--- title: Science - The Importance of Deep Cleaning Your Workplace description: Systematically deep cleaning your workspace is crucial for maintaining a hygienic and pleasant working environment. --- ![Close](https://science.habitaction.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Habit_Action_Science/images/close_white.svg) ## Get in touch ### Rather call or email? +44(0)20 8991 6057 [research@habitaction.com](mailto:research@habitaction.com) **London** 11 Gough Square. London. EC4A 3DE. ![Image](https://science.habitaction.com/hubfs/Habit_Action_January_2023/Images/ha_phrases_colours.webp) ##### Get in touch [research@habitaction.com](mailto:research@habitaction.com) [+44(0)20 8991 6057](tel:+44(0)20%208991%206057) ###### Our main space Infinity House, Commerce Way, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4RW ###### Our London space 11 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE ###### Our Cambridge space Cambridge House, 65 London Road, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5DG THE IMPORTANCE OF DEEP CLEANING YOUR WORKSPACE Systematically deep cleaning your workspace is crucial for maintaining a hygienic and pleasant working environment. Deep cleaning helps control the spread of infections and viruses as well as keeping tabs on clutter and dust. A clean workspace will help motivate employees and help them feel happier about coming to work, especially where there has been an issue concerning illness or rodents. ![4-Feb-12-2024-04-02-15-1053-PM](https://science.habitaction.com/hubfs/4-Feb-12-2024-04-02-15-1053-PM.png "4-Feb-12-2024-04-02-15-1053-PM") how is deep cleaning different from regular cleaning? A deep clean involves a more thorough cleaning procedure. Under ordinary circumstances a workspace cleaner is likely to maintain a relatively clean and tidy space with a basic cleaning routine; hoovering, dusting, and light cleaning. A deep clean will see all the nooks and crannies, surfaces, and corners in your workspace cleaned and sanitised. Traditionally, spring has always been a good time for clearing away the cobwebs and starting afresh, so what better time to get started? what does an office deep clean involve? From your light switches to your computer cables, a deep clean will see all surfaces in your workspace thoroughly sanitised. Leaving no stone (or desk) unturned, the deep clean program should work through your workspace, from the security keypad by the main entrance to the light switch in the cleaning cupboard. who should perform a workplace deep clean? Traditionally, workspaces have been deep cleaned by specialist cleaning organisations, however it is possible to deep clean your office with your own team. At the end of this blog post you’ll find a handy checklist that puts tasks in the most efficient order, allowing you to work through your office space, ensuring a deep clean has been completed. an alternative way to perform a workplace deep clean Aside from traditional scrubbing and cleaning, there are new and innovative ways of performing a deep clean. One such method is called Fogging this is completed by a machine placed in room or area, and a very fine mist of sanitising substance is showered over the space. This lands on all surfaces and with it’s anti-bacterial properties, kills bacteria and viruses lurking on objects. This is a really quick way of sanitising a workspace. ![3-Feb-12-2024-04-02-31-2845-PM](https://science.habitaction.com/hubfs/3-Feb-12-2024-04-02-31-2845-PM.png "3-Feb-12-2024-04-02-31-2845-PM") ![2-Feb-05-2024-03-01-47-3581-PM](https://science.habitaction.com/hubfs/2-Feb-05-2024-03-01-47-3581-PM.png "2-Feb-05-2024-03-01-47-3581-PM") > "The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment" - Marie Kondo  ![logo-wall](https://science.habitaction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-wall.jpg?width=280&height=170&name=logo-wall.jpg "logo-wall") ![logo-wall](https://science.habitaction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-wall.jpg?width=280&height=170&name=logo-wall.jpg "logo-wall") ![logo-wall](https://science.habitaction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-wall.jpg?width=280&height=170&name=logo-wall.jpg "logo-wall") ![logo-wall](https://science.habitaction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-wall.jpg?width=280&height=170&name=logo-wall.jpg "logo-wall") READ OUR WORKPLACE GUIDE THE IMPORTANCE OF OFFICE DEEP CLEAN CHECKLIST   DOWNLOAD HERE ![51f3ea5a-picture-of-checklist](https://science.habitaction.com/hubfs/chub_backup/51f3ea5a-picture-of-checklist.png "51f3ea5a-picture-of-checklist") LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEXT REQUIREMENT [ CONTACT US ](https://science.habitaction.com/contact-us) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=8020578&fmt=gif)