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Professional Baseball Steps Up to the Plate for Disinfection

Professional Baseball Steps Up to the Plate for Disinfection

All MLB spring training facilities undergoing deep cleaning

Sports fans lamenting the nonexistent baseball season will be interested in the latest news. MLB announced over that weekend that...

toxic chemicals, toxic cleaning products

COVID-19 Fear Leading to Unsafe Cleaning Product Practices

Survey respondents admit to having drank or gargled bleach

Cleaning professionals are well trained in the safe use of cleaning chemicals, such as following dilution instructions and wearing the...

Weekly Advocacy Recap—ISSA Submits Congressional Testimony on Back to Work Tax Credit Act

Weekly Advocacy Recap—ISSA Submits Congressional Testimony on Back to Work Tax Credit Act

Welcome to the ISSA Advocacy Weekly Recap, our regular roundup of the latest public policy issues impacting the cleaning industry....

housekeeper, hotel, hotel maid, hotel housekeeper

Increased Cleaning Protocols Could Cost the Hotel Industry $9B

New standards to increase housekeepers’ time spent cleaning guest rooms and public spaces

Businesses in many industries came to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic, and hotels were no exception. As the economy...

Union Requests COVID-19 Protections for Custodians

Union Requests COVID-19 Protections for Custodians

Representatives from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 are requesting increased workplace protections for union members. The union, which...

Free Cleaning Industry White Paper Available

Free Cleaning Industry White Paper Available

Mulberry Marketing Communications Ltd. has released a new white paper for the cleaning industry. The free publication, “Communicating with Customers...

COVID-19 Update: The Pros and Cons of Antibody Tests

COVID-19 Update: The Pros and Cons of Antibody Tests

As companies reopen, concerns about staff members contracting and spreading COVID-19 could lead employers to recommend their workers undergo antibody...

MRSA

Proper PPE Use Key to Containing the Spread of MRSA

Genome sequencing found the same bacterial strain spread through contaminated surfaces

Although the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has been the main pathogen in the news these days, other germs have not gone...

love, cleaners making a difference in people's lives

COVID-19 Patient Praises Hospital Housekeeper as Good Medicine

Bond between patient and housekeeper becomes part of the cure

Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Jason Denney is one of many who was diagnosed with COVID-19. Along with his doctors...

Return-to-work-cleaning plan
June 11, 2020 Tim Poskin

Draft a Return-to-Work Cleaning Plan

Business and Management

As our country shifts toward reopening, the cleaning community must focus on how its plans affect the safety and health of clients.

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ISSA Among Group Seeking Clarification of Event Reopening Guidelines

ISSA Among Group Seeking Clarification of Event Reopening Guidelines

ISSA, as a member of Go LIVE Together, a coalition of leaders from across the events industry advocating for the...

football

NFL Issues Cleaning Protocols for Reopening Team Facilities

Memo outlines cleaning of public areas and high-touch surfaces in football facilities

National Football League (NFL) teams may soon be required to ramp up their facility cleaning services and staff based on...