Big issues about high performance cleaning
Watch Bridget Gardner present at Life Saving Victoria’s 2020 Aquatic Industry Summit: Uber driver by day, cleaner by night This powerful talk is about the risk of casual cleaning workers spreading coronavirus to your staff and visitors, and how you can prevent it by partnering with your cleaners. In fact, evidence shows the causal workforce
Safe Work Australia (SWA) requires businesses to ensure their staff stay physically distant from each other by 1.5 meters, with 4 meters around them at all times. But for cleaning companies working across multiple sites, this can be pretty challenging. So here are four ways you can ensure your cleaning team stays physically distant while they
Lately I have been inundated with questions about disinfectant sprays and surface films that offer “residual" or "lasting protection”. I’ve seen plenty of 30 day protection promises and even one offering 90 day protection! So I’m sharing my reply to these questions with you as I know many people are either concerned or intrigued by
What does a ‘clean and healthy’ indoor environment mean to you? Yes, hygienically clean and spotless surfaces are important, but healthy bodies need clean air as well as clean surfaces. The way you clean and disinfect buildings can either enhance or reduce its indoor air quality (IAQ). Read on to find out how in part
If you are still not sure how to offer Preventative and Decontamination cleaning services for COVID-19, it’s not too late. You haven't missed the boat. Australia and New Zealand’s isolation restrictions seem to be working, which is fantastic news and we are very fortunate! But as restrictions start to ease, it would be a big
We talk a lot of about the importance of cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces to prevent the spread of COVID-19. While it’s important to buy disinfectants able to kill the coronavirus, it’s just as important to choose a product that cleans the surface effectively and allows that disinfectant to work well. This extract from HPC
How do you know which disinfectants can kill the coronavirus? Which disinfectants should you use in commercial non-healthcare buildings? This article is an extract from HPC Solutions' Guide to Cleaning for COVID-19 [Updated 11/06/20] About the new coronavirus (COVID-19) Before you can tackle an enemy you have to understand it. So what do we know
The final topic in this series exploring the hottest sustainable cleaning trends for 2019 is social sustainability. Covering diverse issues from human rights through to wellbeing, this is probably one of the most complex issues that cleaning companies and suppliers have to grapple with today. Fair labour practices, decent living conditions, health and wellbeing, diversity and
In part 4 of this series, Bridget Gardner explains why the UN's Global Goals for Sustainable Development, developed back in 2015, are one of the five hottest sustainability trends for the Australasian cleaning industry in 2019. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were developed by the UN General Assembly to measure
This article continued my series of the five hottest sustainability topics for 2019 and their impact on the cleaning industry. Article #3 discusses the hottest topic of them all – the climate crisis and international efforts to reach net-zero carbon emissions. This article focuses on the risks, costs, and opportunities that could result from an
