Guidance for Decontamination of the Built Environment:
Cleaning, Disinfection, Worker Protection, and Post Cleaning and Remediation Assessment
CIRI NOTE: This study provides good context for the ongoing CIRI / ISSA research done to support a cleaning standard for K-12 schools. It provides a limited look at before / after effects on the environment, learning and health of a newly remodeled school and …
The benefits of cleaning extend beyond our primary concern of human health protection. In the field of environmental management we call these secondary concerns well-being and welfare effects and benefits. Cleaning boasts a variety of non-health benefits, including protecting valuable materials; maintaining real estate values; …
What looks clean isn’t necessarily so, according to UK researchers after performing 3,000 tests to determine cleanliness levels in a hospital setting. Scientists Cooper, Griffith, Malik, Obee and Looker compared areas that looked clean with the actual organic soil (via ATP) and/or microbial load …
What are the plans for developing 2009 H1N1 vaccine?Vaccines are the most powerful public health tool for control of influenza, and the U.S. government is working closely with manufacturers to take steps in the process to manufacture a 2009 H1N1 vaccine. Working together with scientists …
According to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Canada’s largest union: "Cleaning, laundry, and other support services are a vital element of infection prevention and control strategies. Pathogens such as C. difficile, VRE, MRSA, Norovirus, influenza, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated …
Three basic principles is all it could take to reduce the incidence of MRSA in hospitals according to new research by Cardiff University. Disinfectants are routinely used on hard surfaces in hospitals to kill bacteria, with antimicrobial containing wipes increasingly being employed for this purpose. …
ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, and the Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) announced today that they have agreed to enter a long-term partnership for the cooperative development of science-based cleaning standards that would develop industry data, training, measurement, and certification programs. The first initiative …
If you’ve always suspected there are unknown things living in the dark and dusty corners of your home and office, we are now one step closer to cataloguing exactly what might be lurking in your indoor environment. Buildings have their own pattern of bacteria in …