Health & Safety
Custodial training improves more than just sanitation
Some managers mistakenly postpone training to focus on field operations, but now is the time to upgrade knowledge.
Many workers may quit if office cleaning lacks
More than one-third of respondents would consider changing their jobs if their workplace was not cleaned properly.
Study finds elevator fans fail to eliminate pathogens
The confined space inside an elevator cabin creates a large risk of transmission despite standard ventilation.
GBAC offers new training on infectious disease prevention
The new course highlights how pathogens spread and cause illness and how proper hygienic cleaning and disinfection help infection prevention.
Flu season and cleaning — the proof is in the pudding
People want to have confidence that thorough daily cleaning is occurring.
Braving the great indoors: IAQ solutions for higher education
It’s more important than ever to keep students, staff, and the community healthy.
3 ways schools can address poor IAQ
Three steps that school administrators can take immediately at little or no added cost to help improve and protect the IAQ in their facilities.
Hidden dangers of antimicrobial building products
Little evidence exists that building products containing antimicrobials actually prevent disease transmission and lead to healthier populations.
Remember your smoke management system
Smoke can impede a person’s ability to breathe, but it may also contain toxic particles or vapours that affix themselves to the lungs and wreak havoc from within. It’s for these reasons that property managers must make the health and efficiency of their smoke management systems an ongoing priority.
Fire safety systems: Have you checked your water?
The worst time to discover your fire safety system lacks adequate water supply is when an emergency strikes. And yet, it’s not uncommon for negative impacts to a building’s water sources to go unnoticed by property management teams until that system is needed most.
Taking risk out of future workplace strategy
Right now, the world is awash with buzzwords, trends, and experts who claim they know exactly what the future workplace will look like.
Cleaning for health and hygiene in long-term care
Tackling the top three challenges facing environmental staff.
Post-COVID infection prevention strategies
Managers and cleaning professionals can follow cornerstone steps to develop effective an effective infection prevention program.
5 tips for navigating cold and flu season
SC Johnson Professional highlights five steps facility managers can take right now ahead of winter.
GBAC partners up with Allergy Standards
The partnership will educate ISSA members and GBAC STAR facilities and service providers on air quality.
Researchers find new way to detect coronavirus via HVAC
Researchers suggest that widely implementing building air sampling could allow earlier detection of the virus in shared spaces.
Why flu season may be forever changed
COVID-19 has changed our definition of "clean" and that will likely lead to a change in our yearly rhythm. From now on, "flu season" as we know it may cease to exist.






















