How to improve hotel cleanliness to increase rating

Hotel Cleanliness May Need Improvement

Mattress company Amerisleep conducted a huge review of existing hotel inspections (over 8000 inspection results were compiled – covering over 3000 individual hotels nationwide) and found some unsettling and surprising results. All hotels, across all price ranges, had unresolved issues.

Best practices to prepare business facilities for storms

Summer Storm Checklist

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), almost forty percent of small businesses who experience a disaster will never reopen. Having a disaster recovery plan, which includes a preparedness component, will help protect your business and your employees so that you can increase the chances of recovery after a disaster.

Tide® Professional Coldwater

Tide® Professional Coldwater Turns Your Laundry System Into a Money Saving Machine!

Finding and capitalizing on cost savings opportunities in your laundry system can be a challenge. The Tide® Professional Coldwater offers a new system of clean that can provide solutions where you need them.

Best Industrial Facility Cleaning Equipment

Use the Right Cleaning Equipment

It may seem counterintuitive to spend money in order to save money, but choosing the right cleaning equipment for the job at hand reduces costs and improves performance.

Best Practices for Proper Floor Stripping

Floor Stripping

One of the first key steps in overall floor maintenance, floor stripping is defined as a total removal of all dirt and old wax/finished on a floor.

Preventing Food Contamination Through Proper Sanitation

Food Contamination

All food service companies, up and down the supply chain, have an obligation to handle all products in a clean and sanitary environment, one that inhibits bacterial growth. Unfortunately, in today’s fast-paced world, production speed and efficiency can often take precedent over sanitation.

Best Ways to Improve Patient Room Cleaning

Unclean Hospital Rooms and Patient Risk

Hospitals are under intense pressure to be economically efficient, which most often translates to cutting staff and costs. Often, one of the first areas to be cut is in the resources for infection control and cleaning, generally handled by the Environmental Services (ES) team.

School Cleanliness Can Affect Student Performance

School Cleaning or the Lack of It

A recent article in Chicago-area newspaper the Hyde Park Herald reported on the severe problems facing a local high school – a lack of sufficient custodial staff and aging equipment has led to widespread concern among students.

Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting

Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting. Do you know the difference? These words are often used interchangeably, but Ronnie Garret explains that there are key distinctions that are essential for your staff to know about. Understanding the different definitions is a key step in improving the health of your facility.

Food Safety

FBI Discusses the Inside Threat to Food Safety

Recently, FBI Special Agent, Scott Mahloch, who holds the title of Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator, was a featured speaker at the Food Safety Consortium in Illinois. He was there to discuss the potential threats the food industry may face at large food processing centers, and even at smaller local storage centers and retail outlets.