Hospitals are busy, bustling environments, especially emergency departments that see hundreds of visitors around the clock every day of the year. If that wasn’t enough, the situation has been made even worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many clinics overwhelmed by an unprecedented number of patients as services reopen. In the United States alone, 10% ...
While relatively new to the cleaning industry, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can help improve cleaning efficiency and quality. Unlike automatic scrubbers that require human oversight, AMRs function without hands-on operation to enhance the work of cleaning staff. They are specifically designed for repetitive floor cleaning and operate via a connection between the scrubber and a ...
Microbiological (germs) and epidemiological evidence (disease detectives) show that contaminated surfaces can contribute to the transmission of infectious disease-causing germs and allergens (bacteria, virus, fungi). Hospital studies show that staff and new patients have been infected if a prior room occupant had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile (C. diff), Acinetobacter baumannii, ...
Many custodial operations are good at what they do. Some are excellent. But as a facility management (FM) executive or the leader of a cleaning operation, how do you really know where on the scale your operation lies? What data do you use to benchmark your team’s work? How do you confirm that your custodial ...
There has been much discussion lately around a concept that goes by many names—the future of work, new ways to work, and the hybrid worker. Much of this focus has been on the disruption caused by the pandemic and the ways businesses and their employees respond. Even before the pandemic, there has been, and will ...
One of my earliest memories is the smell of my grandpa. That unique, clean scent of him when he hugged me stays with me to this day. When I was just a little older, I realized that smell was from the bar of Dial® gold soap I was washing my hands with at my grandparents’ ...
Cleaning for appearance is what drives virtually all cleaning professionals and technicians, whether in facilities, for building service contracting companies, or professional floor cleaning companies. Yet we all know that cleaning for health, whether surface cleaning or improving indoor air quality, is critical, and the science is emerging now more than ever before. The world ...
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) recently launched a new IICRC Consumer Resources hub. These free resources are the latest benefits for IICRC Certified Firms and IICRC Certified Technicians. Developed by industry experts and IICRC shareholders, these resources cover a wide range of cleaning and restoration industry topics such as carpet and rug ...
Disclaimer: This article may make men and other non-menstruators a bit uncomfortable. But to be candid, when it comes to talking tampons, mentioning menstrual equity, and the purport of all-things periods, I’m tired of whispering into the wind about a problem that is this common, this avoidable, this solvable. Every menstruator can relate to what ...
Isn’t it interesting how we used to eat cake after somebody blew on it — on purpose? Let that sink in for a minute. COVID-19 has significantly affected us. It has impacted the global economy and, honestly, our very psyche in ways we are still discovering. Many businesses have been devastated by the pandemic. In ...
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