Services
Disinfection and Sanitizing Services
Disinfection for the handles, counters, fixtures and shared equipment people touch all day. Loom Janitorial builds touchpoint care into recurring visits or books it as a separate visit on request.
The surfaces hands reach first
Most of the contact in a workplace happens on a short list of surfaces. Door handles and push plates at the entrance, light switches, elevator call buttons, stair rails and the keypad beside a secured door all pass through dozens of hands before lunch. Loom Janitorial treats those points as their own task list, so they get deliberate attention instead of a quick pass with the dusting cloth.
Inside the suite, the list continues with shared desks and hoteling stations, conference tables, chair arms, phone handsets, printer and copier panels, and the touchscreens at reception. Each building gets a written touchpoint list drawn from a walk through its rooms, and the crew works from that list on every visit it applies to.
Soil comes off before disinfectant goes on
A disinfectant works on a surface it can actually reach. Fingerprints, coffee rings and the film that builds up on a counter sit between the product and the surface, so the crew removes that soil with a cleaner and a fresh cloth before any disinfectant is applied. Skipping that step leaves a surface that looks wiped but has not had the treatment it was meant to get.
Once a surface is clean, the disinfectant chosen for the account goes on according to its label directions and stays wet for the contact time the label lists. Restroom cloths stay in restrooms and never move on to break room counters, and cloths are changed between rooms so the work in one space does not carry into the next. Sanitizing products for food-contact surfaces, such as break room counters and table tops, are applied following their own label instructions.
Restrooms, break rooms and shared equipment
Restrooms take the most hands-on contact in any building. Toilets, urinals, sinks, faucet handles, flush valves, stall latches, partition edges, dispensers and the inside of the exit door handle are cleaned and then disinfected, and the floor is mopped last so finished fixtures are not splashed. Soap and paper are refilled under the account’s supply arrangement.
Break rooms collect a different kind of contact. Refrigerator and microwave handles, coffee machine buttons, water dispenser levers, sink faucets and the table tops where people eat are wiped clean and then treated. Shared equipment in the work areas, from badge readers and time clocks to the handles on supply cabinets, joins the list wherever staff use it through the shift.
Every visit or one visit, your call
Routine touchpoint disinfection runs as part of recurring janitorial service. The crew follows the building’s list on each scheduled visit, so restrooms, entries and break rooms are treated as a standard part of the night rather than an occasional extra. Buildings with heavy daytime traffic can add a day porter who repeats the touchpoint round at midday, when handles and counters see the most use.
On-request disinfection covers the times a building wants more than the regular list. Typical requests come before a client open house, after a large meeting or training day, when a suite reopens after a holiday closure, or when staff ask for a fuller treatment of shared rooms. Those visits are booked on their own and cover every room you name, from a single floor to the whole building.
Where the request comes up across Loom’s region
Demand for regular disinfection follows the buildings where people share space all day. In downtown Sacramento, the state agency offices and the high-rise towers along Capitol Mall pack hundreds of workers onto each floor, with busy elevators and restrooms on every level. Reno’s medical buildings around Renown Regional Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, and Fresno’s clinics near Community Medical Centers, ask for close attention to waiting rooms and front-office counters.
Campus and education settings ask for it too. Offices and shared facilities near California State University, Fresno, and the University of Nevada, Reno, see a steady flow of students and visitors, and school buildings across the Washoe County School District use touchpoint care on desks, drinking fountains and door hardware. Gyms, event spaces and multi-tenant office parks round out the list, each with its own touchpoints and traffic pattern.
Healthcare spaces with clinical rooms follow their own written protocol. Medical offices can pair routine touchpoint work in the front office with terminal cleaning for the rooms the practice selects, as the medical office cleaning page describes.
Fitting the work into your hours
Most disinfection happens after the building empties, when every handle and counter can be reached without interrupting anyone. Evening and weekend visits suit offices and schools, while gyms and clinics often prefer the window before opening. Loom cleaners are background checked, and after-hours entry follows the property’s own access arrangements, including the rooms you keep restricted.
Daytime work is arranged around occupied rooms. A porter can treat lobby touchpoints and restrooms while people come and go, saving conference rooms for the gaps between meetings. Tell us which rooms stay off limits during the day, and the touchpoint round is timed to skip them until they open up.
What drives the cost of disinfection
The price for disinfection comes from the number of touchpoints and rooms on the list, not from a flat add-on. A small professional suite with one restroom and a kitchenette has far fewer surfaces than a multi-floor office with restrooms and break rooms on each level, and the crew time follows that count.
Visit frequency is the next factor: touchpoint care on every nightly visit costs more over a month than a weekly treatment, and a midday porter round adds daytime hours. Who supplies the disinfectant, the building’s open hours for access, and whether a one-time request covers a single floor or the entire property all shape the quote. A walkthrough confirms the rooms and touchpoints, and the price follows from them.
A few useful answers
Common questions.
Can touchpoint disinfection be added to the janitorial service we already have?
Yes. The touchpoint list is added to your recurring visits, and the crew treats those surfaces on each visit it applies to, alongside the regular room-by-room tasks.
Which surfaces are usually on an office touchpoint list?
Door handles and push plates, light switches, elevator buttons, rails, shared desks, conference tables, phone handsets, printer panels, break room appliance handles and every restroom fixture are the usual starting points.
Why does the disinfectant stay wet on the surface before it is wiped?
Each product’s label lists a contact time, the period the surface has to stay wet for the product to do its job. The crew leaves it in place for that time instead of wiping it straight off.
Can we book a single disinfection visit after a large event?
Yes. An on-request visit can follow a conference, training day or open house, covering the meeting rooms, restrooms, break rooms and entries guests used.
Does disinfection replace the regular cleaning of a room?
No. Surfaces are cleaned of soil first, and disinfection is applied after that, so a room receives both its regular cleaning and the touchpoint treatment on the same schedule.