Equipment & Tools
How to smarten up your carpet care program
Careful inspections and the best method and product choices lead to superior cleaning and carpet care.
CDC highlights concerns over disinfectant use
The CDC notes the chances of being infected by COVID-19 by touching contaminated surfaces are "generally less than one in 10,000."
Setting up school cleaning programs that track results
COVID-19 poses a huge challenge for educational facility managers — here are four steps to verify and validate school cleaning programs.
Promoting better hand & surface hygiene in schools
Proper hand hygiene training, heightened cleaning, and access to hygiene products are essential to keeping schools safe.
The power of UV-C light
The pandemic has led to rapid growth in the UV-C market, and there is science behind its power against microbes.
Air dryers can cause more contamination
The level of contamination was 10 times higher after volunteers had dried their hands with air dryers.
Optimizing floor and carpet care in a pandemic
“Proper and effective cleaning strategies” do not just apply to high-touch surfaces, but also to floor and carpet care.
Disinfectants: Are we at the end of the road?
Scientists at a South African university say there's a growing risk of SARS-CoV-2 developing resistance to disinfectants and antibiotics.
Adapt today, optimize tomorrow
Four solutions for a smarter, safer, and cleaner building as cleaning and maintenance is reinvented.
Hiring a cleaning contractor in 2021
As the industry continues to change against the backdrop of COVID-19, so do the processes and needs of hiring a new cleaning contractor.
Ontario Nurses’ Association urges province on airborne transmission
The Ontario Nurses' Association says the province has failed to act "despite persistent infection and consensus on aerosol transmission."
Edmonton Transit piloting innovative germ-killing doors
Edmonton Transit partnered with a local biotech company to install antimicrobial push-plates on various swing doors at transit stations.
Watch out for hygienic fraud
Look out for hygienic fraud: that's the warning of a microbiologist who specializes in cleaning and sanitation.
Don’t use a whole arsenal to kill a fly
When the repercussions and side effects of disinfectant dispensers have more impact than the underlying problem, we move away from the goal of effectiveness
Enhancing hospitality cleaning and safety solutions
The instruments are out there to enhance hygiene, and foodservice and hospitality cleaning is a perfect microcosm.
ISSA announces 2020 Innovation of the Year Award winners
The 2020 ISSA Show Innovation Awards honoured this year's most innovative products and services.
Protecting workplaces from a “twindemic”
In the second wave of the pandemic, business owners and facility managers must be unprecedentedly vigilant about protecting workplaces.