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Essential Checklist for Daily Janitorial Tasks
Maintaining a clean, organized, and sanitary workplace is an important component for businesses in any industry. It’s not just about appearances, either. Keeping a workspace clean helps boost productivity, improves employee well-being, and creates a professional...
How Facility Maintenance Enhances Workplace Productivity
A clean, well-maintained workplace is more than just a luxury; it is a key driver of efficiency and productivity. For larger businesses, where the scale and complexity of operations demand seamless coordination, facility maintenance becomes even more critical. But...
The Top 5 Benefits of Professional Janitorial Services
Professional janitorial services play an important role in maintaining clean and safe environments for businesses. For large companies, keeping a clean workspace is not just about appearances. It impacts employee health, safety, and productivity, and helps create a...
Implement Smart Cleaning and Safety Protocols to Minimize Costly Slips, Trips, and Falls
Slips, trips, and falls are the most common accidents both at work and in daily life. According to OSHA, they account for 15% of all accidental deaths in the U.S., second only to motor vehicle accidents at nearly 24%. The National Safety Council reports 25,000...
Outdoor Air Quality Impacts Indoor Air Quality: Protecting Building Occupants
Pollution and the impact on air quality is a big topic. While political, economic, and environmental discussions have dominated this issue, pollution rates continue to rise, particularly in cities and surrounding areas. Add to that wildfire season, rampant in many...
Hospital Environmental Services and the Fight Against Respiratory Illnesses
Healthcare facilities’ environmental services teams, commonly known as EVS, are a group of healthcare workers responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients, providers, visitors, and staff. This includes tasks such as cleaning patient rooms,...
The Potential Dangers of Cleaning with Artificially Fragranced Cleaning Products
What does “clean” smell like? Most people may instinctively think of the smell of chemical heavy products like bleach. While scents like “Linen Fresh” and “Ocean Breeze” sound harmless on paper, chemical cleaning products with artificial fragrances have been found by...
Choosing the Right Cleaning Method
The advent of the COVID pandemic brought many new terms into the vernacular. Suddenly, people were talking about viral load and transmissibility and coronavirus – and even learning that the common cold is a type of coronavirus! This new vocabulary also included terms...
Tools of the Trade: Commercial Cleaning & Floorcare
The equipment used in commercial cleaning services can make all the difference in how effectively a job gets done. Cleaning technologies have advanced significantly in recent history, including developments in more environmentally friendly and ergonomic machinery....
Maintaining Indoor Air Quality as Workforces Return to the Office
As businesses continue to adjust to conditions post-pandemic, employees are increasingly returning, at least part-time, to in-person workplaces. With a newfound awareness of infectious disease transmission, facility managers and operations teams must remain acutely...
Engineers: Pillars of Facility Operations
A commercial facility’s long-term success and functionality are owed to the team of engineers caring for the structure, often behind the scenes. From lighting, air conditioning, plumbing, machine repair, and fire safety, engineers wear a vast array of hats to maintain...
Commercial Cleaning Strategies for Extreme Heat
Facility managers and their teams face unique challenges taking care of their buildings during summer months due to the extreme heat in many regions of the country. These climate conditions can impact the type of cleaning products and strategies needed by janitorial...