Monthly Archives: February 2014

The Future of Carpet Care

By |2024-01-05T22:17:37-06:00February 17, 2014|

During the last decade, many cleaning-industry professionals have noticed that facilities have shown a preference for installing hard surface floors instead of carpeting. A number of reasons may exist for this shift, including the belief that hard surface floors are easier to maintain and less expensive overall. Over the years, however, trends in floor coverings—as ...

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What You Need to Know About the FDA Rule on Antibacterial Soap

By |2024-01-05T22:17:36-06:00February 4, 2014|

After more than 20 years in the making, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sought to bring closure on its rulemaking regarding antibacterial hand and body soaps by issuing a proposed rule in the December 17, 2013, edition of the Federal Register, the official journal of the federal government of the United States. The ...

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ISSA/INTERCLEAN-The Cat’s Meow

By |2024-01-05T22:17:35-06:00February 1, 2014|

TomCat Commercial Cleaning Equipment’s first ISSA/INTERCLEAN® trade show was in 1999. The company had spent much of the previous decade designing and manufacturing sweepers and other cleaning machines for the industrial market, and was looking to branch out to the commercial cleaning market. “At the time, the decision to join ISSA and attend the association’s ...

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