around the industry Rich Content Update Cleaning & Maintenance Management has been striving to provide you with the most relevant information in intriguing, interactive formats. Here is a teaser of what’s new in the CMM Community. Be sure to bookmark CMMOnline.com/Blogs/CMM and CMMOnline.com/Podcasts. ■ Cleaning Is Not Child’s Play Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently suggested, in order to save money, school districts should fire their janitors and have the students clean their schools. Unfortunately, when someone makes a comment like this, it usually implies that anyone can clean — even young children — and that cleaning is not all that important. ■ Getting Real With Cleaning The more cleaning professionals know, and the better trained they are, the less likely they are to be swayed by misinformation, resulting in facilities being cleaner and more beautiful for employee and guests’ enjoyment. Blogs: For the health and safety of your building’s occupants. Cross-contamination of hard surfaces happens anywhere people work and play. Assisted living facilities and nursing homes, doctors’ offices, daycare centers, grocery stores, and fitness centers are just a few of the locations where viruses, bacteria and disease can be spread from one hard surface to another. Reducing the spread of germs must be part of a daily routine. The solution: wipe it away. Daily disinfecting of hard surfaces with a convenient, easy-to-use, pre-moistened towel – like Spartan’s new Hard Surface Disinfecting Wipes – can reduce 99.9% of germs in as little as 15 seconds. H1N1, MRSA, Staph, Strep and other microorganisms will be completely killed in 5 minutes. No dilution needed. That’s protection – and peace-of-mind – for you and your building’s occupants. For more infection prevention strategies, contact your Spartan Distributor. Visit www.spartanchemical.com and click on “Distributor Lookup.” SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. U 1110 Spartan Drive U Maumee, OH 43537 Toll-free 1 (800) 537-8990 © SCC 10/10 Podcast: ■ Changing The Floor Care Game Erick Frack, acting president of Intellibot Robotics Inc., explains how autonomous floor cleaning is helping to reduce labor costs, decrease chemistry and establish accountability when cleaning hard floors and carpeted surfaces. CM Product Information no. 213 on page 24 www.cmmonline.com 11
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