According to a study by the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., “for millennials, wellness is a daily, active pursuit. They exercise more, eat smarter, and smoke less than previous generations.” In other words, they are much more health conscious and this applies to their workspaces. It is for this reason that entrepreneurial companies, especially those engaged in developing new technologies— the types of companies millennials want to work for— must make sure their offices are clean and healthy.
The first thing office and facility managers with environmental health and safety responsibilities should know is that looking clean has very little to do with how clean and healthy a space really is.
Facility managers must look deeper. Microbial contamination is all too often well hidden. This can make it a wise idea when cleaning and millennials to work with services that have the tools, equipment, and training to locate these hidden contaminants, revealing their whereabouts to administrators, so that steps can be taken to eradicate them.
If you think this might not be a problem in your facility, think again. A study published in the November 2017 edition of Tech.co magazine, found that potentially harmful pathogens can be just about anywhere in a tech office. Further, they are “on the rise in co-working spaces and open floor plans.” These are precisely the types of spaces high-tech-focused millennials typically work in.
While the Tech.co article was based on in-depth studies conducted in 2005 and again in 2012, the report added that “recent research found that levels of bacteria were significantly higher in shared [co-working] workspaces than in [traditional, one person/one office] single occupancy desks.”
Conclusions were drawn by using an ATP (adenosine triphosphate) meter and other tools. These technologies indicated if high-touch surfaces such as walls, window ledges, door and window handles, railings, water fountains, as well as workstations and desks are potentially contaminated.
We use the word potentially because there can be considerable variability in ATP readings. Unfortunately, what an ATP meter cannot do is pinpoint exactly what pathogens exist. Experts refer to this as specificity.
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![While the Tech.co article was based on in-depth studies conducted in 2005 and again in 2012, the report added that “recent research found that levels of bacteria were significantly higher in shared [co-working] workspaces than in [traditional, one person/one office] single occupancy desks.” Conclusions were drawn by using an ATP (adenosine triphosphate) meter and other tools. These technologies indicated if high-touch surfaces such as walls, window ledges, door and window handles, railings, water fountains, as well as workstations and desks are potentially contaminated. We use the word potentially because there can be considerable variability in ATP readings. Unfortunately, what an ATP meter cannot do is pinpoint exactly what pathogens exist. Experts refer to this as specificity.](https://alturasolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/LinkedIn-Banner-3.jpg)
