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More and more, American consumers and office workers are demanding increased facility cleaning frequency and quality as a prerequisite for in-person shopping, dining, takeout, and employment.

The Push for Cleaner, Safer Facilities
Sustainability and workplace wellness have become cornerstones of the American employment and consumer landscape.

The general purpose of cleaning for health programs is to remove soil while mitigating health risks to occupants and the natural environment--a process sorely in need of improvement.

Cleaning Challenges Faced by Modern Custodial Teams
Facility cleanliness has fallen under intense scrutiny, forcing custodial teams to address significant challenges and overcome major hurdles, including:

Continuously removing contamination from high-touch surfaces.

Green cleaning services afford numerous benefits to schools, businesses, students, and office workers, including the firm establishment of an organization's commitment to environmental sustainability and long-term human health and safety.

How Green Cleaning Establishes Corporate Social Responsibility
Environment, Social and Economic, and Governance (ESG) is a term many organizations are becoming increasingly familiar with.

The future of clean will require custodial departments to merge sustainable green cleaning methods with effective infection prevention and control processes to break the chain of infection and arrest the march of destructive climate change.

Meeting the Growing Demands for Sustainable Infection Prevention and Control
Post-COVID, the demand for improved infection prevention and control, combined with increased cleaning frequencies in public facilities, has been steadily growing.

A high-quality commercial-grade vacuum addresses numerous modern cleaning challenges that impact the output of office workers, including noise levels and indoor air quality.

Why Your Business Needs a High-Quality Commercial-Grade Vacuum Cleaner
A challenge facing many blue-collar businesses is the demand for increased cleaning frequencies and efficacy amid economic uncertainty and staffing shortages.

Candida auris is a rapidly emerging fungal infection with high morbidity and mortality rates.

Candida auris (C. auris)
C. auris is a multi-drug resistant fungal (yeast) infection that exists in multiple geographic locations with a wide range of genomic diversity.

Office cleanliness directly impacts workplace wellness and occupant performance, but recent data suggests many organizations may be missing critical areas, and employees are noticing.

The Current State of Facility Hygiene
Facility hygiene directly impacts occupant health, wellness, performance, and anxiety levels--a fact an increasing number of employers seem aware of.

Spring is an opportune time to address the facility damage caused by winter storms and prepare for autumn allergens.

Facility Spring Cleaning Tips
A well-laid spring cleaning agenda establishes the groundwork for a healthy and productive year.

Spring cleaning has several advantages, including:

Improved facility appearance.

While fears surrounding COVID are clearly abating, concerns regarding the potential for new mandates caused by increased case counts have resulted in top prioritization for health-based facility cleaning services.

Health Measures Top Workforce Priorities
Cleaning for health still tops office workforce priorities.

Recent data suggests that while several areas of in-house managed cleaning services have improved since the start of the pandemic, several critical areas are either lagging behind or potentially misdirected and would benefit from outsourced expertise.

The Current State of In-House Managed Cleaning Services
A recent survey conducted by CMM assessed several critical benchmarks for in-house cleaning and facility maintenance services, including:

Post-pandemic occupation levels.