letters and views Letters Insight from the JanSan industry. Expanding Infection Awareness I read your article, “Infection Awareness Should Not Take A Summer Vacation,” in the Infection July 2012 issue Awareness ULD NOT SHO and couldn’t agree TAKE A SUMMER CATION VA with you more. In addition to N awareness of ill-nesses that season-ally come and go, more people need to be conscious of bloodborne patho-gens. They can survive in a single drop of dried blood for over a week and have the potential to spread diseases like Hepatitis. People get exposed to these diseases multiple times every day in public women’s restrooms. Until recently, little atten-tion has been given to this problem that endangers women and the children they bring with them into public restroom facilities. In addition, janitorial staffs are at high risk of infection while they clean women’s restrooms. Thankfully, this no longer needs to be the case with new feminine hygiene care products that protect the health of people frequenting and cleaning these facilities cleanthoughts To The Editor while preserving the planet for future gener-ations. -Amy Fuentes, president of MORE Enterprises LLC. Though some may be small like color contrasting, they make a large impact on visitors’ experiences and may result in a loss in potential revenue. The time commitment and monetary investment could be wasted on professional websites unless they are executed effectively. Partnering with a competent web hosting company can help you avoid the most com-mon mistakes businesses make. With their tips and advice, you will be able to avoid mak-ing mistakes and ensure that web-site visitors have a positive experi-ence with your web-site and, in turn, your business. -Kelly Meeneghan, manager of 1&1 Internet Inc. CM Each month, we welcome readers to opine on the noteworthy — or even the trivial — aspects of their lives as JanSan professionals. The following is some of the correspondence we have received in recent weeks. Googols Of Mistakes Being able to reach millions of con-sumers through the most popular por-tal, the Internet, is the biggest benefit to having a website. It can be a chal-lenge to be placed on one of the first three pages of search engine results, but if you can achieve this task, businesses should provide a flaw-less website to keep visitors’ interest. Too often, however, many businesses make fool-ish mistakes on their website. 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CM Circulation Manager [email protected] mentality that and penniless laissez faire Stacie Tubb Circulation Analyst warmer weather. [email protected] question is, “How Anna Hicks Board: So, the million-dollar of infection Editorial Advisory Bill McGarvey, Test Laboratories; the importance Antimicrobial stress Hospital; David Tanner, we do mes-Benjamin Hicks, St. Luke’s Cleaning without our Company; Darrel Stanton, American Phillip Rosenau awareness year-round sages falling on deaf ears?” The Pulpit Preach From Aaron Baunee, managing editor Kendzior, Group; Kathleen Holly, The Ashkin Cross, Cleanfax magazine; Russell Jeff Institute (ACI); Institute (NFSI). National Floor Safety of habit; we are creatures As humans, we . and consistency thrive on repetition advertise-and television This is why radio over the same information ments repeat this topic or any or thoughts on Send comments appears in CM/Cleaning ® other article that magazine, to Management & Maintenance [email protected]. & Maintenance CM/Cleaning Online™ Service Management at www.CMMOnline.com 4 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance t ® • July 2012 Managemen dd 4 Get involved Cleaning & Maintenance Management Online ® viewers as well as Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® magazine readers are encour-aged to submit letters to the editor on topics of interest to the professional cleaning and maintenance industry. Send letters to the edi-tor to [email protected]. 6 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • September 2012
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