When you are at work, you don’t want to be in an unclean environment – one of the signs of an office that is in need of a professional cleaner, like this office cleaning services Gloucestershire based company intocleaning.co.uk/contract-cleaning-services/office-cleaning-gloucestershire is the presence of pests living in your workplace.
Pests can cause many problems in a workplace – from causing damage to property to spreading diseases, there are lots of reasons why you don’t want them lurking in your office.
Some of the things that make pests more likely to be found in a workplace include food being stored incorrectly, such as in desk drawers, older buildings that have more places for creatures to gain access and also an ineffective cleaning routine as previously mentioned.
Mice and rats are an obvious one and they are able to get in through the smallest of gaps. They are attracted to food, so will often make their way to food sources which they can contaminate with all sorts of nasty bacteria, and because they like to nest in dark places, they are also able to cause structural damage, as well as damage to equipment (such as gnawing through cables for example).
There has been a lot in the press about the huge increase in bedbugs in various hotels of late, but they are not limited to the bedroom – bed bugs are attracted to humans as they feed off them, and therefore can be found hitching a lift on humans too. Notoriously difficult to get rid of, prevention is the best option when it comes to these tricky critters, so be sure to check in furniture, especially office chairs.
Cockroaches are not as common in the UK as they are in warmer countries, as they tend to be put off by our harsher winters- but with climate change, it is likely that cockroaches could become more common. The kitchen or bathroom are where you are most likely to have them as they are attracted to damp places, and although they mostly come out in the dark, there are signs to look out for, such as their shed skins as well as the strange smell that they produce.
