Astral Hygiene Blog | Commercial Cleaning & Hygiene Advice UK

What were cleaning teams asking in 2021 as workplaces reopened? These four recordings from the Astral Hygiene archive show how the questions ranged from shared kitchens to cleaning product claims and fogging equipment. About this archive. The videos reflect the products and guidance discussed in 2021. The written companion articles give the context for each recording. Shared workplace kitchen hygiene The return-to-work series looks at hygiene in shared workplace kitchens. Read the shared kitchen companion article . Choosing a fogging machine This recording captures the questions Astral was asking about equipment selection in 2021. Read the fogging machine selection companion article . Cleaning myths and product claims Anna Armstrong discusses the product claims that were circulating at the time. Read the cleaning myths companion article . What’s in your fog? This discussion looks back at questions about the products used in fogging equipment. Read the fogging chemical...

Picture a cleaner halfway through a washroom round. The cloth they need is in the cupboard, the soap refill is on another trolley and someone has just walked over the floor they finished. A few minutes lost here and there can become a sizeable chunk of a shift. A trolley set up for the route Before the round, check the supplies for the rooms on it. Put the products, colour-coded cloths and refills you’ll use first where they’re easy to reach. A short stock check at the end of the shift makes it easier for the next person to start on time. A sequence that avoids a second pass Plan the work from higher surfaces down to the floor. Where a product needs time on a surface, follow its label and use that waiting time for another appropriate task nearby. Keeping the order consistent makes the route easier to hand over when a different person covers it. Less dirt coming through the door Look at the entrances and crossings where dirt builds up first. A well-maintained entrance mat and a quick pa...

At 7 am the dispatch aisle is clear. By 9 am there are two pallets waiting to go out, a strip of cardboard on the floor and a steady flow of people crossing the route. Which version of that aisle would you want to see a cleaning robot handle before buying one? A good on-site trial shows what happens on an ordinary working day. These five checks will tell you more about the fit for your site than watching a machine clean an empty room. 1. The route your team would actually hand over Ask the people who clean the site which stretch they sweep or scrub over and over. It might be a warehouse aisle, a school corridor or the hard floor between a reception desk and the main entrance. Pick one of those jobs and note how it is done now. That gives you something concrete to compare after the trial. 2. The part of the route that changes by the hour Walk the route with the demonstration team and point out where stock gets parked or furniture moves. Ask what the chosen robot does if its usual path ...