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The Challenge of Teaching Medically Fragile Students

Public schools around the United States must contend with a variety of challenges: teacher and student morale, student discipline, safety, and now, more than ever before, health. This gets all the more complicated when school administrators and custodial departments must ensure that their facilities are hygienically clean enough for high-risk students or students with chronic health conditions.

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Development of an Optimal Cleaning Process Through ICM

A scientific approach to cleaning should include advances in scientific knowledge of how contaminants stick to surfaces, and what must be done to remove them. Lacking a scientific approach, the usual cleaning processes are more time-consuming and expensive than they should be.

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Cruise Ship Restrooms Aren't as Clean as You Think

A recent study of cruise ship cleanliness, focused on 56 cruise ships between July 2005 and August 2008, shows a link between poorly cleaned cruise ship restrooms and the likelihood of an outbreak of norovirus infection.

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