Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 28th May 2020 Issue no. 920
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countriesworldwide With the end to lockdown picking up pace I was pleased to learn that our garden centres are deemed more necessary than many other retail outlets and as such have finally been allowed to open properly. With food shortages and long queues at food outlets earlier this year persuading so many people to grow their own food instead, it struck me as rather short-sighted that this type of facility wasn't allowed to remain open (with the correct safeguarding in place, of course!) so people could buy essentials such as compost, seeds and plug plants; feel fairly confident that they'd at least be able to feed their families, and give those who were furloughed something useful and rewarding to do. I realise people were able to buy online but as in other areas, there were supply chain issues which in many cases don't appear to have been resolved. I support my local garden centre which is run by a charity to provide employment for those suffering from mental ill-health and like many garden centres it provides lightweight plastic & cloth wheelchairs for customers who don't normally use them but who'd struggle to get around such a place without one. Sadly these aren't yet available as the staff aren't sure how to sanitise them to prevent the potential spread of Coronavirus (if you have any tips on how best to clean things like this, I'll happily pass them on). They're also worried about safety regarding the cafe and toilets and these will remain shut for the foreseeable future. Are we going to see further and faster demise in public toilet provision all over, I wonder? All this led me to ponder on some of the more difficult cleaning situations, and whether we should even be thinking about opening some facilities until we can be sure that proper cleaning and sanitising regimes are in place and that there is a continuous supply of disposables, chemicals, equipment and properly trained manpower to keep them safe. Take gyms and other sporting centres for example: I can't think of a better breeding ground for germs, with their high-use equipment and users breathing heavily while getting hot and sweaty! My daughter's a climber and has always complained about how filthy her hands become on the man-made rocks and crevices when she uses indoor centres. These, she claims, are impossible to clean properly. Your thoughts on this particular dilemma would be helpful too...
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       This Week's News
HSE lifts red tape to kickstart logistics operations safely and effectively
It's official: Westminster is full of rats!
Westminster - home to the Houses of Parliament and a breeding ground for the nation's politicians - also saw the most pest-control call-outs of any kind, while the east London borough of Newham is London's cockroach and bed bug capital.
The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association has written to the Health Secretary, The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, asking that those working in the manufacture and distribution of cleaning and hygiene products be eligible for priority testing for the Coronavirus. Anyone over the age of five who exhibits symptoms of Covid-19 - a temperature, cough and the loss of the sense of taste and smell - is now able to secure a test for coronavirus. Essential workers in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland can apply for priority testing through www.gov.uk These tests are prioritised over those made available to the wider public through the NHS. Workplace washroom cleaning and sanitising made easy, with Powertec
Keeping ourselves and others safe and well - the science behind surface wiping
To ensure we can do this requires understanding the science behind surface wiping and cleaning, says Kimberly-Clark Professional. Demon Sanitiser and Tornado P2 Mini-Bowser with Sanitiser Head
Demon's latest version of the Tornado P2 Mini-Bowser with sanitising head has been designed for ease of use and efficiency when sanitising large outside areas in response to the current demand for sanitising in the UK. Ecocleen makes sanitisation and specialist deep clean investment
The company has invested in a range of portable and handheld sprayers, which are designed to effectively disinfect a wide range of premises in a fraction of the time and cost previously needed. New handguard reduces germ transfer from surfaces workers can't avoid touching
Bunzl Canada's smart restroom system raises bar on hygiene compliance
The new components include a mobile application and IoT alert button to broaden the system's applicability to varied facility sizes and types. The WandaMobile application enables environmental cleaning teams to efficiently document cleaning activities from their mobile devices.
The film, manufactured at the Alfreton based manufacturing and recycling plant, Cromwell Plastics Recycling, will be made into approximately 5,000 disposable plastic gowns for Southampton General Hospital. 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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