Disease Prevention Stories

Restaurant Reopening: Understanding and Complying with the “New Normal”

Before reopening, all restaurants and food service establishments should ensure they have a plan for reopening safely and hygienically, to ensure the health of both staff and customers.

Retail Reopening: What Does it Mean to be a Clean Facility Now?

By educating yourself and making a few changes to your cleaning regimen, your business can reopen safely and successfully.

Cleaning to Protect Athletes

Everyone is eager to restart sports, but no one wants to endanger health. Cleaning to protect athletes may let us get back to normal faster and that’s something to cheer about.

Clean Before You Disinfect

Pouring disinfectant on a dirty surface is a waste of time, money and effort. To get optimal results you must clean before you disinfect.

How No-Touch Restroom Cleaning Protects EVERYONE’s Health

While the bulk of the nation is sheltering in place, essential custodial workers are still out there deep cleaning grocery stores, warehouses, hospitals and more.

How to Clean When There are No Cleaning Products

Being out of product doesn’t mean you’re out of luck. Here’s how to clean when there are no cleaning products available.

Heavy Duty Cleaning Equipment Called in to Protect Florida Students

When it comes to cleaning, one of the state’s school districts, Indian River County School District, has decided to bring in special cleaning equipment to fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nursing Home Cleaning: Protecting the Immunocompromised

Nursing home cleaning has always been the first line of defense for the health and well-being of residents and staff alike. Now, the emergence of Coronavirus COVID-19 makes those cleaning protoco

Cleaning Public Transportation for Health

Transit agencies and airlines are stepping up their maintenance protocols to help protect their riders, employees and the general population. Here’s the best tips when cleaning public transportation for health.

Cleaning and Coronavirus: What to Know

Here's a primer on why cleaning works, where to focus cleaning efforts and what to use when combating viruses.

Floor care in the Age of Coronavirus

Floors can harbor dangerous pathogens. Learn how to clean floors for health and help prevent the spread of disease.

Cleaning Tips for Healthy Schools

Follow these tips to prevent the spread of germs in school and keep your students, teachers and staff safe and healthy.

Facts about the Flu You May Not Know

Arm yourself with facts about the flu you may not know for a healthier, better protected flu season.

Classroom Cleaning Checklist

Adhering to a classroom cleaning checklist will ensure that schools remain clean and fresh-smelling and help keep students, faculty and staff healthy into cold and flu season.

Biohazard Cleaning: How to Clean Crime Scenes, Meth Labs and More

Biohazard cleaning professionals step in after the police, investigators and forensic specialists leave. Their job is to put the scene back to its original state by cleaning and sanitizing the home, business or vehicle.

Cleaning to Stop Restaurant Pests

Follow these protocols and start cleaning to stop and prevent restaurant pests.

Keep Your Pet Safe From Infections Acquired in Veterinary Hospitals

Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are a problem in veterinary hospitals and it seems to be getting worse.

Four Tips to Keep Students Healthy During Flu Season

Flu season is back. How can you help students stay healthy? Here’s the four ways to keep students healthy during flu season.

The Best Way to Clean Locker Rooms

Dirty locker rooms are more than smelly and unpleasant. They can be downright dangerous. Keep your team’s space in great shape by cleaning the right way.

A Guide to Cleaning Chemicals

This guide to cleaning chemicals will help janitorial crews make the right choice and provide best practices for using a variety of products.

Mops, Health, Daycare Centers, and Children

Mopping is simply no longer recommended for cleaning floors because so many reports have been published documenting the problems mopping causes.

Commercial Kitchen Cleaning Hacks to Keep Your Business Strong

Running a restaurant is hard work, but there are commercial kitchen cleaning hacks that can lighten the load. Keep your customers happy and employees healthy by following some simple commercial kitchen cleaning protocols.

How to Clean Restrooms: The Definitive Guide to Restroom Cleaning

Proper restroom cleaning is essential, no matter the building type . Well-maintained facilities protect the public from germs, viruses and other dangerous pathogens. But the benefits go even further. Clean, fresh smelling restrooms delight occupants and e

How an ATP Rapid Monitoring System Can Help Prevent the Spread of the Flu

Many of us are not sure what an ATP system is or how it works. As a result, we asked Terry Schawe, head of research and development at Kaivac, to bring us up to speed about this technology.

Hands Off: Touchpoint Cleaning to Prevent Disease

While it’s true that restroom floors, toilets and urinals harbor pathogens, they’ve got nothing on light switches, sink taps, toilet flushers and stall door handles. These touchpoints host a surprising amount of dirt, viruses and bacteria and, because the

Cleaning Up After a Norovirus Outbreak

Dealing with norovirus and norovirus outbreaks and what cleaning contractors should know to clean-up a vomiting incident caused by norovirus.

Norovirus: What Building Managers and Cleaning Contractors Need to Know

Norovirus is a complex disease, filled with lots of misunderstandings and myths. For instance, most people think that it is a disease mainly found on cruise ships. This is a myth. Of the more than 21 million cases of norovirus each year in the U.S., th

Three Flu Prevention Cleaning Tips to Keep Students Healthy

Fight back with three flu prevention cleaning tips to keep students healthy and in school.

Get Healthy, Stay Healthy: Cleaning Hospital Floors to Prevent Hospital Acquired Infections

The strategy for fighting HAIs includes disinfecting frequently touched hospital surfaces; think bed rails and call buttons. But what about the floor? Studies show that cleaning hospital floors is key to preventing hospital acquired infections.

Staying Alive: Cleaning Up Infectious Diseases

When a pathogen like Hepatitis A spreads so quickly, cleaning up infectious diseases is paramount to public health.

Safety Tips When Cleaning Up After a Hurricane

Before jumping in, here are a few things you should know about cleaning up after a serious storm.

Harvey, Irma and You: Flood Recovery Cleaning

We’re only a few months into hurricane season and the country has already experienced two major storms. While the damage from Harvey and Irma was devastating, the truth is floods happen everywhere and in every season.

You’re Doing It Wrong: Three Steps to Disinfect Properly

Microbe-infested surfaces can spread influenza, gastrointestinal illness and more. Follow these three steps to keep your facilities clean and clients safe.

The Clean Connection: Reducing School Absenteeism

The reasons for chronic school absenteeism are complex. But there are some simple steps you can take to keep kids and staff healthy, and present, while they are in your facility.

The Walking Dread: How Dirty Restrooms Soil EVERYTHING!

Dirt never takes a holiday. You may stop and admire a newly-cleaned space, but don’t get too comfortable. Soils and pathogens will be back soon; constantly reintroduced to freshly-washed floors and newly-shined surfaces and then redistributed throughout t

Hospital Acquired Illness and Our Pets

Human patients are not the only victims of HAI. Cats and dogs and other household pets get them too, but in this case, they acquire them in veterinary hospitals.

What’s Happening to Airplane Restrooms?

If you are flying anywhere this summer on vacation, you might want to plan accordingly, if you think you might need to use the plane’s restroom.

Hotel Room Cleaning Checklist

A hotel room cleaning checklist protects your reputation??”and five-star reviews??”by ensuring maintenance staff delivers consistently clean accommodations.

Corrections Cleaning for Health, Safety and Well Being

Proper corrections cleaning will keep inmates, staff and visitors healthy.

The Double Dipping Connection Between Dips and Chips and Mops and Floors

Are you comfortable dipping chips into a dip that has indirectly been exposed to a dozen mouths at a party? If not, then don’t risk your health or the health of others by dipping a mop in contaminated water and spreading it all over the floor.

Staying Well: The Importance of Exam Room Cleaning

Usually associated with hospitals, long-term care facilities and other acute care locations, nosocomial infections also occur at the doctor’s office, particularly in the exam room. This makes proper exam room cleaning an important part of every healthcare

Strange Facts About Biofilm

There are some unusual - even strange - facts about biofilm that we should know.

Knowing the Unknowable: Measuring Cleanliness

Dangerous pathogens are invisible, odor-free and thrive perfectly well on clean-looking and smelling surfaces. Fortunately, tools for measuring cleanliness give a definitive answer to how clean a surface truly is.

Beyond the Restaurant Inspection Checklist

Don’t sell the importance of a checklist short. A good one sets clear expectations between management and staff, outlines protocols and priorities and helps train managers and staff on food safety techniques.

Seasick: Cruise Ship Cleaning for Health

Cruise ship cleaning is important for protecting both passengers’ health and a cruise line’s reputation.

Outbreak Prevention Plan: Better than a Cure

There is a whole list of communicable diseases that can bring an organization to its knees. Influenza, strep, norovirus and other gastrointestinal illnesses spread quickly through a business, school, daycare or nursing home with disastrous results. A good

How To Prevent Germs from Spreading and Reduce Germ Survival Rates

In order to help us prevent germs from spreading and reduce germ survival rates, we need to know how they spread and how fast they spread.

Wrestling Mat Cleaning: New Dangers for an Ancient Sport

Wrestling's popularity brings increased risk of skin infections. Proper wrestling mat cleaning curtails that risk.

Hospital Cleaning to Prevent Infection

Better hand hygiene and consistent, targeted hospital cleaning promise to cut down on HAIs and limit their human and financial costs.

Classroom Cleaning: Healthy Schools Healthy Kids

Classroom cleaning keeps school populations healthy.

Winter is Coming: Tools for Winter Cleaning

the right tools for winter cleaning will keep your business clean and healthy right through spring.

The Morning After: Flood Cleanup

Considering how common flooding is, and how dangerous floodwaters can be, proper flood cleanup is paramount to business owners needing to bounce back from disaster quickly.

Three Tips: Cleaning to Prevent Flu

Here are three tips for cleaning to prevent flu. Stay healthy!

A Better Pill: Pharmacy Cleaning for Increased Business

Proper pharmacy cleaning is more important than ever.

Semmelweis Lesson – Handwashing as a Hygiene Model

Following the proven principles of effective handwashing will help keep your facility completely clean for healthy results.

Costly Germs

The best way to reduce costly germs is with prevention and that involves effective, hygienic cleaning.

Fall Sports Demand Thorough Locker Room Cleaning

Locker room cleaning for fall sports is serious business.

Do Mops Spread Disease?

Building managers should become aware of some of the studies available on how the tools we use to clean surfaces—specifically, cleaning cloths and mops—can sometimes spread disease and cause cross-contamination.For instance, a study published in 2004, "Household Cleaning and Surface Disinfection: New Insights and Strategies"

Clean Public Showers Can Make—or Break—a Summer Vacation

Clean public showers make for happy guests.

Should You Dust or Vacuum First for Better Air Quality?

Custodians wondering whether to dust or vacuum first finally have a clear answer. But it may not be what you think.

Cleaning in Food Processing Requires Precision

Cleaning in food processing plants is serious business.

How to Stop the Spread of Germs to Prevent Office Outbreaks

With cold and flu season lasting a majority of the year, it's critical to know how to stop the spread of germs in the workplace.

Indoor Water Park Maintenance for Cleaning Teams

Diligent indoor water park maintenance is the best way to keep your park safe and healthy for visitors.

How to Keep Sick Employees from Shutting a Business Down

Sick employees who show up to work not only can infect other employees, they also deliver little value on the job. Here's how to change that.

Hot Mess: How to Keep Yoga Flooring Clean

Keeping the yoga flooring and equipment clean can mean the difference between a successful studio and a practice that ties your patrons in knots.

Ace Your Restaurant Inspection with This Health Code Checklist

Here is a health code checklist that will help your team ace a restaurant inspection and keep customers safe.

Waterworks: How to Clean Up after a Flood

Knowing how to clean up after a flood can get your business up and running again quickly and safely.

Tips to Tackle Spring Break Cleaning at Any School

Spring break cleaning is the perfect time to deep clean schools. It enables maintenance staff to wash away sludge from winter and get read for spring.

Tips for Aircraft Cleaning between Flights

With such a short turnaround time these days, aircraft cleaning can be a challenging job. Here are some tips to help you succeed.

Pest Cleanup: Coming Back after a Vermin Infestation

Rodents, cockroaches, flies, and other pests will drive your customers out the door, so take proper pest cleanup steps at the first sign of rodents.

How to Clean an Airplane Restroom Quickly and Thoroughly

An airplane restroom must be cleaned in between flights, but your cleaning crew has only a few minutes to finish the job. Here's how to handle it.

How to Prevent Mold in an Indoor Pool

Knowing how to prevent mold in your indoor pool areas will protect swimmers and safeguard your investment.

Transcript of Cleaning Science Interview with Dr. Charles P. Gerba, PhD

Transcript of Cleaning Science Interview with Dr. Charles P. Gerba, PhD Dept. of Soil, Water & Life Sciences University of Arizona

E. coli Outbreak Demonstrates Importance of Cleaning Routines

An E. coli outbreak can be devastating to your business as well as your community. It's also one of the most preventable outbreaks around.

Gym Cleaning: How to Control Germs in Busy Fitness Centers

Gyms are a breeding ground for bacteria in busy months. Here's how to get gym cleaning right to protect your guests.

Juice Bar Cleaning Challenges

Juice bar cleaning has some unique challenges you won't see in any other restaurant. These tips help make your job go smoother.

The Challenges of Crime Scene Cleanup

Janitorial professionals have seen and cleaned it all, but their worst horror stories are just a regular Tuesday for crime scene cleanup professionals.

Sick Employees Can Cost More Than a Labor Shortage

Keeping sick employees on the schedule can cost your business in money and reputation. Keep them home to avoid creating damaging epidemics.

The Problem with Mopping

Cleaning science and newer technologies expose the problem with mopping.

Salon Cleaning: Looking Good through the Holidays

The beauty business can get pretty ugly. A strict salon cleaning regimen keeps customers safe and profits healthy.

Pet-Friendly Environments Require Extra Cleaning Care

It's no wonder pet-friendly establishments are popping up everywhere. While this makes for an adorable experience, it also creates cleaning challenges.

High-Risk Cleaning Environments: What Custodians Need for the Job

When you're confronted with high-risk cleaning on a crime scene, only these proven solutions are worth your attention.

Healthy Schools and Clean Floors Go Hand-in-Hand

If you're in charge of keeping clean and healthy schools, the floors might be the least of your concerns. Learn why they should be a larger priority.

Holiday Shopping Craziness: Keeping Your Store Clean

Holiday shopping poses additional cleaning challenges for retailers. Learn how to keep up and keep it clean.

Daycare Cleaning: The Kids Are Alright

Good daycare cleaning practices keep children and adults healthy and safe.

ISSA Conference 2015: Key Cleaning Takeaways for Building Managers

The annual ISSA Conference took place in the late October 2015 in Las Vegas. Here are some of the key takeaways from speakers.

Protect Employee Health with Proper Cleaning Procedures

Employee health must be a priority in the workplace. Here are things to consider when ensuring the safety of your custodial team.

Travel Health: Wellness Stakes on a Plane

With the holiday season fast approaching, it seems like everyone is trying to catch a plane somewhere. A clean airplane is paramount to travel health.

Salmonella Outbreak Highlights the Need for Proper Cleaning Techniques

A salmonella outbreak and subsequent cover-up resulted in nine deaths and more than 700 illnesses. Proper cleaning procedures could have prevented it.

How to Eliminate Conjunctivitis in Classrooms

Conjunctivitis, or pink eye, is a viral or bacterial infection that can quickly be spread at school. Prevent its transmission with a clean classroom.

Effective Handwashing and Other Germ-Preventing Practices in the Workplace

Effective handwashing by employees and maintaining clean restrooms are the best ways to prevent the spread of germs in the workplace.

Cleaning a Subway Car: A Never-Ending Challenge

No matter what you call it??”train, metro, or tube??”a subway car is tough to keep clean. Here's how cleaning crews work to get it right.

Grocery Store Cleanliness: Why Salad Bars and Hot Food Bars Need Your Attention

If you add a salad bar or hot food bar to increase your grocery store's traffic, grocery store cleanliness will become an even bigger issue. Here's why.

How to Keep Your Sorority House Clean

The average sorority house combines an apartment building with a public area, making for a large cleaning challenge. Using the right tools can help.

Patient Room Cleaning: How to Make Your Exam Rooms As Germ-Free As Possible

With sick people going in and out of a doctor's office all day, patient room cleaning presents a major challenge. Here's how to keep germs at bay.

Nail Salon Cleaning: How to Handle Pedicure Baths for Customer Safety

Here are some tips on nail salon cleaning, specifically about how to handle pedicure baths, making for a safer facility and customer experience.

Cruise Ship Cleanliness: Food Service Areas

Cleaning high-traffic food service areas on a cruise ship can be challenging. Here are some tips on cruise ship cleanliness.

Doctor's Office Cleaning: Waiting Rooms

The waiting room of a pediatrician's office is a breeding ground for germs. Here's how to ensure that your doctor's office cleaning process is effective.

The Challenge with Pool Locker Room Summer Cleanliness

Once the kids get out of school, they want to hit the pool. This means more pool locker room cleaning every day. Kaivac has a system that can help.

Danger Zones: Why a Restroom Sink Is the Last Place You Should Leave a Toothbrush

A restroom sink can be contaminated with dangerous bacteria. Here's why you should never leave toothbrushes or other personal items on a sink.

Important Employee Cleanliness Policies

Employee cleanliness policies will help to prevent cross-contamination and ensure that your workplace is as clean as possible.

A Guide to Restroom Bug Prevention in the Summer

One of the big challenges of cleaning restrooms in the summer is dealing with mosquitoes and other bugs. Here's a guide to restroom bug prevention.

Fitness Club Cleaning Checklist: Confronting Germs at the Gym

Fitness club cleaning is difficult because of the constant bacteria transfer in gyms. Here's a checklist and system for custodians to get it right.

Why Stall Partitions Need Plenty of Attention during Restroom Cleaning

Restroom cleaning requires far more than attention to toilets and sinks. Here's why stall partitions and doors need to be high on the priority list.

A Daily Classroom Cleaning Checklist for Healthier Schools

Here is a classroom cleaning checklist for custodians to know which areas of the school are most likely to hide nasty germs and bacteria.

Office Desktop Cleaning to Avoid Workplace Sickness

Illness seems to come in waves in most offices, but office desktop cleaning can remove many viruses that spread colds and flu. Kaivac's tools can help.

Toilet Sneeze: How Proper Restroom Cleaning Prevents Bacteria Transfer

Toilet sneeze is one of the dirtiest secrets about restroom cleaning. Finding ways to contain the transfer of dangerous bacteria is the only way for cleaning crews to deal with it.

Animal Hospital Cleaning: High Priority Areas

Keeping common areas clean is crucial in an animal hospital. Kaivac's systems allow you to take care of animal hospital cleaning quickly and efficiently.

Proper Hospital Restroom Cleaning Procedures

Hospital restroom cleaning is crucial in preventing the spread of many common diseases. Kaivac's No-Touch cleaning system is a chemical-free solution.

How to Properly Clean to Prevent the Spread of Disease

Flu season isn't the only time that bacteria and viruses spread disease. Learn how to properly clean surfaces to kill germs and keep environments safer.

Why we need to chop the mop

If you really care about washroom hygiene, then you’ve got to ‘chop the mop,’ says James White, managing director of Denis Rawlins Limited, as he calls for a shift to science-based cleaning.

Cleaning a Nursing Home: What You Need to Know

Cleaning a nursing home properly takes a special approach. Here is how custodial crews should handle this difficult assignment.

The Challenges of Cleaning a Drinking Fountain in a School

How to deal with the challenges of cleaning a drinking fountain in a School.

Diseases Spread in Schools: Cleaning Up to Keep Children Healthy

Millions of children suffer from diseases spread in schools. Help to eliminate the worst outbreaks by using the right cleaning system.

Hospital Cleaning Best Practices: How to Keep Patients and Staff Safe

Diseases from hospitals lead to nearly 100,000 deaths per year. A change is in order. Here are seven hospital cleaning best practices to make it happen.

The Dirtiest Places in an Office that Might Surprise You

The floors and kitchen counters may not be the dirtiest places in an office. Here's the real truth—and the way to deal with germy office settings.

School Cleaning Techniques to Deal with Stomach Flu

School cleaning methods by Kaivac remove more dangerous bacteria than other cleaning methods when dealing with a stomach flu epidemic.

Maintaining a Clean Gym through Effective Cleaning Methods

Maintaining a clean gym is one of the hardest maintenance jobs in any school. Kaivac's innovative cleaning systems do the job better.

School Locker Room Cleaning: Eliminating the Filth of Fall Sports

Fall sports bring a host of dangerous bacteria into school facilities. Here are some solutions for the toughest challenges in school locker room cleaning.

Neglected Areas of a Restaurant: Hidden Homes for Bacteria

Making your restaurant look clean is only half the battle. Neglected areas of a restaurant are easy to miss, but crucial to get clean. Here's how.

Preventing Diseases Spread from Restroom Germs

Preventing diseases spread from restroom germs is more effective when you use the right techniques. No-Touch Cleaning systems remove germs safely.

Cleaning Classrooms the Right Way to Keep Kids Healthy

Back to school often means back to sniffles and sneezes. Cleaning classrooms correctly helps to avoid spreading germs and will keep students healthier.

Restroom Sinks: The Best Cleaning Methods

Restroom sinks that are improperly cleaned can be breeding grounds for a variety of germs. No-touch cleaning does the job without the scrubbing.

Gym Cleanliness: How to Stop Bacteria Transfer in Your Athletic Facilities

Are you stopping the spread of viruses and bacteria in your athletic facilities? Here is a system that delivers the highest level of gym cleanliness yet.

Kaivac Earns Patent for Smart Towel™ System

Kaivac, known for innovation, announces it has just been awarded its 13th patent from the U.S. Patent Office. The latest patent is for the company's Smart Towel System, which was introduced about five years ago.

How Clean Restrooms Are the Backbone of Cleaner Facilities

Clean restrooms mean much more than a good image. Here's how they prevent the spread of germs and bacteria to the rest of the facility.

Commercial Cleaning Tips: Don't Ignore These 5 Frequently Missed Restaurant Spots

These commercial cleaning tips cover five objects often skipped in restaurant cleaning routines.

How to Know When a Food Contact Surface Is Clean

Keeping a clean facility requires a deep cleaning of each food contact surface, but that's not enough. You have to also be able to measure the cleanliness.

No-Touch Restroom Technology: The Focus is on Health

No-touch restroom technology is becoming commonplace. From door handles to cleaning systems, restrooms are being designed for use and cleaning without the need to touch surfaces.

The Health Risks of Cleaning Daycare Centers: A Personal Story

There are many health risks in cleaning and for cleaning workers such as myself, cross-contamination is a very serious problem. I hope by telling you my story it can help you and many other cleaning workers stay healthy.

Top 3 Restroom Health Hazards for Your Concern

Here are the three of the biggest restroom health hazards for your concern, and how to create a safer environment in your restrooms.

What Cleaning Professionals Can Do to Stop Cross-Contamination

Cross-contamination is an ongoing problem in all types of facilities—especially in schools and offices.

The Connection between Floors and Health

Some cleaning professionals might be shocked to learn about the results of a study conducted by Canada's University of Ottawa examining floor contamination—despite the fact that it was first published by the American Society of Microbiology in 1971.* This study found that traditional floor cleaning methods, specifically mopping, were actually responsible for the contamination of floors.

How to Daily Clean 600 Student Desktops for Health − Why ISSA’s K-12 Clean Standard Helps

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University Finds Money Not Too Clean

Hamilton, OH - A research project conducted by New York University found that paper money can host hundreds of different types of bacteria and other contaminants. Analyzing U.S.

Guarding Athletic Locker Rooms Against MRSA

While there have been reports of outbreaks of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in hospitals and medical facilities for decades, those who contracted the disease were often older people or people with significantly weakened immune systems, leaving many athletic facility operators with their own false sense of immunity.

Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools Supports ISSA’s Clean Standard

Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools® (PC4HS) supports the upcoming ISSA Clean Standard for K-12 Schools.

Sinks, Health, and Restroom Cleaning

Restroom cleaning makes a significant impact on facilities. 'You may not even notice restrooms if they are cleaned, but you surely will if they are not,' says William Griffin, President of Cleaning Consultants, Seattle, Washington.

Market Focus: Cleaning for Health

Kaivac Cleaning Challenge: Take the Hospital Infections Quiz

A quiz on hospital infections.

Straight Talk on MRSA

On October 1, 2010, Chicago's Loyola University kicked off an event in honor of the first-ever World MRSA Day, October 2, 2010.

Safer Restaurants for the Youngest Customers

Safer Restaurants for the Youngest Customers

World's Germiest Places

We in the professional cleaning industry hear about germs every day.

How One Hospital Cleans Without Touching

Nosocomial infections, also known as hospital acquired infections, are a serious and growing problem in hospitals worldwide. 

Unnoticed but Dangerous

What do the following situations have in common?

Kaivac to Honor National Clean-Your-Desk Day

Kaivac, Inc., developers of the No-Touch Cleaning®

Hospital Patients Should Ask,

Typically, patients admitted to a hospital room are most concerned about the doctors and nurses that will be attending to them.  However, a new report finds it may be more important to ask, ‘Who was here before me?' According to Dr.

When It Comes to Hygienic Cleaning, Coverall Steps Up to the Plate

Developing hygienic, healthy cleaning practices has long been a priority in medical facilities, where concerns regarding the spread of infection and nosocomial illnesses are paramount.

Doctors Have No Way to Treat Growing Bacteria Threat - More Effective Cleaning Appears to be Only Defense

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Kaivac Alert: Scrubbing Backfires on Backsides

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School District Believes Current Cleaning Program Addresses the H1N1 Challenge

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Cleaning with Chronic Health Conditions or High Risk Students in Mind Keeps Schools Clean And Healthy for Everyone

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.

Details Grab Teachers' Attention

Educators Give White Paper on Preventing the Spread of H1N1 Extra Credit A White Paper on reducing the risk of H1N1 virus in school settings has received so much attention by educators in the Ohio area that Kaivac, Inc., which prepared the paper, is making it available to educators throughout the country.

The Importance of Hygienic Cleaning to Prevent H1N1

This may prove to be a very difficult winter, especially for school-age children, due to expected outbreaks of swine flu (H1N1) in many parts of North America.

Restroom Care

Restroom care: public restrooms have more "high-touch" contamination points than any other area of a facility.

Cleaning to Reduce the Risk of Disease Outbreaks

Science-based strategies reduce the risk of disease outbreaks in K-12 school systems.

Kaivac's 10 Ways to Stay Healthy This Flu Season

We all are getting very concerned about swine flu. But many people overlook practical steps they can take to help maintain their health during this challenging flu season and throughout the entire year. 

Wisconsin Prison Adopts No-Touch Cleaning

The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), Boscobel, WI, reports they are now cleaning the facility using No-Touch Cleaning®

Cleaning to Reduce the Risk of H1N1 Flu Virus - Guidelines for Cleaning, Janitorial and Maintenance Staff

Swine flu is a new variant of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

Survey Finds Cleaning Pros Know True Purpose of Cleaning

Below are the results and additional information regarding the survey:Be sure to take this month's survey. Last year famed microbiologist Dr.

School District Reports Fewer Cases of Flu

According to the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 5 and 20 percent of Americans will come down with the flu between October 1 and May 1. Of these, the CDC reports some 200,000 will be hospitalized and as many as 36,000 will die. Of particular concern are children.

Cleaning Up Disasters Without Touching

Last New Year's Eve, a private plane crashed into a Charlotte, North Carolina neighborhood and killed all four passengers.

The Public Restroom - A High Risk Environment

From an environmental health scientist's point of view a public restroom, is a high risk environment.

Removing Soil: A Comparison of Cleaning Methods

Kaivac has long believed that clean can be defined as the absence of soils, and has accordingly designed its no-touch cleaning systems from the start for maximum soil removal. Although much anecdotal evidence had been collected over the years that seemed

Removing Contamination from Grouted Floors - Back to Back Studies Find Similar Results

Removing contamination from grouted floors and areas presents a serious problem for cleaning professionals.

Tulsa BSC Makes Grocery Store Clean, Safe, and Healthy

Those who have been building service contractors (BSCs) for several years know how dramatically the industry's competitive landscape has changed.

What if Flu Season Came and Nobody Got Sick?

See how one school district noticed a big decline in illness during flu season.

Crime Scene Cleaning - Erasing the Evidence with Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning

Crime scene cleaning: Television has romanticized the crime scene and made it a venue for dramatic entertainment, but these Hollywood sets are a far cry from the harsh realities that await at a true site. Crime and disaster cleanup is not only cleaning fo

How to Prevent Flies From Plaguing Your Restaurant

Before you have to deal with pest control, learn how to prevent flies from infesting your restaurant in the first place.