How Do We Maintain Cleanliness in Research Labs?
Finding a cleaning team that is safe, efficient and tailored to your lab can be difficult. Fortunately, at Unify we’re experienced with complex research environments.
In a lab, when your surroundings are an extension of your work, having a pristine workspace doesn’t just look professional, it actively protects the precision of your work and the health of your colleagues.
Here’s how we tailor our approach in a research environment to keep your lab spotless and running smoothly:
Health & safety first
In a scientific environment, cleaning is the core principle of risk management - a dust and polish won’t cut it. Our teams are fully trained in the essentials like COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) and hygiene best practices including colour-coded equipment and audit checklists.
True safety starts with understanding the environment you’re in, that’s why we welcome site-specific inductions to ensure that our teams can meet the needs of a space. These are usually led by our customers to ensure our colleagues are familiar with specific site alarms, such as freezer power-loss alerts, so they can notify your team immediately. This means that the requirements can be met exactly and the team understands the strict, but necessary, protocols that keep the research - and your people - safe.
Keep disruption to a minimum
We understand that a lab is a living, breathing space where the work often happens around the clock. The lab’s cycle of experiments and production should be the priority so we make sure that cleaning takes place around your workflows rather than interrupting them.
To keep things simple and safe, we focus on the basics: we take care of the floors (weekly dusting and mopping/i-mop) and keep the hand-wash sinks clean. Our method is non-disruptive with zero interference with the lab’s sensitive equipment, leaving your setup exactly how you need it, knowing it won't be disturbed.
Flexibility & responsiveness
A key element in our approach to keeping your research lab clean is adaptability. We all know that in a lab, the unexpected can happen and we try to be as flexible as possible when it does. That’s why we offer rapid-response options so that if you have an urgent issue, we’re ready to jump in. For example, if you have a water leak we can get a team there quickly to help.
However, because we want to keep everyone safe, we leave the hazardous incidents to the experts - so if there’s a chemical or biological spill, we’ll step back and let your internal teams handle it. We’re here to give you peace of mind that a clean, safe environment is only ever a phone call away.
Lab cleaning with Unify
Whilst many know us for our specialties within workspace cleaning, our services stretch far beyond a single environment. We provide essential cleaning for labs, research environments and hygiene-critical spaces, our most recent partnership being with Alderley Park - a major research and innovation environment where we provide both lab and office cleaning. We understand the unique demands of scientific workspaces, where safety, accuracy and compliance aren’t just goals, they are essentials.
Our goal is simple: we take care of the cleaning, so you can focus on the science. We are constantly gathering new information and training our teams to expand our expertise, ensuring we are always moving towards the next level.
Ready to talk about how we can keep your lab pristine and protected?
