Keeping your college or university campus clean is an essential part of creating a safe and productive space for students to learn, so it’s only natural that you’ll want to know what should be on your college and university building cleaning checklist. Keep your students and staff safe by using our handy cleaning checklist guide.
Here, we’ll show you what areas need to be regularly cleaned, as well as your daily cleaning activities.
How to clean your classrooms and lecture halls
While not every classroom and lecture space may be used daily, it’s still imperative that they’re cleaned regularly. Deep cleaning should be undertaken daily in learning and study spaces that are being used each day. This will ensure that surfaces that are being touched often are effectively sanitised, preventing the spread of germs and bacteria.
- Disinfect all desk surfaces, chairs, door handles and floors
- Steam clean carpets to kill germs
- Empty rubbish bins and take rubbish to the designated location on campus grounds
- Bleach bins
- Wipe down windows, doors and skirting boards
- Wipe down any glass partitions
- Sanitise plug sockets and any stationery or apparatus that has been used
- Spot clean walls
Keeping your corridors clean and tidy
As these are high-traffic areas, daily cleaning tasks on your deep clean checklist are essential. Corridors are likely to be visibly dirty and house the most germs. Ensure you have hand sanitiser available in these areas for students and staff use.
- Disinfect floors, door handles and light switches
- Sanitise windows, ledges and walls
- Empty any rubbish bins and bleach bins
Maintaining cleanliness and hygiene in campus toilets
- Bleach toilets, urinals, sinks and taps
- Sanitise all door handles and cubicle doors
- Sanitise soap dispensers
- Wipe down walls and windows
- Disinfect floors
- Empty and bleach bins and refill the liners
- Sanitise hand dryers if used
Creating a clean and presentable reception area
Any outside visitors will arrive through your reception area so ensure it’s stocked with hand sanitiser and there’s a good flow of air through the space, as this will keep things feeling fresh and clean.
- Disinfect tables
- Sanitise computer equipment, chairs and shared stationery
- Sanitise light switches
- Sanitise doors and door handles
- Empty bins and bleach them
- Wipe down windows, ledges, doors and skirting boards
- Disinfect hard flooring
- Sweeping and mopping regularly
- Steam vacuum carpets and welcome mats
Maintaining cleanliness standards in the staff room
As your staff are likely to be highly prepped on cleaning advice, your staff room may not require as much deep cleaning as other areas. However, you should keep hand sanitiser on standby, as well as sanitising wipes for counters, kettles, microwaves, and any other regularly used kitchen equipment.
- Disinfect door handles, light switches, tables, kitchen counters, sinks
- Sanitise kettles, fridges, toasters, coffee machines etc
- Wipe downs windows, ledges, cupboards, chairs
- Disinfect and empty bins
- Cups and cutlery should be washed in hot soapy water
- Hard flooring should be disinfected
- Carpets should be steam vacuumed
- TVs, monitors need to be wiped down
Keeping your offices and library sanitised
Staff offices and your campus library are likely to be similar in storing IT equipment, desks, seating etc. Your library may already have a sanitisation process in place for books that are being returned by students. Any shared areas for students like tables and seating will follow similar protocols to classroom and lecture hall cleaning.
- Disinfect desk surfaces, seating, door handles, doors, light switches
- Sanitise shared stationery
- Sanitise IT equipment
- Disinfect hard flooring and steam vacuum carpets
- Wipe down windows, ledges and skirting boards
- Empty and bleach rubbish bins
How to clean your entryways
Additional entrance areas where students and staff are incoming or exiting should have hand sanitiser for use.
- Disinfect doors and handles
- Disinfect hard flooring
- Steam vacuum carpets and mats
Upholding hygiene and safety standards in dining halls and campus canteens
- Disinfect all tables and chairs
- Disinfect handles, doors and light switches
- Wipe down skirting boards
- Spot clean walls
- Disinfect flooring
- Empty and bleach rubbish bins
Cleaning your campus sports facilities
Even when you’re not hosting sporting events and classes, your sports halls will likely still have frequent use, either as exam halls or assembly spaces. That means deep cleaning should be undertaken regularly, including daily cleaning tasks.
Daily cleaning checklist for sports facilities and halls:
- Sanitise door handles and doors
- Wipe down windows and ledges
- Sanitise sports equipment if used
- Disinfect flooring
- Sanitise any seating
- Sanitising of door handles and doors
- Sanitising hooks and seating
- Sanitising lockers
- Bleaching any shower areas
- Bleaching of toilets and sinks
- Disinfecting flooring
Start establishing your college and university cleaning checklist today
Now you’re aware of what your deep clean checklist should contain, you can ensure that your education cleaning services know exactly which areas require daily or regular attention.
Leave your campus in safe hands with professional cleaning services
At Perfect Clean, we understand the best cleaning practices and products to keep your campus safe and free from harmful germs and bacteria that could impact your students and staff.
Learn more about our Education Cleaning services and student accommodation cleaning solutions right here on our website, or contact a member of our team to get a free quote today.