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I'm afraid summer is about over; time to buckle down and get back to work. Also, time to look around the office or work place with a view to the image you present to your customers and, even more, the impact your building's condition will have on the morale, health, and safety of your staff....
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08-31-2010
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Filed under: touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, safety, sanitation, janitorial phoenix, shampoo, burnish, wash windows, refinish, carpet clean, full service, touch point sanitation
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Got a not-too-pleased call from a client a couple of days ago - the manager of a small medical facility , saying that my crew had done a less than adequate job damp mopping the previous night. We keep a fair amount of back-up on hand daytimes, when most of my crews are fast asleep - an on-call floor...
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Bob Croft
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08-09-2010
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Filed under: microfiber, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, damp mop, string mop, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, disinfecton, disinfectant, hydrogen peroxide, dust mop
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Quoted a mid-sized pediatric clinic earlier in the week. The pediatrician I spoke with allowed that her partners preferred contracting with an individual, as opposed to a "business", in order to save money . She's concerned that the VCT (90% of the facility) looks a bit dull, even though...
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Bob Croft
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08-06-2010
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Filed under: bacteria removal, pathogen, microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, legitimate service, fly by night service, environmental, touch points, sanitation, safety violation, OSHA, bacterial removal, damp mop, vacuum floor, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, burnish, full service, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, indoor air quality, airborn particles, allergin removal, allergen removal, touch point, stripper, dust mop
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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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Bob Croft
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07-15-2010
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Filed under: bacteria removal, pathogen, microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, touch points, sanitation, bacterial removal, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, touch point, disinfectant, hydrogen peroxide, chemical control
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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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Bob Croft
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06-16-2010
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Filed under: background, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, screening, environmental, touch points, court records, sanitation, worker safety, OSHA, safety training, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau, check identification, verify identification, touch point sanitation, Greenguard, indoor air quality, HEPA, allergin removal, allergen removal, Recycled restroom paper, touch point, Green Seal, Greenseal, hydrogen peroxide, chemical control
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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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02-08-2010
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Filed under: touchpoints, janitor phoenix, disinfect, environmental, touch points, safety, sanitation, OSHA, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, green building, touch point, disinfectant, hydrogen peroxide, chemical control
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News has just hit that women working in the cleaning industry are at greater than normal risk of giving birth to children with birth defects - along with women working as biologists, chemical scientists and pharmacists. The study is published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine...
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Bob Croft
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01-26-2010
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Filed under: janitor phoenix, disinfect, worker safety, janitorial phoenix, wash windows, ammonia, bleach, biohazard, disinfecton, Greenseal, stripper, phenols, disinfectant, quat, birth defect, hydrogen peroxide
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A couple of years ago, we retired our wet-mops. Both field experience and numerous studies indicate that microfiber ("flat") damp mops use less solution, need less chemical in that solution, and leave a cleaner floor than traditional string mops. Because microfiber mops lay down less solution...
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I've seen some confusion on industry blogs about "all purpose", or multi-surface, cleaning, for everything from desktops to touch-points (doors, phones, computer mice, countertops, etc.) - regarding both chemical and procedure. The system we've developed involves damp wiping, with a...
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Bob Croft
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12-22-2009
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Filed under: bacteria removal, pathogen, microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, environmental, touch points, sanitation, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, indoor air quality, airborn particles, touch point, Green Seal
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Just caught an article in Cleanlink that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have increased over 90% in the last 10 years, according to Princeton University scholars. Further, community-associated MRSA infections (those not acquired in the hospital) are increasing at a much...
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Bob Croft
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12-10-2009
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Filed under: bacteria removal, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, disinfect, Oxivir, touch points, sanitation, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, touch point
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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 the toilet and the desk. Good idea. My concern (at...
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Bob Croft
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10-29-2009
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Filed under: bacteria removal, pathogen, microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, touch points, sanitation, bacterial removal, touch point sanitation, disinfecton
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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, etc., we use a quat based hospital grade disinfectant...
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Bob Croft
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10-23-2009
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Filed under: bacteria removal, pathogen, microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, Oxivir, touch points, sanitation, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, swine flu
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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 most allergens), we've figured that improving...
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Bob Croft
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10-16-2009
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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
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While we do a credible job sanitizing office touchpoints (door knobs, push bars and jambs, light switches, elevator buttons, phone hand sets, etc.) during nightly cleaning, we can't do much about an infected individual contaminating them and spreading disease during the work-day. Therefor, we offer...