steam is applied to dirty areas through a special wand |
| one-at-a-time and restroom visitors only touch the | | | | and an applicator, which includes an attachment for |
| towel they need. | | | | cleaning towels. To use the equipment the operator |
| The more high tech type systems are sensor | | | | "wipes" all surfaces with the superheated water and |
| activated. These are devices that flush toilets, turn | | | | changes the cleaning towel as it becomes soiled. |
| on water faucets, dispense hand soap, and dispense | | | | Another alternative to use in restroom cleaning is the |
| paper towels. No touch technology is extremely | | | | microfiber mopping system. This is a self-contained |
| important with paper towel dispensers as towels are | | | | system. It cleans faster and more efficiently than a |
| used after hands are clean. | | | | traditional bucket and mop. For restroom cleaning, the |
| When deciding on a touchless paper towel dispenser, | | | | microfiber is a more hygienic as the mop water is not |
| keep the following in mind: | | | | reused. |
| - Power source. Most paper towel dispensers work | | | | Public restroom users are concerned about how clean |
| off battery power. Look for dispensers that run off | | | | and sanitary restrooms are. Using touchless |
| normal D-cell batteries as opposed to ones that need | | | | dispensers not only helps to control the spread of |
| a special and expensive battery packs. Those special | | | | germs, they help to conserve water, soap and paper |
| battery packs may not be available locally and have | | | | towels, and provide the convenience of requiring less |
| to be ordered - which will be a problem if the | | | | action from the user to get the job done. Touchless |
| batteries die unexpectedly. | | | | dispensers also help to keep cleaning costs down as |
| - There are several different types of dispensing | | | | your staff will spend less time cleaning the restroom |
| components. Several studies have shown that users | | | | and refilling dispensers. Less time spent cleaning |
| prefer a system where the dispenser is triggered | | | | restrooms means more profit for your cleaning |
| when hands are placed directly under the dispenser. | | | | business! |
| - Refilling. As with any dispenser, the easier it is to | | | | |