Posted By Craig Lawton All to all on the Forum, We recently had a problem with the toilets on the site and the issue of hygiene was raised, after checking the HSE website the advice is typically vague. We have about 300 employees, 50 of which are female. For them we have 16 toilets and 8 urinals, these are obviously segregated, loos are cleaned daily. How frequently are your loos cleaned?

Posted By Alec Wood three times daily, 600 on site Alec

Posted By shaun allport Ps... dont forget the celling lights, the dust they attract!!!!!!!

Posted By Craig Lawton Thanks all for your replies! After internal discussions and reading your comments I'm angling towards stepping up to twice daily. I'm also going to get hold of a cleaning shedule from the contractors and basicly audit them to that. Dangerous stuff! I think the main problem is the staff take a lot for granted and a are basically abusing the facilities provided. I hope that by improving the cleaning effort as above and also a one off deep-clean of the facilities people will take ownership and be more responsible. However, this might not be enough. Any suggestions? What do you do at your place? Thanks again, Craig

Posted By Jim Walker You folks want to think youselves lucky you don't deal with construction site toilets! Getting them to use the designated one in the first place is a problem, let alone the state it is left in.

Posted By Geoff Burt By coincidence I've just been involved in this topic for a client. Daily cleaning of toilets should be the standard, and doing it more often (which may be seen as a requirement given the staff/fixture ratio) only 'cleans' the surface dirt, e.g. floors/walls and the obvious dirt on fixtures. Companies generally employ non specialist cleaning contractors to clean everything including the toilets but from my experience they can't compete with professional sanitation companies. A more comprehensive cleaning and sanitation regime is recommended to remove limescale buildup, uric acid and body fat deposits which is necessary to prevent bacteria build up and smells. Usually this is a weekly thorough clean using chemicals not available to untrained general contractors which remove build ups from areas not usually catered for eg under rims, around and underneath taps and sinks and behind toilet bowls and pipework. This also helps prevent the 'sneeze effect' which was highlighted in 'Washroom Hygiene Magazine' recently and is an effect which occurs everytime a toilet is flushed. Microscopic droplets of water infused with germs and created from the biofilm, which is the area above and below the water inside the bowl, are propelled out of the bowl and into the atmosphere - takes about a minute to cover the whole room, and apparently they are still present on handles and fixtures and walls up to 30 minutes after flushing. My contanct was jeremy.mumford@swishercolchester.co.uk if anybody wants any more information. Geoff