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Are your cleaners using separate clothes and mops for the kitchen and toilet areas?


Cleaning cloths and cross contamination. Long ago in my University years, I used to work in a fast food restaurant which I will not name for legal reasons. There were a number of identical cleaning cloths for washing up, etc. I had not been there long when I realised that the members of staff who cleaned the toilet took a cloth from the kitchen, cleaned the toilet and then brought it back to the kitchen area. Thus cloths that were used for toilet cleaning were put back in the pile from which staff then took cloths for washing up. When it was my turn to clean the toilet I took a cloth, cleaned the toilet and left it in the cubicle. However the cloth soon worked its way back into the pile. When I suggested different cloths for washing, wiping and toilet cleaning, a colleague accused me of being ‘posh’.


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    This started me thinking about how many other establishments may follow poor hygiene standards of which the customer is blissfully unaware and the best ways to avoid cross contamination via cleaning cloths

    Firstly a reputable cleaning company will have a wide selection of different types and colours of cloths, including microfibre cloths and yellow dusters for different purposes. This not only allows each surface to be cleaned effectively but also makes it less likely that cloths get muddled up.

    In addition to this, washing/wiping cloths are available with colour coded edging: red edged cloths for toilet cleaning to ensure they do not get mixed up with those used for food serving areas (usually green). it is also important to have two different sets of mops and buckets to that the kitchen and toilet areas are not cleaned with the same one.

    Lastly and most importantly, is staff training so that all staff know what is required with regards to issues of hygiene and customers are not served toilet germs with their take aways.







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    Sally richardson, United Kingdowm

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