cleanthoughts Fighting Publisher Micah Ogburn [email protected] Editorial Director Rich DiPaolo [email protected] (518) 640-9177 (516) 404-4532 Fall Frights T The fall months are in full swing — October is finally here and it brings the year’s most notorious holiday. In a few short weeks, ghosts, goblins and creatures of all shapes and sizes will haunt the streets in search of parties, pranks, scares and sweets. Even so, building service contractors (BSCs), facility managers and JanSan workers don’t need a holiday or looming shadows to find frightening sights. There are things that go bump in the night — and even during the day — in every pub-lic building. Contaminated surfaces, filthy floors and stained carpets are just a few of threats cleaners and maintenance workers regu-larly battle. In restrooms, cleaning professionals pro-tect the public from a malevolent murder-er’s row of microscopic monsters that lurk in stalls and on surfaces. Calling upon modern technology and up-to-date training, workers strive every day to kill harmful bathroom bacteria and viruses and to prevent dangerous cross contami-nation. Other important restroom topics covered in this issue include: ■ Tile and grout cleaning ■ Proper hand drying options ■ Effective disinfection practices ■ Restrooms and the bidding process. Editor Phillip Lawless [email protected] (205) 408-3744 Assistant Editor Amanda Martini-Hughes [email protected] (518) 640-9168 Account Executives Susan Pierce [email protected] Matt Moberg [email protected] Art Director Marty Harris [email protected] Graphic Designer Justin Lancaster [email protected] Business Office Manager Rebecca Wilson [email protected] (256) 715-0342 (518) 640-9172 Attend And Learn Looking past the shadows of October, we are now one month away from ISSA/IN-TERCLEAN North America 2013. This national gathering of the cleaning industry provides BSCs and facility man-agers a number of valuable educational offerings as well as the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the market’s newest technology. Education and innovation are two themes that Cleaning & Maintenance Management touches on frequently, and the ISSA con-vention is one of the best opportunities for BSCs and facility managers to learn and network. In this issue, we are excited to give our readers a sneak peak of the show a full month in advance. Turn to page 30 for the Worth Seeing At ISSA/INTERCLEAN Product Showcase. There you will find the newest cleaning technology that show attendees will be talking about in Las Vegas. Cleaning & Maintenance Management will be in attendance, and I welcome you to stop by our booth with questions and feedback. I hope to see you there. 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Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2 Corporate General Manager Barry Lovette [email protected] Vice President of Operations [email protected] Brent Kizzire Chief Marketing Officer, Publishing Services Group [email protected] Hank Brown Vice President of Business Publishing [email protected] Tracy Aston-Martin Vice President of Finance [email protected] Brad Youngblood Director of New Business Development [email protected] Matt Gallinger Group Director of Circulation & Fulfillment [email protected] Delicia Poole Circulation Manager Anna Hicks Techniques And Tools In this issue’s Restroom Care Spotlight, our feature articles address a number of poten-tial cleaning challenges. While everyone knows that unhealthy “nasties” can thrive on floors, fixtures and toilet seats, other restroom problem areas may surprise you. In one feature, we discuss danger that can be found in the last place a restroom user or cleaner would ever suspect: The soap dispenser. Another feature highlights the specific problem bacteria that thrive in dirty rest-rooms and discusses the proper methods to guarantee worker safety, disinfection and cross contamination prevention. [email protected] Editorial Advisory Board: Benjamin Tanner, Antimicrobial Test Laboratories; Bill McGarvey, Phillip Rosenau Company; Darrel Hicks, St. Luke’s Hospital; David Holly, The Ashkin Group; Kathleen Stanton, American Cleaning Institute (ACI); Jeff Cross, Cleanfax magazine; Russell Kendzior, National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI). Phillip Lawless, editor Phillip Lawless is Editor of Cleaning & Maintenance Management magazine; he can be reached at PLawless@GrandViewMedia. com. A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lawless has over 13 years of profes-sional writing and editing experience. CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management Online™ Service at www.CMMOnline.com 4 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • October 2013
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