Battling Superbugs in Healthcare Settings

How improved cleaning protocols are winning the fight against antimicrobial resistance

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A Personal Touch Sells Your Services
Kathleen Misovic

A Personal Touch Sells Your Services

Business and Management

To attract clients among all generations, BSCs generally highlight how their businesses stand out from the competition. However, when dealing with millennial or Generation Z clients, BSCs must be sensitive to the younger generations' challenges and preferences.

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Battling Superbugs in Healthcare Settings
Elizabeth Christenson

Battling Superbugs in Healthcare Settings

Infection Control

Scientists estimated that bacterial antimicrobial resistance was responsible for 1.27 million global deaths in 2019 and will cause 10 million deaths by 2050.

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Cleaning for Sensitive Populations
Allen P. Rathey

Cleaning for Sensitive Populations

Health and Safety

Cleaning chemicals that affect sensitive people may affect all of us over time. Adapting your cleaning processes to meet their needs benefits both your customers and your business.

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Healthcare Hygiene and Cleaning Go High-Tech Against HAIs
Kathleen Misovic

Healthcare Hygiene and Cleaning Go High-Tech Against HAIs

Technology and Trends

Technology, such as RFID sensors and ultraviolet light disinfection is taking an old problem—the transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)—and looking at new ways to prevent it.

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Cleaning for Health in Winter
Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner

Cleaning for Health in Winter

Health and Safety

Strengthening infection prevention and maintaining indoor environmental health requires winter-specific cleaning shifts as people spend more time indoors with reduced ventilation and longer viral persistence on surfaces in colder, drier air.

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Cleaning Up—on Stage and at  School
Timothy Johnson

Cleaning Up—on Stage and at School

Business and Management

At the core of Jimmy Cash’s comedy is advocacy, reminding audiences that janitors have stories worth hearing.

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environmental services, EVS
Gregory Gardner

Stopping the Spread of Germs Is a Facility-Wide Mission

Infection Control

Environmental services staff play a critical role in preventing the spread of infectious pathogens in healthcare facilities.

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Green Cleaning Products 101
Stephen P. Ashkin

Green Cleaning Products 101

Products

Independent, third-party standards and certifications help purchasers choose the best green cleaning products for their facilities.

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Building a Bridge for the Hispanic Cleaning Community
Rosie Rangel

Building a Bridge for the Hispanic Cleaning Community

Training

We are creating leadership pathways for more Hispanics to become supervisors, managers, business owners, and executives. We’re ensuring they are no longer overlooked but instead identified as the next generation of leaders.

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MEASURING CLEAN: Bringing Science and Consistency to New York State’s County Jails During COVID-19

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Ongoing ATP monitoring provides a reliable verification tool, ensuring that cleanliness standards are consistently maintained and that corrective actions are both effective and measurable.

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