Cleaning news in the Brighton & Hove area

More and more office workers in Brighton & Hove are having their lunch at their office desk. Maybe they haven't got time to stroll along the sea front for an hour, or they just want to browse the net and see how Brighton & Hove Albion are doing.

When you are tucking into your ciabatta or slice of pizza, do you know how clean your office desk is?

"Workers don't think twice about eating at their desks, even though the average office desk has 100 times more bacteria than a kitchen table and 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet", said University of Arizona microbiologist Dr Charles Gerba.

The dirtiest place on the office desk was the telephone, followed by the desk surface.

Other potential risk areas are microwave door handles and water fountain handles.

So what, if there are a few germs on the office desk?

Cold and flu viruses can stay on surfaces for up to 72 hours.

If you are an office manager in the Brighton area, are you sure you are doing enough to keep your office really clean?

A quick hoovering of the office floor and flick of the desk with a duster will not protect your employees from unhealthy bacteria.

The first option is to speak to your current office cleaning provider. Or how about contacting Pulse Cleaning Services of Brighton, for free advice or a cleaning review.