Standard Validates Cleaning Procedures By Bill Balek In developing a standard that validates cleaning procedures, ISSA and CIRI followed a broad multi-stakeholder process designed to garner the input of all major stakeholders in an open and transparent manner. The Clean Standard: K-12 development process allowed for stakeholder involvement by participation on either the Development or…
Clean Standard Measures Cleanliness In School By Bill Balek Elementary and high school facilities across the United States pose health risks to students and staff due to the lack of a standardized approach to assessing the effectiveness of their cleaning regimen. A vast majority of facilities judge cleaning by sight, smell and even touch. But…
How Clean Is Your Clean? Did you know… Infections are one of the main reasons people are admitted into hospitals? Proper disinfection prevents 36% of healthcare acquired infections (HAI’s)? The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states ATP Monitoring Systems are an objective method for evaluating cleaning methods and recommends having a critical “Touch Point” cleaning program? It is estimated that HAI’s are…
Top Benefits of Mats Identified High-performing matting systems are known to help facilities stay safer, cleaner and healthier. But many facility managers and cleaning professionals are unaware of their benefits. The following Q & A with Dennis Knapp, Director of Sales for Crown Mats and Matting, will outline some of the many benefits of mats….
What Customer Service Should Be. By Erica Cruz Lopez We, as Customer Service/Passenger service representatives sometime forget why our customer mean so much to both our industry, company and image. I would like to share this short story about a well-trained, well-mannered and professional Customer service Representative, my Father. I sometimes go to my father’s place…
Hooray for Handwashing Hand hygiene education materials for teaching pre-school children when to wash their hands and why it’s important. These include digital copies of the storybook, coloring sheets, music tracks (mp3) and sheet music: Hooray for Handwashing Story Book Coloring Sheets Coloring Sheets (Spanish) Music Tracks (MP3) Look at Me Its Fun to Scrub…
Despite living in homeless shelters or in a car, with her mother and siblings for the past four years, Chelsea Fearce, graduated, this month, from Charles Drew High School, in Georgia, as Valedictorian of her class. She often studied at night by the light provided from a cell phone. Chelsea refused to allow her circumstances to serve as an…
HARD SURFACE HYGIENE ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS! Clean homes. Clean workplaces. Clean schools. We’re all drawn to the clean we can “see.” But we also know that just because something looks clean, doesn’t mean it really is clean. For decades, the American Cleaning Institute in the United States and the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association…
Ten Reasons to Have Carpets Cleaned Year Round As the weather warms and people head outdoors, it is important that custodial departments don’t lose sight of what needs to be done inside. There are many reasons why carpets should not be neglected. Doug Berjer product manager for CFR, manufacturers of recycling portable carpet extractors, offers…
Green Guides Updated by FTC By Dan Weltin, Editor-in-Chief of Sanitary Maintenance and Contracting Profits magazines, sister publications to Housekeeping Solutions The terms “green” and “environmentally friendly” are common vernacular in the cleaning industry; unfortunately they are often loosely applied and lead to greenwashing. The latest revisions of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Green Guides should…
