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DOL Announces Return to In-Person Job Training

DOL Announces Return to In-Person Job Training

As employers in numerous fields, including the cleaning industry, struggle to find workers, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced...

Chicago Schools Pay Building Engineers Overtime to Bring Cleanliness Up to Standard

Chicago Schools Pay Building Engineers Overtime to Bring Cleanliness Up to Standard

While many school employees enjoyed a long holiday weekend, workers with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) were offered more than double...

MRSA

Pandemic Brings About Rise in Hospital MRSA Rates

Investigators seeking source outside of clean patient rooms

Hospital-acquired cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection had been in decline since 2010. However, that changed in 2020 when...

3M Disinfectants
September 30, 2021 Sponsored by 3M

Eight 3M Disinfectants Earn EPA COVID-19 Registration

Products

3M is dedicated to helping facility management teams navigate the complexities of a COVID-19 world by providing the tools, products, and training to do so effectively.

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2021 CMM BSC/Building Service Contractor/Contract Cleaning Survey, BSCs
September 28, 2021 Amy W. Richardson

CMM’s 2021 BSC/Contract Cleaning Benchmarking Survey Report

Industry Research

The annual CMM BSC/Contract Cleaning Benchmarking Survey Report provides a snapshot of how building service contractors (BSCS) are performing during another year of unprecedented change. 

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Demand for Cleaning Products Predicted to Surge

Demand for Cleaning Products Predicted to Surge

The global market for surface-cleaning products is expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 5% over...

How ISSA and IFMA Pushed Through Their Darkest Pandemic Moments

How ISSA and IFMA Pushed Through Their Darkest Pandemic Moments

Both ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, and IFMA, the International Facility Management Association, created and implemented strategies to not...

garbage truck, trash, garbage pickup

Waste Management Issues Hamper New Orleans Hurricane Recovery

Emergency contracts set up for trash removal blitz

Since Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans last month, the city has been cleaning up the debris left from the storm...

COVI-19 vaccine, vaccination proof, digital

Businesses Setting Up Vaccination Verification Systems

Digital platforms are popular solutions

Businesses and workplace facilities are scrambling to set up secure systems to verify workers’ COVID-19 vaccination status, following President Joe...

MRSA

COVID-19 Wreaks Havoc With Health Care-Acquired Infections

Study finds instances of MRSA and other infections have increased since the pandemic

Health care facilities’ focus on the prevention of COVID-19 has likely lead to an increase in other health care-associated infections,...

Building Cleanliness
September 14, 2021 Brant Insero

Cleanliness and Hygiene Reimagined

Business and Management

Strategies to uphold cleanliness and highlight your facility's commitment to public health and safety

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clean for health
September 9, 2021 Amy W. Richardson

Keeping Our Custodial Staff Safe and Healthy

Health and Safety

Cleaning for health must consider the cleaning worker's health too.

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