You can help reduce the spread of germs and bacteria in your retail establishment by:
- Following proper hand hygiene protocols
- Maintaining routine cleaning and disinfecting procedures
- Optimising dispenser placement
Create routines for cleaning and sanitising practises
Retail stores have many high-touch surfaces such as shopping trolleys and baskets, freezer door handles and checkout counters. These surfaces could easily become contaminated with viruses and infections which can continue to be a threat for days if not removed properly to both staff and shoppers.
Routine and regular cleaning and sanitising practices are recommended for high-touch surfaces.
How can viruses and infections spread in your store?
Through the air by coughing and sneezing
Close personal contact, such as touching or shaking hands
Touching an object or surface with the virus or bacteria on it, then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes
Resources for you to encourage hygiene in your retail establishment.
Viruses and infections can spread throughout your store between employees and customers via droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or through contaminated surfaces or objects. As a general guide, high touch surfaces that are visibly dirty must be cleaned first before they are disinfected with chemicals. Below are some tools to help you ensure that your store remains clean and disinfected.
Improve Hygiene
Hand hygiene
- Training employees about hand hygiene, including when to wash and sanitise hands, how to correctly wash and sanitise and when to wear gloves.
- Place hygiene and hand washing signage in employee washrooms and breakrooms.
- Consider asking cashiers to use gloves or wash or sanitise their hands after each transaction.
- Use signage to encourage customers to use the sanitiser and wipes that you provide.
- Provide shoppers and staff with essential hand hygiene supplies such as soap, hand sanitiser and paper towels.
Surface cleaning and disinfecting
- Shopping area: Deli and seafood counters, shopping trolleys and baskets, hand railings, trays, door handles, bins, fridges, freezers
- Food BOH areas: Slicers, grinders, graters, choppers, tapware, sinks, counters, benches, oven handles
- Checkout area: Registers, counters, conveyer belts, eftPOS machines, touchscreens, scanners, self-checkout surfaces
- Backroom area: Door handles, breakroom tables, counters, light switches, sinks, microphones and intercom systems
If you are interested in speaking with someone about what Tork can do for your business, contact us!
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In this guide, we share our expertise with you and provide guidelines on how to execute appropriate hand hygiene and surface cleaning to protect the wellbeing of your staff and customers.
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