Improving the Cleaning and Disinfection Process

Improving the Cleaning and Disinfection Process

By |2024-01-05T22:21:03-06:00February 19, 2021|

As we begin to emerge from the haze of 2020, we still face record numbers of infections and ongoing issues with the pandemic. But one bright light is how the cleaning industry has responded to challenges. One of the most outstanding challenges has been maintaining the health of workers and customers of the businesses and ...

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Peering Into GBAC

By |2024-01-05T22:21:01-06:00February 17, 2021|

The Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC)™, a division of ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry, helps you prepare for, respond to, and recover from biorisk situations. To help us understand GBAC better, ISSA Media editors met with Patricia Olinger, the executive director of GBAC, and Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, the director of GBAC, and asked them to ...

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Termination

By |2024-01-05T22:21:01-06:00February 16, 2021|

Recently, I read an article that was written for Entrepreneur magazine by Kara Goldin, founder and CEO of Hint. The article was entitled, How to Fire an Employee: 4 Ways to Make the Process Kinder. This well-written article outlined the following four strategies, edited for this article, for terminating an employee with compassion and integrity: ...

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You Need ARCSI in Your Community

By |2024-01-05T22:21:00-06:00February 15, 2021|

We all know that last year was challenging in more ways than one. Each of us did different things to survive. But I have found that many of us were able to rely on our community for some much-needed support. Even though the communication was likely on Zoom or Facetime, it was still good to ...

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National Cleaning Week

By |2021-02-11T07:00:34-06:00February 11, 2021|

2020 will be a year we will not soon forget. It is also a year that put the cleaning industry front and center in the world’s consciousness. As we all knew it would, the industry rose to the occasion by rolling up its sleeves and getting to work. There are countless stories about manufacturers of ...

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National Cleaning Week

By |2024-01-05T22:21:02-06:00February 11, 2021|

2020 will be a year we will not soon forget. It is also a year that put the cleaning industry front and center in the world’s consciousness. As we all knew it would, the industry rose to the occasion by rolling up its sleeves and getting to work. There are countless stories about manufacturers of ...

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California Proposes Limitations on Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warning

By |2021-02-09T21:59:41-06:00February 9, 2021|

ISSA members that sell products in California will be significantly impacted by a recent proposal issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that would implement substantial changes to Proposition 65’s “short-form” warning option. If adopted, the changes will have a substantial adverse impact on the many businesses that ...

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California Proposes Limitations on Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warning

By |2024-01-05T22:21:06-06:00February 9, 2021|

ISSA members that sell products in California will be significantly impacted by a recent proposal issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that would implement substantial changes to Proposition 65’s “short-form” warning option. If adopted, the changes will have a substantial adverse impact on the many businesses that ...

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The Value of Long-Term Equipment Rental

By , |2024-01-05T22:21:37-06:00February 9, 2021|

Equipment rental doesn’t have to be a contingency plan. It can be an important part of managing and growing your business. For self-providers and building service contractors (BSCs), having the right equipment for the job is critical to gaining the best results for floor care and cleaning. It is also a matter of maintaining consistent ...

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Creating a New Normal

By |2024-01-05T22:21:05-06:00February 8, 2021|

To say this has been an unusual and challenging year would be putting it mildly. First, I would like to offer my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I can’t begin to know what you are going through during this terrible time. As with any significant event ...

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