Straight Talk on How the Cleaning Industry Responded to the Pandemic

January 6, 2021

When the coronavirus pandemic first hit in early 2020, businesses worldwide came to a halt or slowed down immensely. Then essential industries—included the cleaning industry—changed the course of their operations to meet the health and safety needs of society.

Tune in to a new episode of StraightTalk! for an interview with Patricia Olinger, executive director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council™ (GBAC), a division of ISSA, to hear her explanation of how the international cleaning industry has pivoted and responded to the pandemic.

Watch the latest episode of StraightTalk! below.

Then check out a library of StraightTalk! episodes on a variety of cleaning and restoration industry topics.

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