Sterilizing floors.

I used to be an Area Manager for a Cleaning Company before this sickness hit me, we used to use the Professional Cleaning Products and they are all made to sanitize and what ever, any Cleaning Product has the same affect as such, it is not advised to use the stronger Stuff as it is also dangerous to yourself A Disinfectant is just as good as anything else Also I have never heard of sanitizing the Floors as such and I had 2 Schools under me Also if the Floors are polished the Sanitizer will make the Floors streaky and remove the polish with each wash

Well, on one hand, you have a point. Killing too many germs will inhibit the growth of immunity in our systems. However, have you ever noticed what can be on the floor in a nursery??? Everything from poop, spit, throw up or dropped candy with cold germs on it! Then when you have children they are very likely to pick something up and straight it goes to the mouth! ugh!! And it's so fast you don't have time to catch them!! i say sterilize everything that you can!! Germs will be there!

If you work with children, EVERYTHING must be cleaned daily. This isn't just some practice that the company made up, it's required by law. Kids put everything in their mouths, put their fingers up their nose, sit on the floor, crawl around, all of that stuff. Everything has to be cleaned to make sure germs are not spreading and to make sure that things tracked in from outside that can make kids very sick, are not hanging around. It must be done.

A steriliser on the floors sounds a bit over the top...a disinfectant, sure, but a steriliser??? As far as the youngsters are concerned, I'm with you...let them eat dirt and bugs and whatever they want. I was never sick as a kid neither were my kids. I don't get sick now, neither do my kids. Like you say, I think it's imperative for youngsters to build up an immunity to germs and infections...otherwise they are going to catch anything going. On the other hand, I would not like to be the owner or manager of the facility where someone's little darling picked up some disease.....shudder.

I agree with you. Sterilizing things like you say kills everything, good and bad and that's not always a wise thing. Same with people that are fanatical about letting others near their babies. They think they're protecting them from germs when all they are doing is setting things up for far worse infections later on. I don't sanitize my home. I mainly use vinegar for cleaning everything, and occasionally some melaleuca cleaners, but not even too much of that. I watch others get sick several times a year and I don't get sick at all. Several years ago when I worked taking care of special ed kids on the school bus for a couple of years, I was the only one that never took a sick day. Sick kids and co-workers all around me every day and everything just passed me on by.

Hi nannacroc, I totally agree with you. I feel that normal cleaning of the floor should be sufficient. If you put children in a totally clean environment, there is a great chance that once they come to a new environment, they will easily catch ailments.

I kind of agree that it's really important to build up natural immunities, but I'm not so sure a nursery, or child care center, would be the place to skip it. Illness and germs pass quickly through places like that because children sit on floors, touch things and then put their fingers in their mouth or eyes, and then contact something. For instance, there's something on the floor in the adjoining restroom, you can't see the germs, but they're still there. Then the child, or adult, walks into the nursery area, and these invisible germs are on the soles of their shoes, thereby contaminating where the kids are crawling around on the floor. I think where we go wrong in overuse of antibacterials, etc, would be at home...with the overuse of hand soaps containing antibacterials, and all kinds of other things. I don't know what kind of 'sterilizing' agent you have to use. Chemical type sterilizing solutions make me more wary than natural ones that do the job just as well. At home, because I have dogs (and crawling grandchildren), I use the old standby vinegar in water, and from all I've read vinegar is a natural way to kill germs. Lol, I know that sounds extreme, but I know where those dogs have had their feet, and I don't want my floors contaminated with that! I live on a farm, so you can well imagine what I'm talking about lol.

I think (but I'm not sure) that some people put a little bit of sterilizer in their mop bucket, which I suppose would sterilize the floor, the mop and the bucket. I've done it, but only for my bathroom.

I roll my eyes with disbelief although I can't say I'm surprised this has become a total nanny state (no disrespect ;0)) a kneejerk action and it's getting worse, people are going to be so frightened to do things for fear of getting sued for example. And we never had this to the extent it has gone when we were children? And you are right how can you build up children's immune systems if we wrap them up in cotton wool which is essentially what we are doing? I used to play in the earth as a child and even ate some of it didn't do me any harm. Short of wrapping children up in cotton wool which I feel is the next step. Or sterilizing people who come in contact with children. The mind boggles!

i think it would be a good idea since children spend alot of time on the floor, i don't they would have said that if it would cause harm to the children. About their immune system, its not entirely true that exposing children to an un sterilized floor will built up their immunity , these things have come from when chicken pox for a big dea. Also in the garden and at home are not totally sterilized

If you sterilise the floors does that mean that they won't be able to have babies of their own? That seems very unfair on childless floors. Lonely Lino all over the school will be denied the patter of tiny feet. Just the hob nail boots of older children none of who will truly belong to the floors. Free the Beduff Floors. Write to your MP - quick as a Flash!

oh dear, why stop at the floors? you better start sterelizing the walk outside too. oh, and the fence, if there is a fence outside don't forget that. oh, and the man sitting at the bus stop, better dump a bucket on him he's looking a little grimy. may as well get the kids to wear rubber gloves and masks while your at it.

I've never personally sterilized floors. But i dont think it would harm the children in any way