If you run a daycare center, then cleanliness will be extremely important to you. There are many reasons why a clean daycare center should be at the top of your list. Along with keeping the surfaces and toys clean, keeping the carpeting clean will be just as important. Here are some of the reasons why you want to make sure that you stay on top of the condition of your carpet, making sure it is always clean.
Cut down on illnesses
When you have a daycare center, cutting down on as many germs and as much bacteria as possible will be a major issue you need to address daily. When you don't keep the facility clean, the children in your care can become ill often. When your daycare is recognized as the reason why some of the children keep getting sick, the parents probably aren't going to continue bringing their children to you.
Also, you don't want to be the reason why children are getting sick because you want to provide them with the absolute best care possible. This means always offering them a safe and healthy environment. When sick babies and children crawl on the floor, they will touch it with the same hands that were in their sick little mouths. Then, healthy children will crawl on the same floor and put their hands in their mouths, and this is how sick germs can spread. Plus, people will walk on the floor, and this means the kids will have nasty shoe germs going right into their mouths.
Cut down on choking hazards
It is a number one priority for you to make sure there are no safety hazards in your daycare center. When you don't stay on top of the floor's cleaning, small things like coins or even pebbles can end up on the floor, and they may not be noticed by you or your staff. However, small children who spend their time playing on the floor may find those things quickly, and those small objects will be choking hazards.
Have the carpet cleaned professionally
The best way for you to offer the children in your care the cleanest carpet possible to play on is to have a commercial carpet cleaning company come out and clean it for you. They will use industrial-strength carpet cleaning solution and have commercial-strength cleaning equipment that will do a much better job of fully cleaning the carpet than a home unit you would use if you were cleaning the carpet yourself.
After tearing out all of the old carpet from our home, I realized that we needed something a little better. I began looking around at alternatives, and I found a really nice laminate that worked well with our budget and that looked really nice. I talked with the installers about putting it in, and they were more than happy to work with us. Within a few weeks, we had a new floor, and it made all the difference in the world. I decided that it would be fun to start an entire blog about flooring, so read more here if you have questions.