Clean, well-maintained restrooms demonstrate a facility’s concern for building users and visitors and play a crucial role in creating a positive image for the entire facility.
ArticleSafety First: Handling and Disposal of Biohazardous Waste in Restrooms
Prioritize training and protocols to protect cleaning teams from exposure to bodily fluids
Bodily fluids, such as saliva, urine, mucus, vomit, feces, and blood, are the most significant biohazard risk to cleaning professionals who maintain restrooms.
ArticleAce School Floor Care
Hard Floors
With students and staff off-site and flexible work schedules, summer offers the rare opportunity to conduct deep cleanings, repairs, and restoration work that floors desperately need after a busy school year with heavy foot traffic, spills, and bacteria exposure.
ArticleDepartments
Brush Up on Resilient Flooring
Hard Floors
Resilient flooring includes dozens of variations—vinyl composite tile (VCT), luxury vinyl tiles (LVT), stone plastic composite (SPC), wood plastic composite (WPC), linoleum, woven vinyl, cork, and rubber—each with different materials, coatings, moisture sensitivities, and cleaning requirements.
ArticleMaintaining Optimal IAQ for Health
Health and Safety
Airborne irritants can compromise indoor air quality (IAQ) in facilities, often triggering symptoms for those who suffer from allergies and asthma—about one out of every three people. Given the time most of us spend indoors, prioritizing IAQ is essential.
ArticleInventory Control in Tight Quarters
Business and Management
Implementing smart inventory strategies—both traditional and forward-thinking—can turn space challenges into efficiency gains.
ArticleThe Dispenser Design Dilemma
Restrooms
The user-based design approach requires a deep understanding of a product user’s needs and prioritizes innovations to solve their pain points. It also recognizes that a product may have more than one user, as with restroom dispensers.
ArticleQR Codes Versus Sensors
Technology and Trends
Not all smart restroom solutions are created equal. Choosing the right data strategy starts with understanding the available options: QR codes and sensors.
ArticlePreparing Evacuation Shelters for Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters
Infection Control
While shelters are critical for the immediate safety and protection of displaced individuals, they also create conditions for spreading infectious diseases. Crowded living spaces, limited access to hygiene facilities, and disruptions in public health services can all contribute to disease outbreaks in these temporary communities.
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States Take the Lead on Climate Risk Reporting
Business and Management
Some of the largest U.S. states are introducing new laws to address climate change. Even if your business is in a state with no climate risk reporting law today, your clients may still ask for emissions data tomorrow.
ArticleSponsored Content
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ArticleX-EFFECT® Restroom Cleaner with Citric Acid is formulated with citric acid and other environmentally preferred components to comply with the current standard for K-12 school districts and higher education institutions.
ArticleIn July 2024, the district began using Sofidel Dissolve Tech hand towels, which dissolve in under three minutes when flushed. Now, over 70% of the district is using them.
ArticleOxygen-Supreme uses patented, medical-grade Oxy-Gen-Powered technology to provide a precise, constant fragrance release, offering a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to aerosols.
ArticleKutol combines efficient dispensing with germ-fighting formulas to support cleaner, healthier spaces.
ArticleIntegrated sink systems like the D|13 Group Sink System, featuring Excel Dryer’s XLERATORsync® Hand Dryer with Electrostatic HEPA (eHEPA®) Filtration, allow you to wash, rinse, and dry hands all in one place.
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