Social Distancing and Hygiene

Incorporating safe and hygienic working practices has become essential for businesses in recent years, and considering workplace hygiene procedures is now more important than ever before.

Fortunately, at UK POS we supply a large range of hygiene products and social distancing equipment for a variety of industries, that can help your company to remain a safe and productive environment for staff and customers alike.

Do I need workplace hygiene products?

Even when we're not in the full throes of a pandemic, workplace hygiene products are always an important part of health and safety practices. Hand washing signs are useful for lavatories and kitchen areas as, unfortunately, many people do still need reminding about the importance of this basic requirement. Hygiene stations, such as automatic hand sanitiser dispensers, are particularly useful for businesses to place at entryways for visitors to use.

We also supply a massive range of professionally printed social distancing posters and signage to remind people of any guidelines or your company policy. There are many other options that you may want to consider too, particularly when interacting closely with the public. Our cough screens and face coverings, for example, help to create an instant barrier to protect you and your business.

Ways to improve hygiene at work

• Use cough and sneeze barriers. Using sneeze barriers will help to prevent transmission of infections between staff and customers.
• Use directional signage and floor stickers. This helps to ensure that people know where they can't go and in which direction they should move.
• Improve your queue management. Mark out areas where visitors can wait using a queue management system such as rope or chain barriers. Highlight prohibited standing and seating spaces with hazard warning tape or table signs.
• Use hand washing posters. Using printed hand washing posters and social distancing signage in appropriate locations acts as a hygiene reminder.
• Provide PPE for staff. Providing shields and face masks for staff will help them to feel safer at work.
• Make workplace hygiene products accessible. Incorporate hygiene stations into your workplace, particularly in busy areas and entryways. These can be freestanding, wall mounted or counter fixed.

Do you supply social distancing products for retail?

Absolutely, retail is a primary focus when creating social distancing products for the workplace. Here at UK POS we have an impressive range of acrylic checkout screens and Perspex sneeze guards to protect your cashiers when they're serving customers.

Our sneeze shields range from small counter standing screens which are repositionable and instantly slot together, to heavy duty checkout sneeze shields, which can be screwed to your countertops for a more secure solution.

We also supply a large number of printed social distancing posters and retail signage options so that you can instantly fit out your business according to your changing health and safety policies. These even include social distancing pavement signs and informational roller banners.

What are the best social distancing solutions for offices?

Social distancing equipment such as acrylic desk dividers and pop-up privacy screens make ideal social distancing solutions for offices, as they are a quick and easy way to reduce the spread of germs between colleagues. These are available to suit a variety of business types and budgets, from premium quality Perspex screens for desks, to instant flat packed sneeze shields.

Just like in retail and hospitality environments, large office buildings will benefit from the use of hand hygiene posters and instructional social distancing signs. For reception desks, you may wish to install some hand sanitiser dispensers nearby to ensure safer interactions with the public, as well as using some form of protective barrier, such as Perspex screens or face shields.