At the end of December 2019 several cases of acute respiratory syndrome were reported in Wuhan City, China. It was very quickly identified as a new coronavirus, or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 is a new strain of coronavirus that has not...
In these unprecedented times of lockdown by virtue of an infectious agent, cleaning has seemingly taken a step to the side, although that is to be expected as organisations have effectively shut their doors to customers. However, as the restrictions start to ease around the...
Any outbreak of infection will have such a huge impact on an organisation. As we have seen in the COVID19 pandemic in early 2020, outbreaks can effectively shut down an organisation. Even the annual outbreaks of food poisoning or Flu can cause tremendous harm to...
Brand new for 2020 is a dedicated course for cleaning and infection control in the hospitality industry. This course is ideal for cleaners who work ‘front of house’ or ‘back of house’ in hotels, restaurants, bars, holiday homes or any tourist hot spot. ...
Cleaning and disinfection processes as part of a decontamination procedure must be designed to provide effective infection control and prevention of respiratory disease-causing viruses. One such virus has come to light recently, The Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the coronavirus belongs to a large family of viruses...
Our comprehensive cleaning and infection control course is intended for routine and deep cleaning in hospitals and other medical centres, and is based on international guidance from the ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ (CDC) in the US, the ‘World Health Organisation’ (WHO) and the...
People with learning disabilities often face barriers as they try to enter the workplace, employers are by in large sympathetic, but often a little apprehensive about what to ‘expect’, or how they should ‘handle’ these people. This apprehension is two-pronged: employers are worried that people...
Cleaning in doctor’s surgeries and clinics often takes a back seat or neglected all together, and yet the public who use these facilities every day are, by their very nature, more susceptible to illness or more likely to carry an illness. All it takes is...
The requirements under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (and the inspections that enforce those requirements) stipulate that all practices must meet a number of fundamental standards of care, one of those key standards is that premises and equipment must be clean and suitable...
Every cleaning system is unique to the organisation in which it’s implemented, you will find that even simple cleaning operations like floor mopping, there will be numerous changes made to that operation that are specific to that application. It is therefore important to understand the...