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Click Here to download a PDF memo with a workplace health message. You can print it off and display it where staff take a break, or email it to your colleagues. Research into office environments strongly indicates that improved cleaning can lessen rates of absenteeism, by preventing illness spreading around the workplace. There is also

Dr Charles P. Gerba, a Professor of microbiology from the University of Arizona, points out the areas we should be concerned about in an average workplace, plus gives some quick basic tips on how to prevent the build up of bacteria and disease. Dr Gerba’s most recent research uncovers the link between unhygienic workplaces and sickness, and the affect on productivity. Can you afford to lose productivity? The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet seat. The desk may look clean, but is it really?

Since July 2003, your company and its associated staff have been fulfilling the cleaning services contract with the Rotorua NZ Automobile Association. You and your team have been extremely happy to assist and oblige in any way you can to ensure the pristine condition of our premises is maintained. We would certainly recommend you to

I would just like to say thank you for the wonderful job you and your team have done in cleaning our stairwells in the Civic Centre. On the two occasions that we have contacted you, you and your team have provided an efficient service by actioning our requests within 24 hours. The cleaning was performed

Hi Dries, I just wanted to let you know that Kamal has done an excellent job of the office carpets and the chairs have come up like brand new.  He is an asset to CrestClean Auckland and I have nothing but praise for his workmanship, honesty and integrity.   Kind Regards,   Pauline Bates Administration

Dr Gerba’s most recent research uncovers the link between unhygienic workplaces and sickness, and the affect on productivity. This is a very relevant area of research to New Zealand businesses; it’s proven that workplace productivity is affected by a dirty environment. Can you afford to lose productivity? The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria

Prof Charles Gerba shook hands for what must have been the 100th time that day and kept talking as he seamlessly turned to the hand-wash dispenser and the paper towels. “You know, 20% of germs you’ll transmit are passed through handshakes,” the man some in the United States fondly call Dr Germ joked in a

How can you protect your office from becoming a comfortable spot for bacteria to grow? The world’s leading expert on germs is coming to New Zealand in July and will be calling on New Zealand authorities to lift commercial cleaning standards and promote hand washing to reduce preventable workplace illness and lost productivity. Dr Charles

World renowned expert on bacteria and viruses Dr Charles Gerba is calling on New Zealand workplace and education facilities to lift their standards of hygiene in order to lift the country’s productivity levels. “There is a direct link between workplace hygiene and productivity. The reality is that workplace illness is a significant health issue in

One of the worst places for bacteria in an office is on the average desk or workstation. University of Arizona germ guru Professor Charles Gerba has studied bugs and bacteria for around 30 years.  More recently he has turned his attention to the workplace and in one study found that the average desk harbours 400

A 2005 survey of tenants by an American company ‘ServiceMaster Clean’ found that unclean offices are a major concern of workers and create more sick days: 85% of office workers think regularly about the cleanliness of their office. Only 29% believe that their offices are being cleaned as effectively as possible. 64% of office workers

Office workers would be better off eating their lunch in the lavatory because of the filthy state of most desks, a report says. A poll of 500 employees found that only one in ten cleaned their desks, computer keyboards and phones twice a year. Connections, a Manchester based recruitment firm, said that the results of