Let’s face it: everyone has had an encounter with a dirty commercial bathroom. The biggest complaints tend to be lack of toilet paper, a foul odor, broken stall doors, clogged toilets, and a generally dirty appearance. One survey found that over 90% of Americans would consider a commercial restroom dirty if it had sticky or…
Tile and stone floors are attractive and long lasting—as long as they’re cared for properly. Unfortunately, clients often wait too long before calling a cleaning professional to come maintain their floors. Floor care expert Dane Gregory took part in the following interview to provide what cleaning technicians need to know about maintaining tile and stone…
Find out how hospital cleaning protocols are changing – and how janitorial services are keeping upWhat does COVID-19 mean for hospital janitorial teams? Have hospital cleaning protocols changed that much? Hospitals have always been at the forefront of disinfection and contaminant control practices. Long before COVID-19, there was (and is) MRSA, Clostridium difficile (C. diff.), and VRE. As…
Cleaning technology will become a critical asset for cleaning operations after the COVID-19 pandemic. Are you prepared for the change?In the past few weeks due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, new heroes have emerged in our midst: nurses, retail workers, food service employees, and, arguably most important, janitors. Without janitors, the spread of…
The New Coronavirus – What We Know and Don’t Know We don’t know how widely the new coronavirus is spreading undetected in the United States, which makes it more important for residential cleaning service owners to map out worst-case scenarios. There are no clear or defined thresholds to trigger responses such as school closings and…
For the last several years, I have come back from Surfaces, the big flooring and stone show in Vegas, saying, “What have they done to us this time?” The industry has been presenting those of us in the cleaning industry with one cleaning issue after another. But not this year. If there is one word…
You wash your hands and your body to enjoy the benefits of being clean and protected from unwanted matter. It is also the first line of defense in stopping the spread of disease. Dead skin, harmful germs, foreign matter like grit, minerals, food residue and more are all important things to remove from your hands…
Massachusetts is home to the best healthcare facilities in the world, and that means living up to the best quality of care and quality of medical facility cleaning. It’s always our goal to achieve high scores on cleanliness, sanitation and disinfectant standards. At the surface, no pun intended, this is no simple task. With over…
Cleaning an ordinary office is important if only to ensure that the office is a pleasant place to be, but medical office cleaning goes way beyond appearance. If your medical office isn’t properly cleaned, it can harbor potentially dangerous germs that could result in patients getting sicker than they were before they entered your facility. Rather…
With everything going on in the world, a major issue for cleaning companies has been uncertainty about how to navigate an industry that has undergone a lot of changes.This will have a major and lasting impact on janitorial companies around the world.Everything may be changing at lightspeed, but one thing is certain, the economy will…
