The Mechanics of Slips and Falls
Most of us assume we know what a slip and fall is. However, legally, medically, and scientifically, it is an amazingly complex occurrence.
Cleaning professionals play a major role in preventing slip-and-fall accidents. And it starts by cleaning floors properly with tools and equipment that remove soils,
bacteria, and other contaminants, thereby preventing residue buildup and helping us all stay sure-footed.
Read on for some simplified insight into how we walk and how a slip-and-fall accident comes about.
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What the Cleaning Industry Can Learn from Cleanrooms
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Many of the aspects of running and using a cleanroom are basically the same ones we use to keep a clean private home or commercial working space, except
they're formalized and more rigorous. So, what lessons can the cleaning industry glean from cleanrooms? Read on to find out
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Floor Health and Phasing Out the Mop
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A study released in September 2010 regarding cleanliness and kitchen floors may have more sweeping ramifications than
anticipated when it comes to protecting human health, especially in facilities such as corrections buildings that have large
populations living in relatively small quarters. Leeds Metropolitan University Faculty of Health Department, located just
outside of London, England, conducted the study.
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A study conducted late last year has recently received renewed attention not because of what was revealed but because of what appears to be the cause of the problem discovered.
In September 2010, England's Leeds Metropolitan University Faculty of Health Department reported that the kitchen floor of an average student house contains more bacteria than a public toilet.
Read on to find out why...
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April 27, 2011 will go down in the history books in many parts of the south. On that day, a tornado with winds of 200 miles per hour caused havoc in the region.
Hard hit was a building owned by Catoosa County Public Schools, Ringgold, GA, which housed among other things, one of the district's 35 Kaivac machines.
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