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Caught an article in the Montreal Gazette that dust from the desert, containing quartz and other substances and microorganisms that cause airway inflammation, can worsen asthma symptoms, particularly in children - more so than ordinary air pollution. This brings to mind an article I wrote a couple of...
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Just back from a quick customer service call to a lab we clean in a small medical building (which we don't). Our client has vinyl tile; we just burnished it (we catch it twice per month, with an as-need top- coating, as part of our ongoing price) and it's looking great. The building has white...
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08-18-2010
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Filed under: vacuum, ceramic, janitor phoenix, environmental, damp mop, vacuum floor, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, scrub ceramic, Better Business Bureau, strip ceramic, measure IAQ, indoor air quality reading
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Caught an AP article in this morning's paper (Arizona Republic, - we're a cleaning service in Phoenix Az ) about a New York retailer hiring a specially trained beagle to sniff out potential bedbugs in the establishment. Since we include tight sanitation and indoor air quality specs in our janitorial...
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08-13-2010
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Filed under: bacteria removal, janitor phoenix, environmental, bacterial removal, janitorial phoenix, American Indoor Air Quality Council, touch point sanitation, indoor air quality, airborn particles, allergin removal, allergen removal, touch point, airborne particles
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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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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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Allergens (spores, pollen, dust mite droppings, and so forth) range in size from about 10 microns in diameter down to a micron, or perhaps a half micron, depending on what study you peruse. Standard vacuum cleaner paper bags filter out particles down to about 10 microns in diameter. Dumpable cloth bags...
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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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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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KISS Janitorial of Austin Texas has been nominated for the 2010 Austin Business Journal Going Green Award. At the present time, KISS Janitorial is one of seven companies in the State of Texas that is certified to green cleaning by the Green Business League. The 2010 Going Green Awards breakfast will...
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Just caught an article in FacilitiesNet on Greenguard Environmental Institute and it's indoor air quality certification programs, offering guidance to facility managers and others. We've just implemented such a program - JonhsonDiversey's "Healthy High Performance Cleaning", certified...
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Quoted a large auto rental firm the other day; in the preliminary conversation, I mentioned the advantages of a "green" cleaning program, but the prospect replied, with pride, that his current service had already converted to green. In touring the facility, I got a look in the janitor's...
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03-04-2010
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Filed under: microfiber, vacuum, janitor phoenix, environmental, damp mop, string mop, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, indoor air quality, green building, Recycled restroom paper, Green Seal, Greenseal
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Saw a study a while back claiming that the typical American family could discard 85% of the cleaning chemicals in their utility room by simply using microfiber cleaning cloths . I find a similar situation in commercial cleaning. Microfiber scrubs better than a cotton rag or a sponge, and absorbs better;...
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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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02/03/2010 Just published an e-mail newsletter on the economic benefits of Green Cleaning; it summarizes a number of posts to this blog. We cover cleaning products, recycling, health and Indoor Air Quality, measuring indoor air quality and touch-point sanitation in addition to the tangible benefits of...
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02-03-2010
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Filed under: microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, environmental, touch points, sanitation, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, indoor air quality, green building, Recycled restroom paper, touch point, Green Seal, disinfectant
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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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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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Yesterday's Wall Street Journal ran an article entitled "Getting Real About Fakes" about a consumer survey conducted in the US and in four large developing countries (Russia, China, Brazil and India). Consumers were questioned about their motivations in knowingly buying fake (not simply...
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08-18-2009
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There has been some signficant buzz regarding the new stimulus package and the amount of "green" (slang for dollars) that is being allocaed to all things "green" (catch-phrase for environmentally-friendly). There certainly seems to be a lot of praise for President Obama and Congress...