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