We are all aware of the importance of childcare centre cleaning, especially in today’s day and age. It helps prevent spread of germs and bacteria throughout the centre, which drastically improves the safety of children as well as staff. It also leaves a good impression on parents, which gives them faith that their child is in safe hands. It’s extremely normal for germs to spread throughout a childcare centre, with kids in close proximity all day. Parents are right to worry that they are going to drop their kids off one day, then pick them up later that afternoon with a sickness, so it’s important to give them peace of mind that the centre is as clean as possible.
Here are we have provided some cleaning tips that will help you keep your childcare centre as spotless and germ free as possible, so you can stand out from the rest.
1. Clean and sanitise everything that children touch
This is a big one, as kids are at that age where almost everything interests them, and they are curious about a lot of things and learn through touching everything.
As well as wiping down surfaces, the other main thing that often go un-sanitised is toys. Toys are children’s treasures and joy, and after they’re done playing with them they will – hopefully – share them. This makes toys one of the biggest spreader of germs, and your childcare centre must have clean toys. Be sure to clean toys regularly, and especially disinfect the ones that kids put in their mouths, making sure you use a child friendly disinfectant.
In absence of a child friendly disinfectant, one way you can disinfect the toys is by deep-freezing them in a plastic bag. Do this for about 4-5 hours, this will kill all dust mites, germs and allergens.
2. Implement frequent hand washing habits
As we’ve all learnt recently, hand washing is vitally important to stopping the spread of germs. Children are curious, they touch and hold anything and everything that catches their attention, and they play with other children, and of course they put their hands in their mouths frequently.
Therefore, germs can spread easily from one child to the next. Teaching kids to frequently wash their hands is essential in preventing the spread of germs and diseases, also helps them get in the good habit of cleanliness early on.
3. Attend to any mess immediately
Never allow spoiled or spilled foods to go unnoticed until you forget about them. Sometimes what’s spilled might not even leave visual evidence but can still be there in germs and bacteria.
The difficult thing about germs you can’t ever see them, they’re almost always hidden, even after something has been wiped over and looks clean. If you don’t have your own commercial cleaners that take care of this for you, then it’s important to keep a checklist and have staff keep on top of it attending to task every day.
4. Complying with the health standard for cleaning and disinfection
There are certain standards set by the state government that we need to comply with to make sure that the daycare centre is a healthy environment for kids to be in. Your commercial cleaning service will be aware of this, but if you don’t have one you’ll have to look over your health standard because it varies state to state. Ensuring all this is up to date is another vital measure for your cleanliness success.
5. Choose cleaning products that are safe for children
This one might seem obvious, but we still see some childcare centres that are using the incorrect cleaners that can be harmful to children if ingested. We find the environmentally friendly cleaners are the best, but it is always important to converse with your local cleaning supplier to insure you are getting the best quality cleaners that are also kid friendly.
A clean daycare is always a happy daycare. A healthy daycare is the foundation for future presidents, leaders, great thinkers, innovative inventors, scientists, librarians, musicians and so much more. The possibilities are endless, and we want all that for them.
For help with keeping up to these standards and having a clean and healthy centre, contact New Era Clean today, because there is nothing better than peace of mind.