Bathrooms are the perfect environment for all kinds of germs to thrive. Germs love warm, moist environments to reproduce which is how bathrooms are most of the time. Germs also can live up to a few days on surfaces. Yuck! This is why it’s important to clean all areas in the restroom often.
Let’s look at the different ways germs can spread in bathrooms.
Toilets
The most well-known way germs spread in restrooms is by flushing the toilet with the lid open. When you flush a toilet, germs, and bacteria can contaminate surfaces up to six feet away. That’s right, six feet. That means your countertops, stalls, and floors are getting covered with bacteria. Germs like E. coli, norovirus, and tiny waste particles are being spread around your bathroom. The easiest way to prevent toilet bacteria from spreading is by closing the lid before you flush.
Regardless of whether you close the lid or not, toilet bowls still get dirty and will need cleaning. Sometimes when you open the lid, there’s a ring inside the toilet bowl. This ring could be caused by rust, hard water, mold/bacteria, or mineral deposits. Don’t worry, the ring isn’t permanent, but it does require a cleaning solution to remove it.
Our NeuGuard Toilet Bowl and Urinal Cleaner is the best product for removing uric acid, water lines, rust stains, salt deposits, and encrusted deposits. It’s a thick formula that cleans on contact – meaning less scrubbing for you! This product is safe to use on iron, copper, or steel plumbing systems. NeuGuard continues to work through repeated flushing, leaving you with a clean toilet and a mint fragrance!
It’s also a smart idea to disinfect toilet handles and toilet seats. The toilet seat is what gets exposed to the most germs and bacteria. After a while, a buildup of urine, feces, and odors occurs. Your first instinct may be to use bleach, but since the toilet seat comes in contact with skin, using a safer disinfectant is best.
A quick and easy way to clean build-ups on toilet seats is with our Surface Defense AQ Disinfecting Wipes. These wipes have a short 1-minute dwell time with 48 virus and bacteria kill claims. Even use them to disinfect other hard surfaces in the restroom, such as toilet handles, countertops, doorknobs, light switches, etc.
Areas around Toilets/Urinals
The floor around toilets and urinals can get pretty dirty between splashes, shoes, and other germs. It’s important to keep the surrounding floors clean so your shoes don’t transfer these germs around other areas. Additionally, all the dirt and grime around toilets can contaminate and discolor grout which can lead to foul odors. Plus, it doesn’t look very good!
Remove organic stains and odors from tile, grout, and cement with D-Molish Enzymatic Digester and Deodorizer! D-Molish contains trillions of enzymes that digest tough stains and odors caused by uric acid, blood, and any other organic waste. Choose from one of our 7 amazing fragrances and add to your mop and bucket cleaning solution. D-Molish doesn’t only clean floors! Use it on soft surfaces like carpeting and upholstery to remove organic stains and odors. Even pour D-Molish down drains to maintain drains, help break down organic matter, and leave a pleasant scent.
Showers and Bathtubs
Showers and bathtubs are where we get clean and wash off germs, but those germs just end up on the shower/tub floors. Other issues like soap scum, hard water deposits, and clogged drains are quite common for showers and tubs.
Our Grout Genie Tub and Tile Cleaner is a foaming product that dissolves stubborn stains without scrubbing! The foam also allows the product to cling to all surfaces so no area gets left behind. Use it to clean grout, tiles, showers, sinks, countertops, and other bathroom surfaces. Just spray, wipe, and enjoy our fresh breeze scent!
Drains
The most common thing clogging bathroom drains is hair. Whether it’s human hair or pet fur, it’s being bound together by sticky substances and causing a clog. Since hair getting down your drains is inevitable, you can only prevent clogs from occurring. Other things like mold and dirt can also be building up in your drains. And, in worst-case scenarios, drain flies can breed inside your pipes, feed on the gunk, and even lay eggs in there. Luckily, using a drain maintainer at least once a month will clear your drains of flies and any clogs.
Dual Action Foaming Drain Maintainer contains natural bacillus bacteria and citrus oil to clean and deodorize drains. The tube allows you to quickly get to the clog. Dual Action’s foam expands to break down organic build-up and maintain drains. It’s harmless to any type of plumbing and disposals! Use anywhere from floor drains to sink drains.
NeuAction Probiotic Drain Maintainer is our enzyme-based, grease-digesting drain maintainer. The enzymes quickly break down and digest organic materials, fats, oils, grease, etc. NeuAction leaves a great mint fragrance behind! Use in floor drains, kitchen drains, grease traps, and more.
Washing Your Hands
Our hands are exposed to so many germs just from what goes on in the bathroom, but since the surfaces in restrooms are covered in germs, we are exposed to even more. You should always wash your hands after using the bathroom with soap and warm water. And, if for some reason, soap isn’t readily available, using a hand sanitizer containing alcohol will suffice until handwashing is an option.
So, we’ve covered a lot in this article. And the main takeaway is that restrooms truly are an important area in businesses that you cannot overlook. As a business, it’s your obligation to keep employees and customers germ-free!
For more products for not only the restrooms but for your entire business, check out Neutron Industries’ website!