The Dangers of Improper Disinfection
What can go wrong when using disinfectants? What are the dangers? Not using them according to label instructions can lead to bacteria and viruses prolificating. How? If you read the ...
Why do we Clean for the Flu?
The Global Biorisk Advisory Council®, or GBAC, a division of ISSA, helps facilities demonstrate that correct work practices, procedures, and systems can establish and maintain cost-effective cleaning, disinfection, and infectious ...
Marketing in an Increasing Digital Age
In an age when everything is digital, it is vital to implement digital marketing to benefit your business. Digital marketing is simply marketing to promote your business and gain brand ...
Removing Gray Areas
How does an environmental services (EVS) technician approach his or her responsibilities in thwarting the spread of pathogens? Is infection control a conscious awareness or a trained response? From my ...
Welcome Back!
As businesses start to reopen following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, the need to reassure facility workers and visitors that they are safe reigns paramount. This reassurance takes two forms: First ...
Online Learning
The months of February and March started a major shift for educators within the United States, even if they were not prepared to do so. State by state, schools and ...
Saving Lives
Wherever you go, you are affected by what surrounds you, what you walk on, what you touch, and by the air you breathe—everywhere. Whether those are positive or negative experiences ...
An Industry Unites – Part 2
Editor’s Note: This article is the second of a five-series investigating what the cleaning industry is doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The first in the series concentrates on ...
Around the World With ISSA
Simply put, 2019 was a busy and productive year for ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association. We expanded our global footprint, established new partnerships to grow our networking and event ...
The 12 Perks Your Distributor Should Be Offering
My friend knew a facility manager who was using a power washer to clean up the outside of his facility in preparation for a tour his boss was giving for ...
