cleaning

Employee absenteeism, often caused by health challenges, costs U.S employers a staggering $575 billion per year. The proper use of cleaning products can help reduce employee absences and boost productivity.

In this episode of Straight Talk!, ISSA Media Director Jeff Cross chats with Jennie Romer, EPA deputy assistant administrator for pollution prevention, and David Widawsky, division director for the EPA’s office of chemical safety and pollution prevention, regarding the EPA Safer Choice program.

In this episode of Straight Talk!, ISSA Media Director Jeff Cross interviews Randy Burke, founder and CEO of DCS Global, regarding the importance of conducting three different types of facility audits.

Knowing the difference between cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing will help you and your cleaning crew get the most out of your cleaning products.

In this episode of BioTalk, GBAC Executive Director Patty Olinger and Jeannie Henderson, CEO at Jeannie Cleaning, discuss how ATP testing can shed light on the need for greater cleaning vigilance throughout your living and working environments, including areas you might not have considered—until now.

Spraying drones can more effectively and efficiently clean higher, extremely hard-to-reach places, while saving money and eliminating risks to workers.

Your facility’s flooring is a reflection of your facility’s overall image. If your floors look dingy, worn-out, and stained, that can impact how people view your facility. But by focusing on the flooring’s finish, you can improve its appearance as well as its safety.

For many, a clean home also equals a peaceful environment. That equation becomes even more important if a person living in that home is battling cancer. In this episode of Straight Talk!, Debbie Sardone, founder of Cleaning for a Reason, an ISSA Charities™ signature program, talks about the nonprofit’s mission of helping cancer patients by cleaning their homes, free of charge.

ISSA has many facets, one of them being the Association of Residential Cleaning Services International, better known by its acronym, ARCSI. In this episode of Straight Talk!, two founding members of ISSA's ARCSI division talk about its history and what ARCSI is doing today for residential cleaning professionals.

In this episode of Straight Talk!, Mike Sawchuk of Sawchuk Consulting talks about the importance of cleaning operations assessments, how they differ from benchmarking, what a proper assessment looks like, and how the whole process works.

In this episode of BioTalk, GBAC Executive Director Patty Olinger discuses the need for all facilities, including hotels, to remain vigilant with the hygiene protocols developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Analyzing human factors among environmental services staff can reveal gaps in cleaning processes in health care facilities.