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Cleanliness And Godliness

This past Sunday, my family attended a service at my late grandfather’s church as part of an All-Saints’ Day celebration (my grandfather was certainly a saint to us, and to the church, to which he was a benefactor). The first thing I saw after...

Posted to LisaRidgely by Lisa Ridgely on 11-02-2009

Restroom cross-contamination

Industry best practice in damp cleaning/sanitizing, to avoid cross contamination, uses different colored microfiber cloth wipes for different areas - say, green for general office , red for restrooms, blue for glass - to avoid using the same cloth on...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 10-29-2009

Filed under: bacteria removal, pathogen, microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, touch points, sanitation, bacterial removal, touch point sanitation, disinfecton

NASA Building Achieves LEED Gold Certification

Last week issuewire.com posted an article announcing that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (or JPL) has attained LEED Gold certification for its new Flight Projects Center, located near Pasadena, CA. The building’s design, created by a team...

Posted to SmartInspect by Ben Giordano on 10-27-2009

Filed under: LEED Gold, Green Cleaning, NASA JPL, LEED Certification

Preparing For the Fall: CDC Issues Swine Flu Prevention Advice

As we know, the occurrence of Swine Flu has drastically decreased through the warmer months of summer. However, most reports indicate that there is still a moderate risk of a return outbreak. Andrew Pekosz, professor of immunology and microbiology at...

Posted to SmartInspect by Ben Giordano on 10-27-2009

Kavvac No-Touch cleaning System

Can anyone please tell me about pricing on cleaning with the kaivac system.Is it per restroom or on the number of toilet,s and sinks that the restroom has .Or is it sometimes done per square foot.Or is it done on how much time it will take. Thanks Very...

Posted to tprescott by tprescott on 10-26-2009

Filed under: Kaivac

Bathroom Blogfest 2009: Flush the Recession and Plunge into Forgotten Spaces

The 2009 Bathroom Blogfest, now in its fourth year, brings together 20 bloggers from the U.S., Canada, the UK, and India who will post on some aspect of the theme: “Flush the Recession and Plunge Into Forgotten Spaces.” Between October 26...

Posted to Skip to the Loo! by lindaloo on 10-25-2009

Filed under: bathroom blogfest, ladiesrooms09, #ladiesrooms09, bathroom blogfest 2009

More on Swine Flu, and Germs in General...

Participating in ongoing discussion, regarding swine flu preparedness , on myfacilitiesnet , a site frequented by facility managers. To help define terms, and real-world possibilities, I submitted the following: In restrooms, lunch areas, shower rooms...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 10-23-2009

Filed under: bacteria removal, pathogen, microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, Oxivir, touch points, sanitation, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, swine flu

THE JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR'S BIBLE

Please can anyone help to get THE JANITORIAL CONTRACTO'R BIBLE by Robert Jack Kravitz for me? I have looked for the book to no avail. Amazon do not have any copy left. I am writting in from West Africa and the book can be sent to me through the address...

Posted to housekeeper by housekeeper on 10-23-2009

Filed under: THE JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR'S BIBLE

Green (?) trash liners...

Green (?) trash liners... Just finished an article, in today's on-line "Contracting Profits" magazine, by environmental guru Stephen Ashkin (of The Ashkin Group), on the related topics of environmentally responsible restroom paper products...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 10-20-2009

Filed under: EPA, janitor phoenix, janitorial phoenix, green building, Recycled restroom paper, trash liners

Infection Control: We’re Getting Better At It

Last year the Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) gave Americans a C minus for their hand hygiene. I guess we studied hard because we were able to raise our grade from nearly failing up to a B minus. While this isn’t great, it’s at least...

Posted to From The Editor's Desk by Dan Weltin on 10-20-2009

Frustrated With Employees...

Hello all- I am hoping and I am sure many if not all of you have had to deal with employees. I need your advice. How do you manage your employees? How do you keep quality up? How do you avoid repeating yourself to the same employee over and over again...

Posted to DCApexCleaners101 by DCApexCleaners101 on 10-17-2009

Cleaning For Health

We've been "Cleaning for Health" for well over 20 years. Since DuPont introduced Hysurf vacuum bags, the first generation of commercially viable vacuum cleaner filtration technology (filtering particles down to one micron, and thus capturing...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 10-16-2009

Filed under: bacteria removal, vacuum, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, touch points, sanitation, bacterial removal, damp mop, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, indoor air quality, airborn particles, HEPA, swine flu, allergin removal

check off list

I'm looking for a custodial cleaning check off list. I think this would be a way of letting them know of areas that need extra attention.

Posted to girt68 by girt68 on 10-16-2009

Amen to Nick Bragg's CleanLink Minute on Tackling Restroom Odors

In today's CleanLink Minute, Nick Bragg addresses a common problem, especially in public restrooms. Restroom Odors. He makes a great point in the opening statement. Start at the floor. As most restroom floors are grouted tile of some sort, or occaisionally...

Posted to Ultra_Durable_Floors by Mike Gunderson on 10-16-2009

Filed under: floor care, green cleaning, cleaning, bathroom odors

Green is different from Healthy

Caught an article on CleanLink (also on SchoolFacilities.com) quoting Dr. Marilyn Black, founder of Greenguard Environmental Institute (GEI) titled "A Green Building is Different Than a Healthy Building". Dr. Black points out that building components...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 10-05-2009

Filed under: microfiber, janitor phoenix, janitorial phoenix, Marilyn Black, Greenguard, GEI, indoor air quality, airborn particles, off gas, green building, HEPA

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