If you were like me, as you worked your way through elementary, middle, and high school, there was nothing you hated more than homework and tests. It was more important to go to football games or hang out at the mall. And you didn’t even want to think about how much work there would be ...
Since 2008, Rag Mops Cleaning Service Inc. of Lewisville, Texas, has been a partner of Cleaning for a Reason, an ISSA Charities signature program that supports cancer patients through free home cleanings. Owner Debi Bascue immediately felt connected to the cause, as Rag Mops was founded with the intention of supporting and giving back to ...
Although the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has been the main pathogen of concern lately, one of the major roles of a university’s environmental services (EVS) staff is infection control against norovirus and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Shared spaces and surfaces, along with close quarters on a school campus, make it easy to contract norovirus and MRSA, ...
During this pandemic era, the Alachua County Facilities Department in Gainesville, Fla., like many other building maintenance organizations across the nation, moved quickly to provide essential workers with the necessary training to sanitize, disinfect, and sterilize public buildings. We launched this campaign as an effort to break the COVID-19 chain. The Facilities Department needed to ...
One of the most common questions people are asking me these days is: How long do infectious viruses and bacteria live on surfaces? Like everything in life, the viability of a virus or bacteria is a function of molecular structure. But viruses are not really “alive” because they cannot reproduce by themselves. So instead of ...
Distribution has changed drastically in the last 30 years. So has the residential cleaning industry. These two industries have many common interests. Can the two help and benefit each other? Cleaning has taken on an entirely new perspective due to COVID-19. People are scared. The public doesn’t know whom to rely on for information. Professional ...
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating on the global scene, yet what stands out in stark contrast are the emerging heroes. The global cleaning industry is fighting the coronavirus and its COVID-19 spawn by confronting it with cleaning and disinfection, while the vast majority outside the industry engage in the ...
I’ve never had to think twice about my health if I wanted to attend an event. COVID-19 has certainly put a damper on that. I miss going to concerts, the energy at a sporting event, and the socialization and information available at conventions. When will we be able to do this again? And will it ...
The onset of the current pandemic challenged best practices for cleaning and disinfecting. ISSA followed the need of the industry to go back to the basics and offered two editions of the ISSA Foundation Course: A Practical Guide to Cleaning and Disinfecting. During this session participants from all over the world covered fundamentals in cleaning, ...
The ever-changing world of regulations continues to challenge manufacturers, distributors, and the cleaning industry. The fight against COVID-19 has resulted in making it more challenging to stay abreast or comply with these developments. ISSA continues to engage and educate members and regulators on a number of these topics such as product registration, hand sanitizer regulations, ...
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