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What Are The Types of Commercial Disinfectants? Pros and Cons [VIDEO]
Illness-causing germs, also known as pathogens, are easily spread throughout your facility. Routine disinfection is the most effective way to minimize the spread of germs.
Cold & Flu Prevention: 3 Must-Have Products for the Office
Having a sanitary workplace is vital to maintaining the health and safety of your employees. That’s why it’s important to control the spread of illness-causing bacteria and germs in your facility.
Calculating the Cost Benefits of an Autonomous Cleaning Equipment Purchase
The cost of labor can account for up to 85% of the cleaning costs for your facility.
How to Fix Foam in Your Commercial Carpet Extractor
Carpet extractors are a powerful tool for cleaning and maintaining the carpets in your facility. Like with any janitorial equipment, there may be some issues that require extra attention from you and your cleaning staff. One of the most common and...
What is an Orbital Scrubber? 3 Key Benefits
If you’ve been looking for a way to make your cleaning program safer, more efficient, and more sustainable, an orbital floor scrubber may be a good investment for your facility. Orbital scrubbers use advanced technology to make the process of cleaning...
Floor Signs 101: Types, Costs, and Benefits [VIDEO]
When you have a wet floor, floor signs are a great way to indicate the presence of slip and fall hazards in your facility. They can also be used to indicate a general risk to your building’s guests.
How to Clean Commercial Entry Mats in 6 Easy Steps
Did you know you can save between $600-$1200 per pound of soil removal by using a properly maintained entryway matting system? Removing dirt from your facility’s floors through sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping is time-consuming and costly, but using...
4 Ways To Keep Your Floors Looking Their Best This Winter
Winter can be harsh on your facility’s hard floors so it’s important to take a different approach in the winter to account for increased soils and winter weather. The processes that would typically work during the summer or other seasons may not work...
4 Ways to Prevent Slips and Falls in Your Facility
Wet, slippery floors are one of, if not the most, common causes of slip and fall incidents in facilities.
Winter Commercial Floor Maintenance: 4 Products to Protect Your Floors
You’re probably familiar with the increased cleaning demands of winter, and you might be wondering how you’re going to keep up this year.
What’s The Best Floor Pad for VCT (Vinyl Composition Tile)?
When maintaining your VCT (vinyl composition tile) flooring, it’s important to know how to keep it looking its best for enhanced facility appearance, lower maintenance costs, and extended floor life. As you have likely seen in your searches, there...
4 Key Ways To Reduce Your Facility’s Commercial Cleaning Costs
The cleanliness of your facility is a priority, especially given the value placed on cleaning and disinfecting during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, keeping your facility clean can be expensive, especially during labor and product shortages.
5 Benefits of Adding Autonomous Cleaning Equipment to Your Cleaning Program
Over the last several years, autonomous cleaning equipment has continually risen in popularity as businesses seek ways to increase cleaning efficiencies and boost staff productivity. Labor shortages, tight budgets, and the battle against COVID-19 and...
How To Eliminate Odors From An Auto Scrubber Tank: 9 Steps
Auto scrubbers are valuable in speeding up the process of cleaning the floors in your building. Unfortunately, while using a floor scrubber, you may have noticed a bad odor coming from the machine. When this happens, it may be difficult to know exactly...
4 Benefits of Pre-Moistened Disinfecting Wipes
Illness-causing pathogens linger throughout your facility, especially on high-touch surfaces.
Commercial Composting vs. Home Composting: What’s the Difference?
As an establishment that purchases compostable food packaging, you may have noticed that some of your items are labeled as commercially compostable.
Commercial Cleaning Best Practices: 4 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Productivity
Labor accounts for a large amount of any business’s costs. In fact, it’s the greatest cost for most businesses. With that being said, finding ways to improve your janitorial team’s efficiency is likely a priority. However, identifying...
4 Ways to Improve Commercial Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Your Building
No matter the type of facility you have, the indoor air quality (IAQ) of your building is important. Your building’s IAQ is essential to the health and safety of your staff and guests. Poor indoor air quality can have adverse effects on the health...
What is Electrostatic Technology: 3 Key Benefits For Your Facility
As thorough cleaning and disinfecting remain key to protecting the people in your building, your facility will need to find ways to efficiently increase the productivity of your janitorial team without sacrificing a clean and safe environment.
5 Benefits of Autonomous Vacuums
Businesses in every market are faced with increased and more intensive cleaning requirements today. As a facility manager, you are likely challenged to find new ways to meet these demands without adding more cleaning staff. This calls for innovative...
How to Choose the Right Soap or Sanitizer Dispenser for your Campus: 7 Considerations
College and university campuses are at an increased risk of germ spread and illness because students often spend most of their time in dorms, classrooms, and other shared spaces like cafeterias, restrooms, and recreational centers. Illness-causing...
5 Common Hand Hygiene Dispenser Problems & How to Solve Them
Are you having trouble with the hand soap or sanitizer dispensers in your facility? Don’t worry, many facilities experience problems with their dispensers at one time or another. Depending on the system, your soap or sanitizer dispenser could be affected...
A Facility’s Guide to Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting
Protecting your guests and building occupants’ health and safety is important. Cleaning is one of the most effective ways to lower the risk of illness by removing germs and contaminants from high-touch surfaces in your building. But, what do we mean...
Food Grade Sanitizer: What are Approved Sanitizers for Food Service?
Keeping any area clean and free of illness-causing germs and bacteria is important for businesses of all types, but it is especially critical in foodservice operations and other businesses that serve food. Businesses serving food must lower the risk...
Top 4 Benefits of a Color-Coded Microfiber Program
Facilities across the U.S. have realized the importance of infection prevention and mitigating cross-contamination. One of the easiest and most effective ways to prevent germ spread and cross-contamination is with a color-coded microfiber program.