COVID-19

​GREEN CLEANING​ ​and COVID…

Updated​ ​​Jan 2024

Our Covid-19 Precautions

If you test positive for COVID, we can reschedule you for a later date.  If you are experiencing mild symptoms, and are able to stay out of the space while we are there, we are happy to come.  Please leave the windows open.

We have continued to be lucky and super-vigilant, and have thus far avoided transferring COVID within our company or to our clients.

If for any reason you would like us to wear masks, let us know and we will wear KN95’s.

​About gloves: We are wearing disposable gloves ​when clients ​request ​it. However there are Opinions out there that such gloves do not diminish the chance of contamination.  For example see the article below.https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/04/08/coronavirus-the-danger-of-latex-gloves/As we are not microbiologists we are not sure what to think. However we do know our plastic waste footprint has increased considerably from plastic gloves, ​so we won’t necessarily wear disposable gloves unless the client has specifically requested it, or an individual cleaner wants to.  We wash our hands often!

Here below you can read about the protocol we used during COVID epidemic, which seemed to work–we had no COVID transfer within our company or to our clients.

Please  remember our updated protocols, and let us know your preferences:         –Cleaners who are feeling sick or who have been in contact with anyone who they know to have been sick are staying home, ​ and we can provide sick pay to them.  ​–We are wearing masks. which are ​washable​.–We are no longer wearing disposable gloves unless you request them.  Please let us know.–We ​disinfect high-touch surfaces ​at your request.  ​We use our homemade vodka-based disinfectant, unless you require an EPA-approved disinfectant. Let us know–we have that as well, for a small surcharge.–We take our temperatures ​1 time a day–We ask clients to leave the area where we are working while we are there. ​–Please ensure that your pets do not come into contact with us as well.–Dear Client, if you have any thought that you may be ill, please let us know before we come and we will postpone the cleaning. –As always, we wash our hands throughout the day, including at the end and beginning of each job, and after cleaning bathrooms and kitchen, and we use fresh cleaning cloths in each room.​–We suggest that you​ open your windows, either before we start, and leave them open, or open them at the end of the cleaning, to allow total air exchange, –If you have evaporative cooling please use that instead of air conditioning, as it provides total air exchange every 30 minutes or less.​​–We hope having a cleaner home, studio, office or factory will bring you joy and a heightened sense of health and well being!

PS. Here are a few websites you can visit for more information:

If you believe your home is infected with coronavirus:https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/cleaning-disinfection.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcommunity%2Fhome%2Fcleaning-disinfection.html

Effectiveness of tea tree oil : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11338678

Open your windows before and after our visit to allow for air exchange.