Under the current circumstances, it's difficult to know if we should have people working in our homes. At Hydro Kleen, we are safely back to work, including occupied houses where it is safe and suitable to do so.

To help allay any fears or insecurities that you may have surrounding me working in your homes or surrounding COVID-19, I have completed two infection control courses during the lockdown. One is a RoSPA approved general infection control course which helps with infection control awareness in the workplace (my workplace is your home or business premises) and the other is a Coronavirus updated version of the industry specific infection control course I attended in 2018.

The latter course has taught me everything that is required to kill Coronavirus in your home and business premises including:

• Chemical control of the virus and which chemicals to use;
• The correct PPE to wear;
• How to prevent infection spreading from surfaces to people and person to person;
• Procedural updates required for carpet and upholstery cleaning;
• Safe disposal of contaminated PPE and protective sheeting;
• Use of fogging machines in infection control.
   

This Coronavirus update has been added to the website on the 12th of May 2020 and between this week and last week, I have carried out twelve domestic jobs, of which nine were in occupied properties with the correct safety measures in place. In order to safely work in occupied houses, we must ensure:

• Social distancing;
• No personal contact through hand shaking;
• Customers staying out of the rooms I am working in;
• No work booked in houses where there is anyone in a vulnerable group;
• No work booked in houses where someone has COVID-19 or symptoms of it.
   

Ultimately, it is all about being as safe and responsible as possible for both you and me.

Importantly, we have an industry leading carpet and upholstery cleaning product that has been laboratory tested against Coronavirus, including SARS-COV 2 which causes COVID-19. It kills the virus on all surfaces yet it is safe to use on wool carpets and all wet cleanable fabrics. It is also safe to use around babies, pets and the elderly. It is so safe, it is also a hand sanitiser. Unbeatable safety all round.

If you have any fears or deep concerns around any of the points above, please call me on 08000 463 422 and I will be happy to discuss this with you. Please note that I am not booking in every enquiry and I have already turned down two jobs this week because I felt that it was not safe to carry out the work at the present time. I am also limiting work to two jobs per day so that I can properly sanitise my equipment between appointments.

It is customers and safety first - always.