As temperatures drop and the holiday season approaches, we tend to spend more time indoors, hosting gatherings, and welcoming extra visitors into our homes and businesses.
While this time of year is full of joy and festivities, it also brings an increased risk of spreading germs and illnesses, particularly in high-traffic and high-touch areas. Keeping these areas clean and disinfected is more important than ever to ensure the health and safety of everyone who enters your property.
In this article, we’ll explore why regular disinfecting is crucial for high-touch areas and how Fresh Focus can help you maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment throughout the colder months and holiday season.
High-Touch Areas: What Are They?
High-touch areas refer to the surfaces that are frequently touched by multiple people throughout the day. These can include:
- Door handles and knobs
- Light switches
- Elevator buttons
- Handrails
- Restroom fixtures
- Kitchen countertops and appliances
- Common area furniture (tables, chairs, etc.)
- Gym equipment
In multifamily properties and commercial spaces, these areas are used by dozens, if not hundreds, of people daily. With increased foot traffic during the holiday season—whether it’s residents having guests over or businesses experiencing a surge in customers—these high-touch areas become hotspots for the spread of germs and bacteria.
Increased Risk During Cold Weather
When the weather turns colder, people naturally spend more time indoors, where ventilation may be limited, and close contact is more frequent. This creates an environment where germs can easily spread, particularly through high-touch surfaces.
Cold and flu season ramps up during the fall and winter, making it even more important to maintain a routine disinfecting schedule to protect against the spread of illness.
Additionally, with the extra stress of holiday preparations, it can be easy to let cleaning routines slip. However, neglecting regular disinfection can lead to more significant issues down the road, as bacteria and viruses build up on surfaces over time.
Holidays and Extra Visitors: A Germ Hotspot
The holiday season brings an influx of visitors to multifamily properties, commercial buildings, and retail spaces. Whether it’s friends and family visiting for holiday dinners, or customers shopping for gifts, there’s an increase in touchpoints that can spread germs. The higher the number of people interacting with these surfaces, the higher the risk of spreading illnesses.
For property managers, this is an especially critical time to ensure that high-touch areas in common spaces—such as lobbies, elevators, and restrooms—are regularly disinfected. Maintaining a clean and healthy environment contributes to resident satisfaction and helps prevent the spread of illness, keeping everyone safe during the holiday season.
For businesses, keeping high-touch surfaces disinfected is essential for protecting both employees and customers. The last thing any business owner wants is an outbreak of illness among staff or a reputation for having an unsanitary space. Regular disinfection is key to maintaining a healthy and thriving business during one of the busiest times of the year.
Protecting Health and Safety
High-touch areas are prime locations for germs, bacteria, and viruses to spread from person to person. Regular disinfection of these areas is critical for reducing the risk of infections, particularly during the cold and flu season, and with the lingering threat of other viruses like COVID-19.
By disinfecting high-touch areas, you can help eliminate harmful pathogens from surfaces before they have a chance to spread to multiple individuals. This is especially important in shared spaces such as offices, apartment buildings, gyms, and retail environments where many people are in close proximity. Disinfecting these surfaces regularly reduces the risk of illness and contributes to a safer environment for residents, employees, customers, and guests.
The Fresh Focus Advantage
At Fresh Focus, we understand the importance of maintaining a clean and disinfected environment, especially in high-touch areas. Our EPA-registered disinfectant solutions are designed to kill bacteria and viruses quickly and effectively, helping to protect your property and the people who use it.
Our trained and certified technicians work with you to develop a customized cleaning and disinfecting plan that meets your property’s unique needs. Whether you need daily wipedown services, preventative disinfecting, or reactive disinfecting in the event of an illness outbreak, Fresh Focus is here to ensure that your property remains safe and sanitary.
Key Benefits of Fresh Focus’s Disinfecting Services:
- Fast-Acting Disinfection: Our EPA-registered antimicrobial disinfectant has a kill time of just five minutes, making it effective at quickly sanitizing high-touch surfaces.
- Comprehensive Cleaning Plans: We tailor our cleaning schedules to the specific needs of your property, ensuring that all high-touch areas are regularly disinfected.
- Health and Safety Compliance: Our disinfecting services help properties maintain compliance with health and safety standards, giving you peace of mind.
- Improved Air Quality: Regular disinfecting helps eliminate germs that can negatively impact indoor air quality, contributing to a healthier living or working environment.
Conclusion
As temperatures drop and the holiday season brings more visitors indoors, the importance of disinfecting high-touch areas becomes even more critical. Protecting the health and safety of residents, employees, and customers requires regular and thorough cleaning of these surfaces to prevent the spread of illness.
At Fresh Focus, we’re dedicated to helping you maintain a clean, safe, and healthy property throughout the colder months and beyond. Let us take the stress of disinfecting off your plate so you can focus on enjoying the holiday season. Contact us today to learn more about our professional disinfecting services.
