It is very important to know the risks of working in places where you can come into contact with blood,to avoid contracting diseases and protect other people from being infected.

The most common blood-borne diseases are Hepatitis B and HIV.

To achieve a safe environment, universal precautions must be taken.

In the event of accidental contact with blood, immediately consult a supervisor and follow the established protocol.

It is important for all employees and staff to understand and grasp the concept of how dangerous bloodborne pathogens can be. It shouldn't depend on how big or small the job is. All employees encompassing cleaning should be able to take precautionary measures on a day-to-day basis. 

If an employee is not aware of the repercussions following bloodborne pathogens, then they should not be able to work. If an employee is not given proper training, then the matter will fall onto management and can be taken to the legal route. Unfortunately, cleaning up after anybody can be off-putting at times. However, if cleaning measures are taken properly, then there is a much lower chance at someone contracting HBV or HIV.

Disappointingly enough, if someone does contract HBV or HIV, it doesn't always stop there. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) can lead to severe liver problems and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can lead to AIDS. Both results may end in death as well. This can all be prevented and avoided with proper management, training, and PPE. 

It is important and crucial to know what are the Bloodborne Pathogens and how to prevent exposure at the worksite. Not only people working in the healthcare industry but also the janitors, front cleaners, supervisors and managers should be familiar with the prevention of exposure to B.B.P.

Learning about safety,  handling and disposal of contaminated sharps, needles and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) is the best way to be prepared and help prepare your employees for a better and safer way to handle bloodborne pathogens. 

Using the appropriate personal protective equipment will prevent you from potential exposure. For example; gloves, goggles/ safety glasses, face shields, media gowns or lab coats.

When you diligently prioritize being certified and/or recertified in green cleaning, it ultimately takes you down a journey that reiterates the versatile options that one has at his/her disposal regarding green cleaning. The most popular benefits of being a green cleaner are very obvious: 1) Reduction in health risks 2) Improvements in indoor air quality. 3) Reduction in harsh chemicals being placed in the environment. 4) Increase in productivity.

Pursuing the Masters Green Cleaning Certification deepens your awakening regarding not only what is categorized as green cleaning, but it also expands your appreciation for true "all natural cleaning" options as well. Further exploring the availability of natural alternatives to harsh chemicals gives you a greater sense of how to truly position yourself, your employees, your customers, and their customers to no longer just prioritize cleaning with excellence, but instead to prioritize cleaning to a healthy and safe environment with excellence. This is a clear distinction between those two agendas.

A Masters Green Cleaner does not have to limit him/herself to just striving to be better than the competition, but instead, can strive towards being among the fewer qualified providers (in the industry) of transforming the customers' environments into mini-safe havens (from a cleaning perspective). 

A Masters Green Cleaner is equipped with the knowledge to better lead his/her team towards differentiating themselves in a way that makes them feel like they are a part of something bigger than the norm. Successful teams all have three things in common: knowledgeable leadership, teammates that get better over time, and everyone buying into a vision that truly positions the team "to win".

A Masters Green Cleaner has the knowledge and awareness of educating the team on ways to improve its cleaning practices while also protecting the employees from being insufficiently protected from harsh chemicals. In closing, all of these are reasons that reinforce the benefits of being a green cleaner (Masters Green Cleaner).  

Great customer service in the janitorial industry involves many moving parts. It is important to listen to the customer, apologize for any concerns, solve their issues, and thank them for bring the item to your attention. Above just this, I believe that great service is channeling your service to the individual needs of each client. 

Ask the client what their expectations are ahead of time and continually ask them if they are satisfied with their service and if they would change anything. Explain how important an open line of communication is. 

     Every single day as we deal with the COVID 19 PANDEMIC it is extremely important to protect everyone that enters any healthcare facility which includes patients, staff, vendors and visitors.  Due to people who are sick and possibly contagious without proper cleaning and cross contamination techniques these healthcare facilities are subject to large amounts of germs and bacteria that can be transferred from room to room, patient to patient and so on.  

     Infections and Viruses can be transferred to visitors and staff causing exposure to family and friends when they go home.  These infections and viruses can be transferred from HEALTHCARE FACILITIES to the new host through their shoes, clothing, keys, phones, and other objects we commonly use.  Some of these viruses and infectious diseases can live outside the body for extended periods of time causing exposure to anyone that gets near or has contact with the carrier.  

     HEALTHCARE FACILITY CLEANERS need to be properly trained in the necessary procedures to eliminate bacteria, germs and pathogens that can endanger everyone in the healthcare facility.  So to prevent from endangering everyone in the facility it is vital to use the appropriate level of PPE, cleaning techniques and proper training. 

     For Medical Cleaning Facilities Cleaning go to:

http://www.ijcsa.org/Janitorial-Service-Directory-Find-A-Janitorial-Service-JanitorialServices 

Janitors and Janitorial staff play a big role in daily life, by providing healthy environments.They help prevent the spread of illness and infection in the workplace, which improves indoor quality. Now more than ever, janitorial and commercial cleaning are needed, in facilities due to the arise of new pathogens that are begin spread in the environment. Buildings and facilities are needing extra serves to make sure they are germ free for their occupants. Janitors provide safe and clean spaces which means less distractions and more comfort for employee and clients. Janitorial and commercial cleaning are now seen as the new first responders when it comes to taking care of all facilities. Janitors and janitorial staff job promotes wellness, health and safety to public facility, schools, work offices, hospitals, and restaurants. Take for instance a school, administration, and teachers rely on the cafeteria, classrooms, and restrooms to be kept clean for school staff and children. Janitors job are to meet the needs of others.

Mold remediation certification will benefit my cleaning business by allowing to become more diverse in the filed. Being able to consult with clients about mold will not only build trust or to even inform them about the dangerous but also being able to fix the situation. Mold remediation will benefit my cleaning profession drastically by me offering other services that align with my business goal.

Your house is a reflection of your living environment that's directly impacts your family's health. Therefore, house cleaning should be a top priority. Keep your house clean on a regular  basis can prevent getting sick, prevent allergies or asthma attacks

We provide basic and deep home and residential cleaning services. These services include but not limited  to vacuuming, sweeping & mopping, dusting, surface cleaning, emptying trash etc.

We pride ourselves in quality service and customer satisfaction! 

For more information on home and residential service cleaning click the directory below.

https://www.ijcsa.org/House-Cleaning-Services

Frances Kelly

Apply The Pressure LLC 

Medical cleaning best practices are a good benchmark to work off of when planning cleaning services for non-medical applications.  Especially in today's world where you need to be prepared with every customer engagement that there could have been a COVID exposure, it's critical to understand the key points on medical cleaning that can help as you enter a residential or commercial cleaning project.

PPE for medical cleaning is critical.  Understanding what you're walking into determines the level of PPE you need, so translating that to a residential or commercial job it's important that we are communicating with the customer pre-job to understand the current conditions and if there are any additional precautions we need to be taking.

Process driven cleaning, where you work from the top down, and clean systematically from one side of each room to another is important.  For a commercial job where most rooms you encounter will be similar it's valuable to establish a cleaning process for the room so that you ensure that each room gets the level of attention it needs.  For a residential job, it's important to understand the details of the house you are going into, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and common rooms will help you plan the job in order to clean in an effective manner.

In today's environment disinfecting is important to understand and communicate.  As you are cleaning top down, each surface, especially the high touch surfaces need to be cleaned using friction with a scrubber/sponge/rag to remove dirt or other material on the surface.  Once the surfaces hav ebeen cleaned you can go back with your disinfectant and let it do the job of killing off the germs and bacteria.  It's important to apply the bacteria and allow it to sit for the appropriate contact time in order to reach maximum efficacy.  If you can allowing the surface to air-dry will give the best results.

At Prospray we are committed to delivering professional disinfecting services to our local community in the North DFW area.  We aim to serve these groups to enable them to effectively meet the CDC Reopening America Guidance which asks these groups to use an EPA-approved disinfectant as a second step beyond their routine cleaning as we get our public spaces, businesses and schools re-opened.  We believe that our efforts to step into this space and provide this service to our local community will drive safety amongst our neighbors and mitigate the spread of disease.  You can find our company in the IJCSA directory located here: https://www.ijcsa.org/Janitorial-Service-Directory-Find-A-Janitorial-Service-JanitorialServices