that germs and bacteria are not transferred to different surfaces. Lastly, clean restrooms from top to bot-tom to ensure all dirt and bacteria are washed away. Step 3: Provide Professional Cleaning Solutions Using the right products ensures optimal cleanliness. For best results, use U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered, profes-sional-strength cleaners. A multi-purpose cleaner/disinfectant is ide-al for restroom surfaces. Many think it is the same practice, but cleaning removes dirt and soil, while disin-fecting actually kills the germs. Confirm that the disinfectant also kills vi-ruses that can rapidly spread in public re-strooms including H1N1 Influenza A (Swine Flu), Influenza A2 Virus, Salmonella Choler-aesuis , Escherichia coli ( E. coli ), Hepatitis B and C, Norwalk Virus, Staphylococcus au-reus and MRSA. Most importantly, train staff to use the solu-tions correctly. After the proper cleaning steps, many peo-ple apply the disinfectant solution and wipe immediately. However, disinfectants need to dwell for a specific amount of time in order to kill 99 per-cent of bacteria. Dwell times can sometimes be as long as 10 minutes and the surface must remain wet the entire time to work properly. Encourage staff to empty the trash or re-stock restroom supplies while the solution sets into the surfaces, and look for products with shorter dwell times. A ready-to-use (RTU) multi-purpose clean-er/disinfectant provides the added benefit of eliminating user error when preparing the for-mulation for use. An RTU cleaner/disinfectant adds another level of assurance that the product is doing what the product label claims indicate. Temporarily close the restroom to allow disinfectants to sit for the appropriate amount of dwell time. In addition, provide employees a detailed checklist to ensure every inch of the restroom is sanitized. All surfaces including sinks, countertops, fixtures, floors, mirrors, walls and baby changing stations must be cleaned and dis-infected. Other tasks should include refilling supplies and emptying the trash. Also, it’s important to deep clean rest-rooms on a regular basis. This breaks down and removes soil build-up and harmful microorganisms from a rest-room. Step 5: Target Highly-touched Surfaces Frequently Beyond daily cleaning, require employees to perform numerous five-minute “spot cleans” to target areas prone to frequent hand contact. This will greatly reduce cross-contamina-tion between patrons. Items to focus on include latches, han-dles, door knobs, railings, toilet seats, light switches, faucets and dispenser levers and buttons. In addition, provide a trash can by the rest-room door for those who wish to use a paper towel to exit the restroom. Following these five tips will guarantee that restrooms not only look clean, but are also properly disinfected. Taking the time to cor-rectly clean restrooms and provide extra atten-tion to highly-touched surfaces will help prevent cross-contamination to keep users healthy year round. CM ™ A PROVEN PERFORMANCE FORMULATOR & MANUFACTURER In 2013, we combined the resources of Charlotte Products and Enviro-Solutions to further support and develop the cleaning chemical business of our current and future customers. This will position our company for greater future growth @MC RSQDMFSGDM NTQ O@QSMDQRGHO @MC OQNCTBS NƤDQHMF VHSG NTQ BTRSNLDQR�d; Charlotte Products was founded in 1986 and is the Performance Formulator and Manufacturer of a broad range of cleaning chemical products including brands such as Enviro-Solutions®, Swish™, ECOgent™, private label and custom pack for multinational companies. VISIT US AT BOOTH 2572 We lead the industry by providing innovative technology, cellence. quality products and service excellence. Step 4: Clean Restrooms Daily Cleaning frequency depends on usage, but restrooms must be thoroughly cleaned at least once a day. 2060 Fisher Drive, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 8N4 Tel: 705.740.2880 Fax: 705.745.1239 Toll Free: 1.877.745.2880 Web: www.charlotteproducts.com ™ ™ FREE INFO: Reader Service 203 or CMMOnline.com/freeinfo www.cmmonline.com 27
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