What Makes a Safe and Clean Office Space?

When considering a place to work, placing a premium on clean office space is a must in today’s day and age.

There are many conveniences that private office spaces can offer such as security, access to business amenities, and a physical location to hold meetings. It’s incredibly important that these amenities do not come at the expense of maintaining clean office space. 

This begs the question, what makes a safe private office space? We are going to elaborate on some of the methods, technologies, and precautions that are being used today to keep a safe and clean office space.

Establishing Clean Office Procedures and Requirements

Keeping clean office spaces that are safe start with consistent monitoring of all who come into the use of the office space, and strict enforcement of state guidelines for dealing with COVID-19. 

This starts with:

• Strict enforcement of face coverings being required during all time unless an individual is in a private office with the door shut. 
• Restricting access to anyone who has been in contact with a person or people known to have COVID-19. They should not be allowed in any shared office space for at least 14 days since the known exposure, whilst monitoring for symptoms of the virus. 
• Monitoring all guests who are invited on the property by members, including capturing all guest contact information and ensuring they follow guidelines as posted. 

Does your office space — or the space you are considering — have clear guidelines on what its cleanliness procedures are? You could rent out a day office at the location to see what it’s like working there for a shift. If it is not clear to you what their procedures are after you’re done, you may do best looking elsewhere.

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Keeping the Highest Standards in Cleaning and Sanitation Practices

Then, you get down into the nitty gritty. What are those procedures?

For the public to feel safe upon entering large office spaces, it is up to the business establishment to use the best cleaning and sanitation practices possible — daily. Fighting the spread of viruses is dependent on killing the virus before it can establish itself and create exposure.

This is why heavily used surface areas (doors, stairwells, countertops) and high traffic areas (hallways, elevators, cafeterias) need extremely attentive and vigorous disinfecting processes. These types of surfaces should be cleaned every two hours, or close to it. 

Areas where devices are touched by people in a meeting space should be immediately sterilized right after the meeting is over, and before anyone else using the area or equipment. All members or visitors to space need access to cleaning supplies that are readily deployed.

NanoSeptic has devised some ingenious ways to keep high-traffic/high-contact surface areas continuously clean with their proprietary technology. This innovative technology is extremely useful for office buildings with lots of appliance handles and door handles.  

Community food and beverage areas are an easy place for viral diseases to collect and spread. For the time being, no businesses should be allowing food to be presented in multiple-serving arrangements or shareable platters in any shape or form.

All food allowed on the property should be single-use only. Also, cutlery, cups, and dishes that are for community convenience need to be single-use as well — at least until the state and the federal government say otherwise. 

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Keeping Distance 

Staying at least six feet apart, and keeping shared spaces at lower occupancy are some of the best preventative measures we have to defend against the spread of COVID-19. 

At the Business District at 177 Huntington Avenue in downtown Boston, 100% headcount capacity for members and visitors in the building goes above and beyond the state’s guidelines for proximity in the workplace.

Sate and federal standards are being met and exceeded to ensure that there is plenty of room for everyone to move about safely.

Feel Better About Clean Office Space

COVID-19 has forced all of us to be more agile in our business lives and personal lives. Sure, it has made it harder to complete day-to-day operations, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to take advantage of all the conveniences of modern office space, in a major metropolitan area. 

A clean office space holds no value to you if it’s only superficially clean. How can one ever be productive in workday if they’re worried about the space they’re situated?

It’s paramount to keep shared office spaces in accordance with state health requirements and even go beyond those measures with custom-tailored sanitation practices, suited just for the space itself. When fears and anxieties are subdued by excellent health and sanitation practices, a shared office space is truly safe. 

To learn more about the Business District’s health and safety measures, please contact us.