Guidance for Decontamination of the Built Environment:
Cleaning, Disinfection, Worker Protection, and Post Cleaning and Remediation Assessment
The continuing threat of SARS-Cov-19, the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease, has brought increased attention to the role that the heating ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC) can have in dealing with a pandemic. The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air- Conditioning Engineers
Evidence-based cleaning-science research is an essential means of controlling environmental risk factors.
Disease-causing bacteria can linger on surfaces commonly found in airplane cabins for days, even up to a week, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
Improved classroom hygiene may reduce the incidence of infection and thus student absenteeism.
Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered that copper and copper alloys rapidly destroy highly-infectious norovirus.
The overall biofilm results showed that of the agents tested, the peroxide-based and chlorine-based disinfectants acted most effectively on cells in biofilms.
Tips on how to slow the spread of flu specifically through cleaning and disinfecting.
The goal of the Clean Standard is to provide schools with a useful tool that will help them objectively measure and monitor the level of cleanliness in their facilities thereby contributing to the quality of the indoor environment for the benefit of students and staff alike.
Quotable quotes from Dr. Chuck Gerba.