Hygiene
Edmonton becomes first Canadian GBAC STAR-accredited destination
Explore Edmonton has secured the biorisk certification.
5 essential lessons learnt from COVID-19
The pandemic has yielded numerous key lessons for the cleaning industry, not least the importance of effective cleaning and training.
How best to calculate cleaning times
Cleaning times are the starting point for financial planning and workloading and help to identify efficiencies through increased productivity.
The science behind surface contamination
Surface contamination plays an important role in the spread of infections like gastroenteritis, hepatitis, rotavirus, and norovirus
Manulife is raising standards in real estate
Enhancing cleaning, disinfection, and communication is critically important within real estate at a time when health and safety is top of mind.
Facility managers vastly increase hand sanitizer stations
The trend has been most notable in office, industrial, and foodservice facilities, finds a GP PRO survey.
Tackling rodent infestation in facilities
Facility managers and maintenance staff must deal with rodents that spread viruses that can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Celebrating one year of GBAC STAR accreditation
Over 1,900 facilities in more than 80 countries have earned accreditation, and another 3,000+ are pursuing it.
Hand hygiene essentials for World Hand Hygiene Day
Implementing touchless features is among the chief ways of ensuring and communicating hand hygiene.
Reopening plans spark conversation about washroom hygiene
Businesses are looking to make hygienic upgrades to keep returning employees and visitors safe. But have they considered the washroom?
Bell Centre becomes first Canadian hockey arena to achieve GBAC STAR accreditation
The home of the Montreal Canadiens is the latest notable milestone for the program in Canada.
How Canada can learn from Taiwan in beating COVID-19
Taiwan's proactivity in revamping its cleaning procedures can serve as a model for Canada going forward.
A year like no other for campus cleaning
Large-scale post-secondary campuses hold an almost incomprehensibly wide range of cleaning and maintenance challenges.
Public washrooms still popular as public looks for touchless options
Public washrooms have remained popular despite COVID-19, but people are increasingly looking for touchless facilities.
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.






















