Spring is the perfect time to give your home a good cleaning. With the arrival of warmer weather, it's essential to refresh your space and create a healthier living environment. Spring cleaning is not just about getting rid of the dirt and dust that accumulated during the winter, but also about refreshing and organizing your home for the new season.
Happiness, satisfaction, and productivity are three major benefits of working in a clean office. A clean office is most suited for employees as they enable them to focus better on their work and produce impactful results. Even though a facility may hire a third-party cleaning company to professionally clean the office, it is also important for the staff to maintain a clean workspace.
Several people have some clutter in their lives. Be it a messy, overstuffed closet, or a messy office desk, there's always the need to do some cleaning and decluttering. Though seemingly inconsequential, studies show that having a lot of clutter within proximity of your workspace can lead to mental disorganization and an inability to have clarity in thought. Clutter in your office space can also activate stress and anxiety since it can distract one from relaxing easily (Psychology Today, ). The purpose of this article is to highlight the benefits of decluttering and how best to clear any desk space for optimum productivity.
Every detail influences the productivity levels in an office facility, from comfortable seating arrangements to sleek decor choices. Creating an inviting and professional atmosphere in your office facility is important because it may affect the business’ bottom line.
While carpets might not come to mind often, they are vital in leaving a long-lasting effect on employees and clients. Depending on the type of facility, a carpet may significantly impact occupants or users. This article highlights three (3) benefits of having a professionally maintained office carpet.
Healthcare facilities do not have the luxury of waiting till there is a sudden spike in the spread of infectious diseases to start implementing strategies to help curb infections. In outpatient healthcare facilities, the responsibility falls on the practice manager or business owner to work with their janitorial service team to come up with robust strategies to continue curbing infections. The Infection Control Prevention (ICP) manager or director of nursing may be the one responsible for collaborating with environmental services to make sure infections are not spreading.
The best bet to ensure thorough, sanitary cleaning for any healthcare facility is contracting a professional janitorial company that utilizes varying cleaning methods, techniques, and equipment. The purpose of the article is to highlight three (3) benefits of hiring a professional janitorial service for your healthcare facility. Having an understanding of these benefits should inform every practice manager or healthcare decision-maker of the rewards of leaving the cleaning of their facility to trained professionals.
Both parents and school administrators have always placed high importance on a safe and healthy learning environment. Children spend at least half of their school day in the classroom. Thus, school facilities must be kept clean and secure. A well-cleaned school facility benefits students, teachers, and parents and promotes a healthy learning environment. Cleanliness makes a big difference in students’ and teachers' success. From an aesthetic point of view, a clean school or classroom can be simple and gratifying. The purpose of this article is to highlight four reasons why classrooms must be cleaned and disinfected.
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.
Public health data suggest that the Monkeypox virus is transmitted from person to person through prolonged body to body contact. Evidence suggests that live viruses can be found on surfaces up to 15 days after an infected person recovers (4). During the infectious period, body fluids, respiratory secretions and lesion materials from people with Monkeypox can contaminate the environment.The virus can survive in linens, clothing and on environmental surfaces. Despite the ability of Orthopoxviruses to persist in the environment, they are sensitive to many disinfectants. Disinfection is recommended for all areas where a person with monkeypox has spent time or have contaminated items.
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.
We did a strip and wax at the Big Ice Cream Stand in Nashua, NH. This was the first time this client was using a commercial cleaning company to strip and wax their floors so we knew we had to impress. We are happy to say our client was happy with the outcome and so were we. Check out this quick snap shot of the vinyl strip and wax.
A dehumidifier is an electronic device that takes moisture out of the air. Individuals with asthma or other respiratory conditions may find dehumidifiers as useful tools to help with their breathing. Dehumidifiers are an integral part of the janitorial process especially with regards to respiratory health. It enhances a cleaned and disinfected environment by eliminating allergens and other particulate matter which may cause illness
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.
