Organizing Your Office Environment

On February 7, 2014, in Organizing tips, by admin
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37-organizing-office-environmentIt goes without saying that your working area should be comfortable and convenient for you. That is why it is your business to organize it in the best possible way.

Here are some pieces of advice that will help you to feel comfy at your workplace.

1.      Make special boxes for your mail. There should be at least two boxes. One for the received mail and the second one for the mail that should be recycled. There can be one more box where you may put letters that should be sent today.

2.      Nowadays we live in a digital world, but still we have paper documents that should be also organized. Use special files and folders to keep your paper documents in order.

3.      Keep it as simple as possible. The organization system should be very comfortable and easy for you.

4.      Recycle. This is one of the main things nowadays, keep the environment clean – recycle. Go green!

5.      Make sure your cords are in order. Sometimes all these cords may distract you and make your work impossible. Use special clips to bring them in order.

6.      Use special dividers doe your office supplies, especially if you keep them in drawers.

7.      Special memo boards. At least these boards help you not to loose sticky notes. This desk is a great visual reminder for your work.

8.      Buy a planner or a calendar. Of course, if you are a digital person, choose a digital planner, but it is impossible to remember everything, especially if you have lots of meeting and appointments. Be sure to write all the important information in it.

 

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DIY Home Scents for Your Office

On December 20, 2013, in Odor removal, Office area, by admin
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32-home-scents-for-officeThe right scent can make your office more productive, efficient or calm; it may also add extra energy.

Here are several easy tips how to make your office to smell like home.

The easiest DIY home scent is lavender water.

You need to mix two cups of distilled water with two tablespoons of vodka and half of a teaspoon of lavender oil. Pour this mixture in a spray bottle and use it whenever you want.

This scent is considered to be very calming.

Stovetop potpourri is also considered to be one of the easiest ways of creating a scent. Just combine all the scents that you like in a saucepan, add a little bit of water and let this mixture to simmer.

Great are potpourris made of oranges, lemons or limes with addition of pineapple juice.

If you think about holiday potpourri then oranges, cinnamon sticks, vanilla and nutmeg will work greatly.

Here is another variation of potpourri when you prepare it in a slow cooker. You will need to fill it more than halfway and add essential oil that you like. You may also add citrus, vanilla, or nutmeg. Let the mixture simmer as long as you want.

Citrus spray is another good variant for the office.

You need to mix 3 tablespoons of distilled water, three tablespoons of vodka and essential oils that you love.

Pour the mixture into a spray bottle and use it whenever is needed.

And the last, but very easy way of adding a pleasant odor to your office is a coffee dish. Put coffee beans on a plate and enjoy the smell of fresh coffee in your office.

 

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How to Organize Photo Wall in the Office?

On December 18, 2013, in Organizing tips, by admin
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31-how-to-organize-photosUsually the walls in the office are dull and grey. How to make them bright? Experts recommend creating a special picture wall on it. Doesn’t matter what kinds of pictures you will choose, they surely will brighten your office.

First of all, you need to pick up the right wall. This wall should be big enough and empty without bookshelves and other pieces of furniture.

This wall should be well lit in order to see all the objects that will be hanging there. Pay attention to the color of the wall. Choose the color which will serve as a great background for your pictures.

Now is the time to choose pictures. Pay attention to the balance between colored pictures and those that are done in black and white. Choose pictures that will calm your customers. The best way is the pictures that depict nature. Such beautiful photos will add life to your wall.

The next important thing for the picture is a frame. Designers recommend sticking to one color (black, white or brown), the sizes of the frames as well as pictures may vary.

The next step is to lay all the pictures on the tale or on the floor. Choose the best combination for you, balance large and small frames and leave enough space between them.

When you will be satisfied with the layout be sure to repeat it on the wall. Take a pencil and mark the places for the pictures. Don’t forget that the pictures should hang straight, that’s why you will need to use a level.

When the preparation is done and the nails are hammered, it’s time to hang pictures. Once your frames with pictures are on the wall, check the layout. If you don’t like something, try to change places of the frames.

Add extra light to the wall, place a sofa or a set of arm-chairs on the opposite side in order to pay attention of the clients to the wall.

And do not stop, add new frames and pictures that will brighten the wall more and more.

 

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Stay Away from Flu at Workplace

On October 31, 2013, in Public cleaning, by admin
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28-stay-away-from-fluCold and flu season is coming. What has your company done to keep the employees safe from flu? Does your commercial cleaning company use the special techniques to keep the environment flu-free?

Public place is a very germy place. Germs are easily transmitted from one person to the other very easily, so your commercial cleaning company should provide the germ-free environment.

Just think about all the surfaces that are found in the office and are used by many employees. There are a great number of surfaces that should be disinfected, but nobody even wipes them down.

This is the mistake of your commercial cleaning company.

Of course, it a good idea to have a commercial cleaning company to look after the cleanness in your office. But you need to choose the ones that will not only clean the floors and the mirrors, but those who will perfectly clean and disinfect all the surfaces in your office.

During cold and flue season your cleaning crew should prevent such bacteria like staphylococcus, streptococcus and E.coli, cold and flu viruses using new bacteria fighting techniques and practices.

If a commercial cleaning crew uses green products to clean the office, it’s even better, because it will help to avoid allergies and other health diseases. Your employees will surely thank you.

If you are looking for a good janitorial company in Seattle, our crew will be ready to provide the full range of cleaning services for you. If you have any questions, just give us a call.

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Cleaning of a Hotel Room: Where to Start?

On October 18, 2013, in Hotel cleaning, by admin
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24-cleaning-of-hotel-roomExperts from commercial cleaning company in Seattle decided to share top secrets on how to clean hotel rooms.

These experts have cleaned a lot of hotel rooms and they know how to make them shiny. No matter where you will use their advice, there are lots of interesting things that you can learn from their experience.

Creating of a plan

You may develop a cleaning for every room. You need to know what you start with, you need to understand in what order you clean stuff. It’s good to have a check list in order not to miss anything while cleaning.

Starting at the top

Most experts say that cleaning of the room should be started from the top and work downward.

Don’t forget about the furniture

While you may be focused on the cleaning floors and other hard surfaces, you may forget about cleaning your furniture. Don’t forget to vacuum sofas and upholstery.

Clean the bulbs

Is it enough light in the room? If not, check whether the light bulbs are clean. Brighten up your room giving the bulbs regular cleaning.

Be careful with chemicals

First of all, remember the main rule: “NEVER MIX CHEMICALS!” Use chemicals only the way they should be used. Frankly speaking, nowadays more and more people choose to go green and they try to use natural cleaners which do not cause harm for the health.

Air your rooms by opening windows

Open windows are good not only for airing, but natural light that comes through opened windows help you to see more details. It’s also good for the environment and ventilation.

Use mattress protectors

These protectors may be used not only at hotel rooms but also at home. They help to save expensive mattresses from stains and spots.

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Commercial Cleaning: Taking Care of the Restrooms

On October 10, 2013, in Public cleaning, by admin
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21-commercial-cleaning-restroomsThe main question in cleaning restrooms is how often the restrooms should be cleaned. And the answer on this question can be different, because it depends on many factors.

First of all, in order to keep your restrooms clean janitorial company should know approximately how many people use them, how many people work in the office and how many people visit the office daily.

Every employer should understand that bathrooms play an important role in improving opinion of the customers about your business and office.

At the same time bathroom is the place where the most germs are transmitted from one person to the other. That’s why in order to keep your workers from illnesses you need to thing about the cleanness of the restrooms.

Of course, if we talk about home restroom and office restroom, we understand that the amount of use is different. If your home bathroom needs to be cleaned once a week, your office restroom requires cleaning once or twice a day.

You also need to understand that public bathrooms may have different kinds of germs, viruses and bacteria like staphylococcus, streptococcus, cold and flu viruses, HIV, hepatitis and others.

So, when you look for a commercial cleaning company, who will keep your restrooms clean make sure that they understand how to clean public restrooms.

If you haven’t found a janitorial company yet, Pro Quality Office Cleaning will gladly help you.

Our experts know how to clean public restrooms and how to maintain its cleanness; they may also share some tips that will help your workers to stay away from germs and bacteria.

 We are waiting for your call.

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Office Trash: Let’s Manage It!

On October 7, 2013, in Office area, by admin
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20-office-trashOffice is a place where you will find lot’s of papers, documents and other stuff that is not needed. Trash is accumulated in the office with the velocity of light. That’s why this problem should be solved by every employer.

Sometimes it seems that office trash will never go away. There are piles of different papers in every corner of the office; trash cans are always full of papers.

It should be said that office trash is usually represented by paper, cardboards, office stationery and food that was thrown away by the workers.

What you need to understand while taking about office trash is most of it is recyclable. You just need to sort your trash and recycle that can be recycled. Experts say that such trash sorting saves a lot of money.

The firs thing experts recommend doing is checking with your trash removal company whether they charge for recycling removal. Nowadays most of the companies do not charge for removing recycling.

But if you find out that your trash removal company charges you for everything, we recommend changing the company. Just call one of the recycling removal companies. They will provide you with special trash cans for paper, glass, plastic, etc.

You also need to remember that many stores will gladly accept all the recyclable ink toners or other supplies. They will also give you as a gift special discount cards. Search in the internet what are proposed by different companies in your region.

The main thing you need to understand that you must manage your office trash. And it’s not very difficult to do, you just need the desire.

If you don’t have time, the experts from Pro Quality Office Cleaning will gladly help you to cope with this problem and save money on trash.

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Commercial Steam Carpet Cleaning Systems

On September 25, 2013, in Cleaning industry, by admin
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14-commercial-steam-carpet-cleaningFirst of all, it should be said that there is difference between carpet cleaning machines and steam vapor machines. Commercial carpet cleaning machines use not vapor but heated water, and the steam vapor machines use vapor and the amount of water that is used is much smaller.

There are many advantages in using vapor cleaning machines, because they clean quickly, they help to disinfect and sanitize the cleaned surface, and they use very little amount of water, so they are very efficient.

It should be said that there is a great choice of the vapor steam cleaners on the market, of course, some of them can be used at home but most are for the commercial usage.

Experts say that such vapor cleaners are very eco-friendly because they do not use chemical cleaning products. These machines continue to gain popularity because they can disinfect and sanitize the cleaned surfaces.

These vapor cleaners are considered to be hypoallergenic and they can be used by people and in the environments with allergies. They do not require any additional cleaning chemicals that cause allergies; at the same time without chemicals the quality of the air in the room becomes much better.

It should be said that there are several types of steam cleaners, and the difference in them lies in the way the steam is created.

There is dry and hot steam cleaner that boils the water and in such a way steam is created. They are also called dry because a boiler system creates steam that is very low in humidity.

The second type is a vapor cleaner without a boiler; the steam in such a vapor cleaner is not so hot and more humid.

 

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Easy Ways to Green Your Office

On September 17, 2013, in Green cleaning, by admin
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11-easy-ways-to-green-officeThe world changes a lot, more and more organizations and businesses think of how to make their office eco-friendly and green.

·         The main thing you can do in your office is to make your air green by placing a lot of green plants around the office.

·         While cleaning ask your commercial cleaning company to use eco-friendly supplies. These products will still work as great disinfectants, but they are friendly towards the environment.

·         Turn off all the equipment at the end of the day, or turn off all the equipment that is unused by the workers.

·         Use e-mails more than usual mail and this will save paper.

·         All the papers that you use should be double-sided. All the printing or copying should be double-sided.

·         Office paper is something that is recyclable, but most of the paper is wasted. Reduction of the waste is cost-effective, even more than recycling.

·         Remember that color printing uses more ink than black and white printing.

·         Paper clips that are made of the aluminum are considered to be recyclable. So use them more often than staples.

·         Your screen saver uses extra energy when you stay away from your computer. Use the function “sleep or hibernate” if you are away from the computer for more than 10-15 minutes.

·         When you leave your desk or office, turn off the lights. It is very important to save the energy.

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Cleaning jobs and asthma risk

On July 3, 2013, in Cleaning industry, by admin
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There are many occupations that are thought to cause asthma. Cleaning occupation is among them. It’s clearly linked with asthma risk. A new study has found strong evidence for a link between cleaning jobs and risk of developing asthma. Cleaners have been identified as new at-risk group. Cleaning jobs are linked to the development of asthma in middle-age.

It’s not a sercet that the workplace had a great influence on our health. Depending on where you work, what you do and which products you use you may arrive at a conclusion whether you are in at-risk group. According to study risks in the workplace responsible for 1 in 6 cases of onset asthma.

The cleaning industry employs large numbers of people. Cleaners, home-based personal care workers and other people working in occupations related to cleaning in most cases work with chemicals on a daily basis. Due to explosure to these toxic products they may have developed adult onset asthma.

Cleaning job oftentimes is physically demanding and sometimes unpleasant and dirty. In addition, cleaners are exposed to cleaning products that are in most cases chemical and toxic. And we all know that exposure to cleaning chemicals on a regular basis is a health hazard. People who work with commercial cleaning products risk developing asthma. These products may cause allergies and aggravate them. People with allergies cannot tolerate the smell of ammonia or bleach. It’s highly recommended to use green cleaning products while cleaning. They are safe and can not harm.

Unfortunately occupational asthma is widely underrecognised by employers, healthcare professionals and even empoyees. Employers should keep safe their workers from harm. Reasonable precautions should be taken.

The main message from this post is that employers need to pay greater attention to exposures in at-risk groups. Employees who experience breathing problems should immediately discuss this with their GP. We advise anyone who works in the cleaning industry monitor your health. Healthcare professionals in their turn should treat patients with asthma and similar respiratory problems considering their current and past occupations. With this information in mind healthcare professionals should tailor their treatments and recommendations.

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