looking after and cleaning altro safety flooring
A dentist clinic is an environment which is not only highly transited, but also needs to be kept clean in order to comply with strict health and safety standards.
As such, a dentist clinic will normally have a type of high grade Altro safety floor which is both durable and slip resistant.
Protecting and keeping this floor clean is highly important in an environment where hygiene plays such an important role in the activity being performed.
When dealing with any highly visited or commercial environment, the same basic steps which apply to home floor cleaning also apply here, namely protection and prevention.
The main danger to even a high quality floor such as Altro safety flooring is scuffing or scratching caused by elements brought in from the outside, and even the build up of grime and bacteria when regular cleaning is not carried out effectively or regularly.
The most effective way of preventing this type of floor from becoming scuffed, marked or scratched is to protect the environment as much as possible. Place doormats at entrances, sweep regularly (at least once a day) and mop with detergent before rinsing with clean water as much as possible.
Care should also be taken when moving heavy objects which can mark the floor and objects should also be moved when cleaning takes place to make sure that all areas get cleaned.
There is likely, however, to be a gradual decline in the floors cleanliness and appearance over time in spite of your best cleaning efforts, this is likely to be grime, bacteria and soil imbedded in the material which regular cleaning simply cannot deal with, and when this becomes noticeable, it will be necessary to contact a specialist in dentist floor cleaning to restore the floor to its original condition and facilitate future cleaning efforts.
Specialist cleaning companies are able to take advantage of sophisticated cleaning equipment and techniques to deal with this problem.
A quick example of how this is achieved is detailed below: If there is soil or dust actually imbedded into the floor, a specialist will utilise a rotary machine and an agitation process to release the soiling from the floor before a pressure extraction cleaning process which also lifts the soiling in the same operation with a powerful vacuum.
Sophisticated cleaning using controlled volumes of water and cleaning solution is the next step to ensure that the floor looks as good as new and, depending on the environment, a sealant may be applied to offer additional protection.
This process will leave the floor looking like new and will be necessary from time to time.
Previously polished vinyl flooring will require the old surface polishes to be stripped prior to a mechanical deep clean. The flooring can then be sealed again, and although it may be an old floor it will still look fresh and be more hygienic.