Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 6th February 2014 Issue no. 609
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Products Global economy growing - but 'wellbeing' may be left behind As the world marks the 80th birthday of Gross Domestic Product, a new Worldwatch Institute report examines its inadequacy as the sole metric for prosperity. Blowing more than those Winter blues away: a new way to use air movers
Budapest hosts Clean Europe competition in four weeks' time
WaterAid steps up advocacy on behalf of 2.5 billion people without a toilet
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Welcome to the
Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 148 countries worldwide! We often complain about the standards of cleaning in our nation’s hotels and guesthouses, but having seen the images being beamed around the world of the conditions in various hotels in Sochi – host to the Winter Olympics this month – I for one am feeling happier about the impression we give visitors to this land!
For while it’s bad enough for hotel guests to be instructed not to attempt to flush used toilet tissue but to put it into the bin instead, the very idea of having to empty those bins and perhaps deal with the contents at the local municipal tip (if there is one) or wherever it ends up, just doesn’t bear thinking about! Reading comments on the online forums, I can see that the need to bin used toilet tissue is not uncommon in some parts of the world that I’d not consider to be ‘third world’, but I’m fairly well travelled (including to the old ‘Eastern bloc’ countries) and it’s not something I’ve ever come across… Perhaps not as stomach churning is this image (taken by Matt Gutman at ABC and distributed via Twitter) of a cleaner having to make do with a piece of cardboard in place of a dustpan, using a brush that is not designed for purpose and which can only make both her back and her arm ache terribly. How sad that this difficult job is being made harder through what may be lack of funding, or perhaps ignorance, or perhaps lack of care and concern for the cleaner’s lot…
Yours,
       This Week's News
Superbugs no longer ride in rescue vehicles!
In order to prevent EMS paramedics and transport patients from coming in contact with these deadly pathogens, West Palm Beach Fire Rescue is the first in the US to begin sanitising the interior surfaces of its ambulance fleet with this innovative and portable UV light. Sustainability is an integral part of the paper tissue value chain
Looking for truckmount drying times but are thwarted by your budget?
The Surrey-based company's latest carpet & upholstery extraction machine features twin 6.6in low noise vacuum motors with truck-mount level of 279cfm of air flow. The Endeavour runs the ultra-reliable 150psi Shurflo induction pump, and comes complete with a built in 'Heat 'n' Run' system and also provides handy bottle and wand stowage. Pick up the Katrin Easy Pick, wherever you work...
Easy Picks are a compact, lightweight and easy to carry hand towel solution - for use by any mobile workforce. The new name is a reference to the enhanced sleeve opening, with each sleeve containing towels that are hypo-allergenically tested and so kind to hands. Sanitex MVP soap dispenser image is 'Solid Edge' design competition winner
The competition to find the best images created by the software's users, attracted a prize of a place in the 2014 Solid Edge Siemens calendar. New Valet Single Motor Upright vacuum cleaner is easy to manoeuvre
Robust and modern in design, this new model is perfect for healthcare, educational and office facilities, incorporating excellent manoeuvrability for hard to reach areas and a brush head that automatically senses the carpet pile height. Features and benefits include: OhioHealth and IBM scientists join forces to prevent infections in hospitals
OhioHealth will use the technology to provide hospital administrators with real-time data that can be used to reduce healthcare associated infections like methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus MRSA and Clostridium difficile, which affect 1 in every 20 patients in US healthcare facilities. Ciprus, a Connecticut, US-based market research and consulting firm, has announced the completion of the 4th Edition of 'The North American market for commercial flooring maintenance' report.
The research, which lasted almost a year, consisted of detailed telephone interviews with 1,400 business establishments and building service contractors in the US and Canada in offices, retail, healthcare, hospitality, education, manufacturing and transportation. Interviews were conducted with small, medium, large and very large establishments. Long-term partners seal the deal: Kärcher acquires Italian sweeper manufacturer ISAL
The takeover comes following a bereavement within the ISAL owner family, and according to a statement issued by ISAL, it will be very much 'business as usual': Warrington cleaning company plans to create 700 jobs
The award-winning company, which is headed up by Steve Fives (centre of image) and Simon Whittle (right) with Managing Director Claire McKinley-Smith, was set-up 15 years ago and currently has a turnover of £17m. Its clients include shopping centres, sports stadia and corporate enterprises. Chimney sweeps praise DC 1800 for being the cleanest and quietest dust extractor...
As the business grew, Peter wanted to ensure he was using the best equipment possible and began to investigate the purchase of vacuum cleaners that would not only make his job cleaner, but quicker and easier too. Being a member of the Association of Professional Independent Chimney Sweeps (APICS), Peter spoke to the chairman and it was recommended that he test the DC 1800 from Dustcontrol UK and a similar model from a competing company. The Cleanzine Archive Search We keep an extensive archive of news stories and product information that have featured in past issues of The Cleanzine. If you would like to run a search of the The Cleanzine web site using the search tool below please just go ahead by entering in the name of the person, product or company or any other key words that you are looking for. How to contact us at The Cleanzine:
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Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised that our collective horror centres on how uncomfortable conditions may be for some of the Sochi hotel guests, but I’m wondering whether anyone apart from me has given a thought to the cleaners and those that have to handle the waste further down the line?
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