Why it is essential to maintain good hygiene in the workplace

Poor hygiene at your company premises can lead to high unplanned costs. If hygiene requirements are neglected, viruses, fungi and bacteria will inevitably spread quickly and easily around the site.

The result:

Your employees become ill and are unable to perform their tasks. On average, the costs associated with employee absence amount to between CHF 600 and CHF 1000 per day (source: Swiss Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety [FCOS]). Most companies have to factor in losing around 10% of workdays per year to illness (source: SUVA). More than half of these absence days could be prevented by introducing a better hygiene concept

Making more of an effort in terms of hygiene pays for itself within the first year.

Because ties are almost never washed, they carry more germs than your toilet.

Mould and bacteria canbe found in almost half of all refrigerators.

62% of men and 40% of women do not wash their hands after using the toilet.

40% of people wait for three weeks or more before changing their bed linen.

One in twenty men only change their underwear once a week. Only 62% change their underwear daily.

One in four handbags is a safety risk because of the bacteria it houses.

25% of kitchen cloths and towels are used for far too long and carry E. coli bacteria.

One in eight people never cleans their smartphone or, at most, sometimes wipes it on their trousers.