School buses have always been seen as the safest transport option for schools. As such, in a post-COVID-19 world, there is a need for a more responsible and aggressive approach to cleaning to maintain a safe bus environment for students and drivers alike. Cleaning and disinfecting are vital in preventing infectious diseases in schools. Cleaning up school buses benefits both managers' and students' health.
In the hustle and bustle of today's ever-busy schedules, something as simple as cleaning can get neglected on the daily to-do list. Many offices may hire a Janitorial Service Provider (JSP) to meet such cleaning needs instead of relying on their staff to clean. But what if you find the services of your JSP are lacking? Here are five reasons your janitorial service provider may not take your account seriously.
One reason companies do not allocate much of their annual budget to cleaning or hiring third-party Janitorial Service Providers (JSP) is the negative experiences with previous JSP. The general thinking across industries is that most JSP will charm their way into getting a contract and then not live up to the agreed-upon expectations. This behavior puts clients on edge every time a JSP reaches out to them, often undermining the value a cleaning company brings.
s the world navigates through its most recent global health emergency, The Monkeypox Outbreak, we must not forget that proper cleaning and disinfection of high traffic areas, such as bathrooms, remains an integral part of controlling the spread of infectious diseases. A recent study suggests that over 77,000
various types of bacteria and viruses exist in the bathroom(1). That means nobody is alone in the bathroom. While toilets often gets the bad rapport for being the most disgusting object in the bathroom the toilet bowl is not the only culprit for the spread of bacteria and viruses in the bathroom.
Bathrooms are one of the most common settings where germs are transmitted from one person to the next or from one setting to next. It is also one of the best ways to find out if a space is properly cleaned. Whether it is a routine cleaning or cleaning after an accident, there are basic and essential cleaning tools needed to make bathroom cleaning successful and easy. It is to this end that we decided to identify five essential bathroom cleaning supplies that we believe makes bathroom cleaning easier and less repulsive.
On March 7th 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an enforcement memorandum indicating a short term increase in highly focused inspections directed at hospitals and skilled nursing care facilities that treat COVID-19 patients. The objectives of these increased inspections are to:
In this process, the encapsulating chemical is sprayed onto and then brushed into the carpet using a cylindrical or rotary brush machine or bonnet. The encapsulation chemistry surrounds each soil particle and crystallizes it so it can’t attract other soils. The encapsulated soil particles release from the carpet fiber and are removed by normal vacuuming, which will generally be done by the janitorial staff at regularly scheduled times.
The 2021 CMM In-House/Facility Management Benchmarking Survey Report, which was sponsored by Coastwide Professional, gave a glimpse into how the global pandemic has affected facility managers and in house service providers and new trends being observed. The purpose of this article is to briefly highlight some of the findings from the survey.
In the healthcare setting, it is very easy for patients to shed viruses, bacteria and other organisms through the skin or through coughing and touching onto clothing, bedding, and other surfaces in the healthcare space. Infections are usually transmitted if contact is made with any of the listed points above. Based on these transmission routes, disinfection strategies are used to stop these germs from spreading.
