At the Experience Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas, Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, Senior Director of ISSA, and RJ Patel, founder of PCT Clean and PCT Janitorial in Atlanta, described how a four-stage exploration, preparation, implementation and sustainment (EPIS) framework outlines stages of evidence-based cleaning procedures that helped a children's hospital in Suva, Fiji, significantly ...
At The Experience Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas recently, three university professors, two of whom were physicians, spent their days talking not with patients but with carpet cleaners and disaster restoration contractors. Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, senior director at ISSA, brought two colleagues from academic medicine to the show floor: Dr. Rebecca Bascom, a ...
Health is wealth, and cleaning executives will prosper as they play a strong role in the health of indoor spaces for customers who value it. The number of these customers is growing. Healthy building construction will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% from 2025 to 2032 (Meticulous Research, 2024) compared to a ...
In today’s business world, companies are no longer competing solely on products, services, or price. They are competing on their ability to anticipate change, adapt quickly, and prepare for the future. Markets are evolving rapidly, customer expectations continue to shift, and new technologies are disrupting traditional business models. At the same time, global uncertainties have ...
A new research center at Penn State University is inviting companies, facilities, manufacturers, distributors, and public-sector organizations to build the evidence base demonstrating the value of professional cleaning. The cleaning industry has a credential gap Every day, millions of workers clean hospitals, schools, office towers, airports, factories, aircraft, and transit systems. They control infection, protect ...
ISSA, The Association for Cleaning and Facility Solutions, today announced the launch of the ISSA Healthcare Environmental Hygiene Professional Certification (HEHP), a comprehensive, three-tier training program designed to build a consistent framework of environmental hygiene standards for in-house healthcare environmental services teams and any healthcare professionals who hold accountability for cleaning, disinfection, and patient care. ...
Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly round up of the public policies currently impacting the cleaning and facility solutions industry. This update touches on the U.S. Department of Labor’s joint employer rule and ISSA’s corresponding member survey, staying ready for what’s next in the industry, the Virginia House of Delegates ...
Biohazard incidents can happen anywhere—schools, offices, healthcare facilities, public spaces, transportation hubs, and commercial buildings. When cleaning professionals encounter blood, bodily fluids, infectious materials, or other potentially hazardous contaminants, the stakes climb well beyond routine cleaning. For ISSA members and the global cleaning and facility services industry, knowing how to properly respond to biohazard situations ...
A cruise ship is currently experiencing an outbreak of hantavirus. According to the World Health Organization, the type of hantavirus infecting people on the ship is called the Andes virus and unlike most hantaviruses it has been reported to spread from person to person. Human-to-human transmission is unusual. Why Hantavirus is a serious cleaning hazard ...
When Emi Stefani and Giuseppe Lazzareschi founded Sofidel in 1966 in Tuscany, they were building more than a tissue company. They were starting what would become a multigenerational family enterprise — one whose second and third generations are now active in the business and whose founding families remain the sole owners six decades later. That ...
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