The COVID-19 pandemic has affected businesses throughout the country, as many state governors have issued orders for residents to stay at home whenever possible, and non-essential businesses have been closed. Restaurants everywhere have been told to close their dining rooms and strictly offer carryout only amid this crisis. This is a challenging time for restaurant owners in Ohio, but it does offer an opportunity to deep clean the entire restaurant before reopening the dining room.
In determining how in-depth your restaurant cleaning should be, it is easiest to assess the risk to your staff and customers in terms of severity. A traffic light analogy can help you decide where your restaurant stands on the scale.
- Red. The most severe level is known as Proactive Remediation. If an outbreak in your restaurant or community affects your business, you must increase proactive measures and train staff more thoroughly.
- Yellow. The intermediate level is Risk Reduction. If there is potential for an outbreak in your restaurant, you must increase regular cleaning procedures, which will break the chain of infection.
- Green. The basic level of cleaning is called Standard Prevention. If you are not facing a direct threat, maintain your current cleaning standards, sanitizing, and ill employee practices.
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Seating Areas
While you are not open to sit down guests, this provides a great opportunity to clean and disinfect all dining room chairs, booths, and banquettes. Be sure to include other counters and surfaces, cash registers and tills, and door handles in this deep cleaning.
Kitchen Surfaces
Hard surfaces in the kitchen can be a prime area for germs and bacterial growth. They should be scrubbed thoroughly on a regular basis and cleaned with disinfectant spray regularly during service hours.
Bathrooms
Bathroom sinks, counters, soap and paper towel dispensers, and dryers should be cleaned every day. In addition to this, the floors should be mopped, and toilets should be scoured. Don’t forget the outer surfaces of the toilet and the toilet flush levers.
These are a few of the basic cleaning tasks that should be maintained at the restaurant on a daily basis, but it is always best to start with a full deep cleaning of the restaurant. This may be an intimidating chore, so it is usually best to hire a team of professional cleaners to make sure everything is done right.
Thorough and skillful cleaning of the restaurant will guarantee that all areas are cleaned and disinfected. This includes commercial appliances, exhaust hoods, walls, floors, and ceiling areas, and storage closets.
The best practices for maintaining business and avoiding infection include high standards of cleanliness. If you are looking for a reputable team of cleaning professionals to help with your restaurant deep clean, reach out to ProSurface today at (419) 705-8693. Our staff of dedicated professionals is ready to help you maintain the highest of cleaning standards.
