Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 7th May 2020 Issue no. 917
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Products Proven technology updated to minimise contamination potential
A permanent change for the better in handwashing practice?
Business as usual, interesting Coronavirus info and some great products ready for delivery!
Paying attention to drains during the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countriesworldwide Although I've worked from home for 19 years - which means that for me, nothing much has changed since lockdown, it feels different. I don't know if it's because much of the rest of the world has slowed down, but I'm finding I spend more time thinking deeply about things. A thought comes into my head and instead of batting it away because I have work to do, I'm taking time to explore it. I often find myself asking aloud where the day's gone! Business associates with whom I normally exchange short emails are phoning to catch up. We're sharing more than we normally would, about our feelings and the way we're coping with life. I like that side of things. One of the thoughts that's kept recurring in recent weeks is what decisions I'd make if I had to physically go out to work. If I was a low-paid key worker - one of those who not only has to go out to work but one whose work requires, perhaps, travelling on public transport and physical interaction with others, (I'm not talking NHS here) - would I continue to work and put my health and that of my family at risk? Or would I resign? Resignation won that one hands down. But then I got to thinking that these workers are the ones perhaps juggling several jobs to make ends meet - potentially all of them public-facing - who probably aren't in a position to be able to make that choice. My thoughts have led me to conclude that I wouldn't be a key worker for anything in the world right now and I take my hat off to each and every one of them. I've mentioned here before that I write across two industries, the other being the kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms sector. Over recent weeks I've seen the two swap places in terms of positioning and stature. With retail outlets being forced to close, manufacturing has slowed considerably or ground to a halt. Businesses are really struggling. Press releases have virtually dried up and publications have reduced frequency. Doing up the house doesn't seem quite as important as it was, in the big scheme of things. The cleaning industry - or parts of it, anyway, seems to be on a roll as those who didn't realise it before, now know that good cleaning is essential to life. I wonder how things will pan out, further down the line...
Yours,
       This Week's News
Cleaning “key” for lockdown exit strategy: a sectorial approach is needed, says new Guidance
Queen's Award-winning MARS system's temperature monitoring protects key workers
Metro has reacted to the global pandemic by developing an innovative new module for its 2019 Queen's Award-winning MARS analytics solution. This new temperature monitoring system provides immediately available, easy-to-install and effective detection of arriving employees, contractors and visitors at the entrance point to any facility. New occupancy control system will help get us back trading – and safely
Sintuitive is a fast tracked software solution which allows businesses to operate within the social distancing guidelines by the realtime counting of footfall in and out of premises using a thermal imaging camera and an automated smart display at the entrance to control occupancy levels. Mitie launches post-lockdown guidance to help facilities get back to business
Clean with Confidence to combat Coronavirus, with the aid of a scholarship
Mewa reusable cleaning wipes contribute to employee safety
For increasing hygiene requirements - Hako-AntiBac: antibacterial tanks as a standard
Since 2010, Hako's product programme has included scrubber-driers equipped with antibacterial tanks for use in areas with particularly strict hygiene standards, for example hospitals, nursing homes, commercial kitchens or applications in the food processing and -storage industry. Stepan facilities around the globe helping out in Coronavirus fight
Stepan's plant near Joliet, Illinois, US, has donated 800 gallons of hand sanitiser and several hundred gallons of disinfecting spray solution to the Chicago Police and Fire departments as well as numerous departments in the Chicago suburbs. Covid-19: Donations also come from Nettuno!
The first initiative aims at supporting healthcare facilities and families in the most critical phases of patient care, making hospital places available more quickly for new patients. Moreover, says Nettuno, having been taking care of hands for 50 years, how could it not support all the doctors, health workers and volunteers who are taking care of the rest of us right now? New Master for the WCEC focuses on the fight against Coronavirus
John Shonfeld founded laundry and garment manufacturing and rental business, Tibard, with his wife Sue in 1979, from a bedroom in their family home. The company now has a turnover of £18.5 million annually, employs 150 people and exports to the Middle East, Asia, Europe, China, the Mediterranean and a fast-growing market in the Caribbean. Mitie builds on environmental commitments by joining EP100
However, based on current targets to improve its energy productivity, Mitie anticipates meeting this goal significantly sooner. Washrooms and the spread of Covid-19
The Coronavirus can live for hours to days on surfaces such as toilet cubicles, WCs, washbasins, hand-dryers and entrance door handles. How long it survives depends on the material the surface is made from. 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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