How to store cleaning and disinfection chemicals?

The correct storage of cleaning and disinfection products is key to preventing poisoning and avoiding product waste.

 Poisonings caused by cleaning chemicals are more common than we think.

As is the fact of having to throw away mixtures of detergents or disinfectants that have expired and have not been used due to poor organization of these products in the storage space.

At SCS Group Integrated Services a professional cleaning company in Melbourne, we show you some recommendations to correctly store cleaning & disinfection chemical products.

• Allocate a specific place to store cleaning and disinfection chemicals
• Make sure that the storage place has the necessary ventilation
• Label cleaning and disinfection chemicals indicating the expiration date
• Preserves the original packaging of detergents and disinfectants and prevents their reuse
• Maintain order and organization of cleaning and disinfection chemicals in the space

 Allocate a specific place to store cleaning chemicals

 Mixing detergents and disinfectants with other products that are going to come into contact with people can be dangerous due to their toxicity.

To prevent risks of cross-contamination and poisoning, it is advisable to allocate a specific space to store chemical cleaning & disinfection products.

This must be separated from the rest of the products and be able to be isolated by closing a door, for example.

Make sure that the storage place has the ventilation

  Chemical products for cleaning and disinfection give off vapors that, when concentrated in the environment, are toxic.

To prevent this from happening, we must ensure regular ventilation of the storage location.

In addition, it is also convenient that this is a dry place and away from sunlight for the correct conservation of detergents and disinfectants.

  Label cleaning & disinfection chemicals indicating the expiration date

 In addition to the expiration date that detergents and disinfectants have on their own packaging, it is advisable to label them making this information visible.

Sometimes, we manually prepare solutions and mixtures that are spoiled because we let too much time pass from their date of preparation.

Using a proprietary identification method will help us easily identify the expiration date of both proprietary blends and prepared products.

Preserves the original packaging of detergents and disinfectants and prevents their reuse

 The original packaging of chemical cleaning & disinfection products gives us a lot of valuable information about these products.

It is important that we keep the containers while the product is valid and that we discard them when it runs out or expires.

Reusing detergent and disinfectant containers for others can lead to poisoning.

  Maintain order and organization of cleaning and disinfection chemicals in the space

 When storing chemical products, it is important to differentiate them by type, grouping disinfectants on the one hand and detergents on the other. We can also sub-classify them based on their composition or pH level.

This way of organizing them will make the products more accessible and we will not have to waste time searching.

Besides this classification, it is important to order the products by expiration date, placing those that expire earlier in the first rows.

Do you have doubts when buying chemical products for cleaning? We encourage you to read our complete guide.