Got a response via myCleanLink from Dave Racine on my July 17 post, "Saving Money on Janitorial Service" . Dave hit on chemical inventory control, in the janitorial industry, being rough to manage, but that properly labeling spray bottles and providing MSDS sheets are quite easy. Over and above...
Touch-points (door knobs, jambs and push bars, elevator buttons, stair rails, counters, phone hand sets, light switches) have long been an issue. Since the client sees dirt and grubby fingerprints, but not germs, most janitors "clean" for appearance - remove the visible dirt, ignore the pathogens...
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Thinking again about the issues one encounters when hiring a janitorial service based entirely on "best monthly price": * Do you pay additional fees for periodic jobs (carpet cleaning, floor refinishing, window washing)? Does your office look sub-par because these jobs don't get scheduled...
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Just back from quoting a mid-sized medical facility. Lots of problems with their current service provider: grubby ceramic floors, film on the tile, built up dust, etc. Being interested in the film on the tile, I took a quick look in the janitor closet. I found grubby dust mops and a string wet mop, household...
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For over a decade, we've described our program as "Cleaning for Health, Safety and Security". What we mean, briefly, is as follows: In Cleaning for Health , we use Greenguard's certified system to improve client Indoor Air Quality and remove allergens via HEPA vacuums on carpet and...
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I get a look in a lot of my competitors' janitor closets, and at the kit carried from building to building by the occasional crew doing route work. Lots of unsafe chemicals ; lots of unnecessary chemicals; lots of opportunity for confusion and injury . We find that most buildings can be cleaned,...
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Pertinent article in today's (1/27/2010) Wall Street Journal (p.D1) on America's overuse of laundry detergent; by one reckoning, 53% of American consumers either guess, or fill the measuring cup up to the top. Result: dingy clothing, wasted product, color fading, detergent build-up in the machine...