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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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I still see a surprising number of feather dusters in use, not just by "ma & pa" janitorial firms, but by several of the franchising operations that attempt to promote an image of competence . Customers are generally oblivious to the equipment and methods used by their janitorial vendors...
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08-07-2010
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Filed under: microfiber, vacuum, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, touch points, sanitation, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, indoor air quality, touch point, hydrogen peroxide, 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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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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07-15-2010
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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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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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When I'm doing a service proposal, I do my best to get a look at the current service's specs - not so much the price, but the details of what's included. Mostly I want to know if the ongoing monthly bill includes burnishing & refinishing, exterior windows, periodic carpet cleaning &...
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01-06-2010
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Filed under: bacteria removal, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, touch points, sanitation, bacterial removal, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, H1N1, touch point
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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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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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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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U S Green Building Council's Greenbuild event is in Phoenix this week, so we decided to put our money where our mouth is, and sponsor a booth. As much as we've stressed environmental issues over the years, we've never done a flyer specifically on the subject. And we figured we needed one...
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Bob Croft
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11-10-2009
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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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10-29-2009
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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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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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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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Filed under: legitimate service, fly by night service, undocumented, legit, environmental, touch points, court records, safety, sanitation, ID, uninsured