Heavy snow and rainfall are predicted to strike all across the midwest and gulf region this winter, increasing the likelihood of dangerous and sometimes litigious slips and falls.

Winter Precautions to Prevents Slips and Falls
Slip and fall accidents--a significant challenge facing schools and businesses-- were, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the leading cause of workplace injury in 2015, totaling nearly 200,000 claims, resulting in billions of dollars in medical expenses and worker compensation claims.

Dirty windows negatively impact occupant performance, increase heating costs, reduce the expected life-span of window panes, harbor mold, and reduce the professional image of your facility.

The Importance of Regular Window Washing Services
Rain, snow, and high winds pushing dirt all carry chemicals that can damage windowpanes if they are allowed to build up over time.

Bed Bugs are a notoriously difficult pest to remove from residential and commercial facilities--often requiring a combination of cleaning and integrated pest control and management processes that can be expensive and time-consuming if performed improperly.

Cleaning multi-tenant office buildings comes with several challenges--requiring a flexible service provider, highly trained custodial staff, and advanced equipment and processes capable of providing the highest standard of cleanliness in an often truncated time frame.

The 2019-2020 flu season is already upon us, and it is time for facilities managers and custodial teams to take proactive steps to prevent outbreaks and ensure the health and safety of all facility occupants.

Infection Control Measures to Prevent Influenza Outbreaks
The 2019-2020 flu season started earlier than expected this year.

Biking to work has become an increasingly popular form of commute for many in large metropolitan areas, but it does come with some consequences, specifically regarding workplace health and hygiene.

Workplace Hygiene Challenges for Bicycle Commuters
Bicycling as a form of commute to and from the workplace has several advantages for both workers and businesses--chief among them, healthier workers are more engaged and productive.

Without a doubt, the surfaces of the numerous electronic devices we handle every day are covered in germs and bacteria, but do they spread more illness than other high-touch surfaces?

Do Electronics Spread More Germs Than Other High-Touch Surfaces?
Lately, a debate has arisen in the health and custodial industries regarding the safe use and hygiene of electronic and personal handheld devices in comparison to other fomites and their ability to transmit disease--basically, which is worse?

The answer, of course, is both, and neither, depending on the environment and the hygiene of the users and occupants.

Professional cleaning and disinfection services are crucial for maintaining the health and hygiene of gyms and fitness centers.

Commercial Cleaning Services for Gyms and Fitness Centers
Gyms and fitness centers--temples to healthy bodies and minds, and host to numerous, and often dangerous, germs and bacteria.

High-quality infection prevention practices in facilities which handle the care of vulnerable demographics are vital to halting the increasing spread of deadly superbugs.

Infection Prevention in High-Risk Facilities
Children, the sick, and elderly are at a higher risk for infection than typical demographics with healthy immune systems.

For many children across the United States, the school year is just around the corner and, for facilities maintenance staff and building service contractors, that means it's time to establish cleaning protocols and procedures that will set the stage for a healthy, productive year.