Where to Use Disinfectant in Commercial Facilities Beyond Toilets


Unilever Professional Team
November 3, 2026
When it comes to commercial cleaning, disinfectant is often associated with toilets and washrooms. But maintaining a hygienic facility involves much more than keeping bathrooms clean.
From shared spaces and kitchen areas to floors and drains, maintaining hygiene across an entire facility is essential for protecting staff, supporting daily operations and creating a positive experience for visitors.
For businesses across Australia, Domestos Professional offers a versatile solution for cleaning, disinfecting and maintaining hygiene across a range of commercial environments.
Why disinfection matters beyond the bathroom
In busy commercial facilities, hygiene standards can directly influence how people experience a workplace. Overlooked areas can create unnecessary hygiene risks, contribute to complaints and affect confidence in the cleanliness of an environment.
For businesses operating in healthcare, aged care, hospitality, education and office environments, maintaining consistent hygiene standards is particularly important. Poor hygiene practices can increase the risk of illness-related absenteeism, operational disruption and reputational concerns.
A well-managed cleaning programme helps businesses minimise these risks while demonstrating a commitment to staff wellbeing, visitor safety and professional standards.
Using a versatile disinfectant such as Domestos Professional Thick Bleach can help cleaning teams address multiple areas of a facility as part of a more consistent approach to hygiene management.
5 places to use Domestos Professional beyond toilets
1. Kitchen sinks and surrounding areas
Shared kitchens and staff breakrooms are frequently used throughout the day, making cleanliness an important part of workplace hygiene.
Sinks and surrounding hard surfaces can accumulate dirt, stains and germs, particularly in busy environments where multiple employees share the same facilities.
Domestos Professional can be used to clean and disinfect compatible sinks and hard surfaces, helping businesses maintain cleaner communal spaces.
For facility managers, consistent attention to these shared environments can support staff confidence and reinforce the importance of workplace hygiene.
2. Drains and drainage areas
Drains and surrounding drainage areas may not always be visible, but they still play an important role in overall facility cleanliness.
Over time, residue and unpleasant odours can develop in these areas, affecting the perception of cleanliness in washrooms and service spaces.
Domestos Professional can be used for cleaning and disinfecting drains, helping address areas that are often overlooked during routine maintenance.
Including these spaces in a broader hygiene programme helps businesses maintain a more consistent standard of cleanliness throughout their facilities.
3. Floors in high-traffic areas
Floors in corridors, communal spaces and shared facilities experience continuous foot traffic, making regular cleaning essential.
Dirt and stains can quickly affect the appearance of a workplace, particularly in environments where cleanliness contributes to customer confidence and professional presentation.
When used according to the product instructions, Domestos Professional can support the cleaning and disinfection of compatible floors.
For businesses in hospitality, healthcare and other high-traffic sectors, maintaining clean floors is one part of creating a welcoming, well-managed environment for staff and visitors.
4. Washroom sinks, tiles and surrounding surfaces
A clean toilet is only one part of maintaining a hygienic washroom.
Sinks, tiles and surrounding hard surfaces also require attention, particularly in commercial bathrooms used by large numbers of people throughout the day.
Domestos Professional helps remove stubborn stains and disinfect compatible surfaces, supporting a more complete approach to washroom hygiene.
For site managers, maintaining consistent standards across the entire washroom can help reduce cleanliness-related complaints and create a better experience for employees, customers and visitors.
5. Shared hard surfaces throughout the facility
Commercial facilities contain numerous shared areas that require regular cleaning, from communal spaces to general service areas.
These environments can experience frequent use throughout the working day, making consistent hygiene practices important for reducing contamination risks.
Domestos Professional can be incorporated into cleaning programmes for compatible hard surfaces, helping teams maintain hygiene beyond traditional bathroom areas.
For businesses managing multiple spaces or high volumes of visitors, a coordinated approach to surface cleaning can support more consistent hygiene standards across the facility.
Supporting business continuity through better hygiene
Effective commercial cleaning is about more than appearance. It helps businesses manage hygiene risks, support staff wellbeing and maintain environments where employees, customers and visitors can feel confident.
For facility managers, this means looking beyond the most obvious cleaning areas and adopting a consistent approach across the entire premises.
With applications across multiple areas of a facility, Domestos Professional can support a more coordinated approach to commercial hygiene.
As with any professional cleaning product, always follow the label instructions, check surface compatibility and consult the safety data sheet before use.
Make hygiene a priority across your entire facility
Maintaining a hygienic commercial environment requires the right products and a proactive approach to managing everyday cleaning needs.
From sinks and drains to floors, washroom surfaces and shared spaces, Domestos Professional Thick Bleach helps businesses maintain cleanliness and hygiene across a range of commercial applications.
For Australian facility managers and cleaning professionals, choosing versatile cleaning solutions can help simplify product selection while supporting a more consistent approach to workplace hygiene.
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