All of us dream of getting away—away from home—the home we may have been stuck at for almost a year now. We may be dreaming of a vacation on a warm beach, an exotic location, or possibly even a mountainous skiing holiday. Maybe we would even just be happy with a non-Zoom business seminar or ...
After reading the title of this article, you might wonder, “What does communication have to do with floor care?” Let me tell you about a particularly enlightening experience of my own. Our emergency department at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire, hadn’t been renovated in more than 20 years. It’s far too busy of a ...
It’s official. 2020 is a lost year, and we may have faced our darkest days. But we learned some things. We learned to never take anything for granted. The small things that we might have taken for granted pre-pandemic, are what we long for now. We learned that life could be upended in an instant, ...
The never-ending year known as 2020 is behind us. Let’s move on. Nearly a year ago, we were keeping an eye on the coronavirus and anticipating its effects on the global cleaning industry, but we just weren’t sure the extent to which it would ravage the world. And ravage it did. On March 11, 2020, ...
Floor care can seem like a never-ending task. Floors take a lot of wear and tear and if they aren’t in pristine condition, they attract the notice of building owners, facility managers, and building visitors. If a facility’s floors look dirty, dingy, spotted, and stained, who gets the call? You do. When new flooring is ...
Cleaning for a Reason, an ISSA Charities signature program that provides free house cleanings to individuals battling cancer, was founded in 2006 and initially focused on serving women who had been diagnosed with the disease. Over the last 14 years, the organization has grown its network to more than 1,200 cleaning partners and expanded its ...
January 2020 was the month of hope for a year of growth, impact, and opportunity that quickly changed within 45 days. We witnessed a historic coronavirus pandemic that forced every single individual in the world to look at life completely different. It did not matter who you were or where you worked, things changed. The ...
GBAC® STAR™ accreditation means that a facility has: Established and maintained a cleaning, disinfection, and infectious disease prevention program to minimize risks associated with infectious agents. The proper cleaning protocols, disinfection techniques, and work practices to combat biohazards and infectious disease. Highly informed cleaning professionals who are trained for outbreak and infectious disease preparation and ...
The below ISSA Member Profile article was originally published in the March/April 2020 edition of ISSA Today. In January 2021, Branch Creek and Secure Winter Products founder and CEO, Nate Clemmer, sat down with ISSA Media Director Jeff Cross for a Straight Talk! interview detailing the company's 2019 ISSA Innovation of the Year award-winning chloride-free de-icer Entry®. When ...
Building owners and managers are in an existential bind. They have trillions of dollars invested in the built environment, yet many occupants are concerned about returning indoors. According to newsweek.com, 55% of adults in the United States are “very” or “somewhat” scared they will contract COVID-19. While building owners and managers have always faced economic ...
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