5 Reasons Why Bathroom Hygiene Is So Important

In 2020 we learned the importance of proper hygiene. The pandemic highlighted how easy it is for illnesses to be spread through hand to hand contact and touching surfaces. It is still too common to go to a bathroom where there were insufficient facilities. Whether this is a lack of soap, hand towel or hand sanitiser, many don’t live up to societies expectations. Bathrooms have always been a place where hygiene was of heightened importance and even now after a pandemic – some bathrooms do not meet the expectations of society. Below are the top 5 reasons why bathroom hygiene is important!

Touch-Points – Bathrooms have a lot of touch-points. They are places that many people need to touch when using your facilities. They include door handles, stall surfaces, dispensers, taps and the buttons the flush the toilet. With so many touch-points in such a small space, germs and bacteria can spread between each point and then to every person that uses them afterwards.

Lots of People – Everybody needs to use a shared bathroom at some point. Public washrooms can see thousands of visits from different people throughout a given week depending on the industry. With each additional person comes an increased risk that they will expose the other users to harmful viruses or bacteria.

The Fact That It’s a Bathroom – Thee nature of what occurs in a bathroom should make it no surprise that hygiene needs to be of utmost importance. It’s unfortunate, and not something we like to think about, that faecal matter is spread throughout unhygienic bathrooms and beyond its doors.

Reduce Absenteeism/illness – Proper hygiene in the workplace has been shown to lower absenteeism and related costs by over 40%. So apart from protecting your staff and customers from potential illness, you are reducing your costs at the same time!

Improve morale and company image – When people are unhappy with your bathroom they can form negative options about your business as a whole. They can avoid your business and decide that if you can’t even look after your bathrooms, how could you satisfy their other needs? Lack of hygiene in a workplace and poor washrooms has also been linked to low staff morale. 

The good post is that Sanokil can help! From sanitary bin services to soap and sanitiser, we can provide and service everything you need to provide a quality washroom to your customers and staff. Call us today or use our contact form to receive a quote!