COLOUR CODED RED - Washrooms ,Toilets ,Bathrooms

Colour coding is used throughout a variety of industries and trades where health and safety is paramount, in particular catering and healthcare as cross contamination will lead to illness. The cleaning equipment colours are representative to their area of use. For example, you would not want to clean the floors of a kitchen with a mop that has been previously used to clean the bathroom floors. Colour coding can be broken down into 4 areas:

GREEN – Public areas – such as lobbies, receptions and hallways
RED – Washroom and toilets – this can include shower rooms and bathrooms
BLUE – Restaurant and bar – including dining areas and cafe lounge spaces
YELLOW – Kitchen and food preparation areas – any kitchen, food station or area where food is kept and/or prepared.

For this system to work, you will need to assign a different mop (and other cleaning equipment) to each area, with a colour handle, head or bristles to make it easily identifiable. This hygienic cleaning system can be applied to any cleaning equipment that is used in each area; from mops and brushes to cloth.