A real-world patient care room – full of critical furnishings, equipment, and tools – comprises hundreds of different surface materials. Unfortunately, the reality is that most of these surfaces cannot be effectively disinfected and harbor microbes that cause deadly infections. Drive change! Here are five steps healthcare professionals can take right now to reduce healthcare-associated ...
Hotels in India, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States have achieved GBAC® STAR Facility Accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, ensuring they meet the highest standards of infection prevention. The latest accredited facilities also include a convention center, casino, and fairgrounds preparing for expected travel increases in ...
Anyone who works with floor maintenance and cleaning wants the absolute best appearance, and for some floors, that’s to create what we call “the wet look” or shiny finish. When you achieve that, you are pretty pleased and proud of yourself or your crew. But what about the possible hidden costs of such a shiny ...
ABM reported a fiscal first-quarter revenue of US$1.9 billion, a 29.7% year-over-year increase in sales. The company credited the revenue gains to global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic fueling the need for specialized janitorial and facility services coupled with the completion of its acquisition of Able Services. ABM reported a quarterly net income of $76 million, ...
Newell Brands, parent company of Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), has released its 2021 Corporate Citizenship Report. The third-annual report highlights Newell Brands’ progress on its corporate citizenship goals to create more sustainable products, reduce operational impacts, prioritize the success and growth of its employees, and invest in communities. It also discusses how the cross-functional climate task force was ...
City Wide Facility Solutions opened a new office in in Costa Mesa, California. The Costa Mesa branch, City Wide’s sixth in the state, will service Orange County and the surrounding region. The office will be led by Ryan Romero, a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, where he was most recently a marine science technician. He also has ...
ISSA Hygieia Network, an ISSA Charities™ signature program dedicated to the advancement and retention of women in the cleaning industry, has launched a regional community for cleaning industry professionals in Canada. The latest of eight regional communities, professionals living or working in Canada are invited to join the regional group on LinkedIn to connect and ...
It’s no secret that transparency in commercial cleaning is at the forefront of everyone’s minds—consumers and companies alike. What was once an operational expense, often dictated by tight budgets and limited resources, has now become a race to maintain rigorous cleaning schedules and keep employees and customers feeling safe from disease-causing pathogens. While cases of ...
Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, announced that Sylvia Mathews Burwell has been nominated for election to its board of directors. Burwell has served as the president of American University since 2017. Prior to joining American University, she served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2014 to 2017. If successfully elected, Burwell will succeed ...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an enforcement memorandum for a short-term increase in inspections directed at hospitals and nursing care facilities that treat COVID-19 patients. According to OSHA, the goal of the inspections is to ensure continued mitigation of COVID-19 and future variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and protect ...
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