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You Have the Right to Know. Find Out What’s In Your Cleaning and Disinfecting Products.
Over the past year, the use of cleaning and disinfection products has skyrocketed. Many people have become concerned about the ingredients in disinfectant products and whether it is safe to...
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When It Comes to Droplets, Size Matters
In the past year, the words aerosol, particle, and droplet have all been brought front and center as we learn more about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 and its...
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What’s In Your Disinfectant and Why It Matters
In my latest blog post, we discussed the law that guarantees your right to know what is in your cleaning and disinfecting products. In this post, you will learn how...
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What’s New with Long-Lasting Antimicrobial Claims?
About a year ago, we posted a blog on long-lasting or residual antimicrobial product claims. Since then, there have been some significant developments. At the time, the Environmental Protection Agency...
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The Truth About Hypochlorous Acid (HOCl)
With a long scientific history and many promising attributes, it is hard to understand why hypochlorous acid (HOCl) – based disinfectants aren’t used in every commercial cleaning operation.1-3 In one...
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The Urgent Threat of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
In the past year or so, I’ve read about a number of outbreaks of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (commonly abbreviated to CRAB) that highlight the threat from this particular antibiotic resistant...
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Finding the Right Education and Training Program: The ABCs of Credentialing
The pandemic highlighted what many in the cleaning industry already knew – the need is high for quality education and training that enables staff to get their job done effectively....
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Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
I often present in multiple forums on environmental cleaning and disinfection in healthcare spaces. Most recently, I had the pleasure of speaking at the APIC 2021 Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization...
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Understanding C. difficile and Bringing Awareness This November
Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is a bacterium greatly impacting healthcare, causing over half a million infections, 15,000 deaths, and costing health care facilities $1.5 billion each year.1,2 This being...
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Helping to Protect and Create Safer Environments: Our Role in Public Health
“Public health has gone from quietly operating in the background to having the whole nation’s attention.” – Jill Ryan, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment...