Browse any supermarket line of kitchen and bathroom cleaners and you will notice a common theme in their marketing – “kills 99.9% of bacteria”, usually followed by an asterisk exclaiming that the product will kill up to 99.9% if used exactly as dictated under ideal...
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...
The domestic cleaning market in the UK is estimated to be worth nearly £3 billion, with more than 2.45 million households using some form of paid assistance in their home[1] It is highly likely that these figures seriously underestimate the true extent of the breadth...
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...