Published by CleanBow Cleaning Services | www.cleanbow.co.uk
Serving Loughborough, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham & across the East Midlands.
Keeping your home, office, or healthcare facility clean doesn’t always require a deep clean every day—but some areas do need regular attention. At CleanBow, we’ve been delivering expert commercial cleaning services for over 15 years across the East Midlands, and we know what makes the difference between just clean looks and smells and a genuinely hygienic one.
Here are 8 things you should clean daily to reduce the spread of germs, protect staff, and create a space that looks and feels fresh—every day. These tips work for homes as well.
1. High-Touch Surfaces
Handles, switches, lift buttons, railings—these are touched constantly throughout the day by multiple people, making them prime spots for germ transfer.
CleanBow Tip: Use antibacterial spray or disinfectant wipes with 70% alcohol. We do this as standard in all our office and healthcare cleaning contracts.
2. Desks and Worktops
Whether in a shared office or home study, desks and counters collect crumbs, sweat, skin cells, and even airborne pollutants.
CleanBow Tip: A microfibre cloth and mild cleaner can go a long way. For shared desks, we recommend two wipe-downs daily—morning and evening.
3. Kitchen Surfaces and Appliances
From microwave doors to kettles and cupboard handles, especially shared kitchens see heavy use. Failing to clean up after lunch or tea breaks can lead to buildup of grime, germs from spills leading to unpleasant sight and smells.
CleanBow Tip: Clean up spills as they happen. Wipe down all worktops, appliance handles, and sink areas at the end of each day – do this from top to bottom across the surface.
4. Toilets and Washroom Fixtures
Toilet seats, flush handles, taps, and soap dispensers must be cleaned daily to meet hygiene standards and protect against infections. Soap build up can actually become a germ trap.
CleanBow Tip: We use colour-coded cloths and NHS-aligned cleaning protocols to avoid cross-contamination in healthcare and commercial bathrooms.
5. Keyboards, computer Mice, and Phones
These items are some of the dirtiest in the workplace—and often the most neglected. Bacteria can survive for days on these surfaces.
CleanBow Tip: Keep antibacterial wipes handy (alternatively, spray the antibacterial solution into a damp clean cloth) and give your devices a once-over at least once per day—more in hot-desking environments.
6. Reception Desks and Entry Points
First impressions matter. These areas are often high-traffic zones, touched by staff, guests, and delivery workers alike.
CleanBow Tip: Dust and wipe down surfaces regularly and vacuum or sweep floor . Make sure you mop where necessary. At CleanBow, we always start our commercial cleans from the entrance inward to help create a flow that ensures nothing is missed across the entire building.
7. Bins
Bins should be emptied daily—and the bin itself wiped and sanitised. This is especially important in toilets, kitchens, and healthcare settings. A clean bin says a lot about how effective your cleaning regime is.
CleanBow Tip: Avoid letting bins overflow or accumulate moisture. A quick wipe each day keeps pests and odours at bay. Train all staff to empty food waste in the food bin to avoid contaminating recycling waste and causing unwelcoming odour.
8. Personal Devices (Phones, Tablets, Card Machines)
Even when hands look clean, they carry oils and bacteria onto phone screens, tablets, and shared payment terminals.
CleanBow Tip: Wipe down daily with alcohol-based screen wipes, although these can be costly and materially wasteful, the alternative will be spraying unto a clean damp cloth. In commercial settings, ensure to assign device cleaning duties to your cleaning team.
Why these steps Matter
- 💡 Cleaner spaces are more productive spaces. Productivity is a challenge in the UK, a clean office is going to help your other efficiency drive efforts.
- 🧬 Daily (regular) cleaning is a vital infection control tool, helps to curtail bacteria and virus spread.
- 💷 with a professional cleaning schedule, you can prevents the need for frequent costly deep cleans. This is true if you have an effective working understanding between you and your cleansing team. If objects aren’t being moved around to reach behind and underneath them, then you will still need a deep.
- 🏥 These steps are essential for compliance in healthcare, education and some precision sectors like engineering, materials testing etc
- Regular cleaning also serves another often overlooked benefit – facilities maintenance check. Professional cleaners will often flag any issues they discover around the building from peeling paint to slow flushing toilets cisterns to blown light bulbs. Your cleaners are probably the eyes that see all corners of your premises the most. This is why we think regular cleaning is essential especially for highly used premises.
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