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Professional cleaning saves lives
26th of March 2019
Antibiotic resistance has been a growing problem for years and infection prevention in hospitals needs to be improved, writes Dutch correspondent John Griep of VSR. That includes better training in cleaning.
Professional checklists instead of individual scraps of paper, and better training in cleaning. These are just a few of the improvements
New EFCI director aims to raise cleaning sector profile in Europe
26th of March 2019
Isabel Yglesias was appointed the new director of EFCI, the organisation representing the cleaning and facilities services sector across Europe, in summer 2018. She speaks to ECJ editor Michelle Marshall about its relaunch and ongoing projects for 2019.
Isabel Yglesias is a Spanish lawyer who worked in the private sector for 10 years before
A change of leadership
20th of March 2019
AfidampCOM, the Italian association of cleaning products manufacturers, has a new president - writes Anna Garbagna for ECJ.
Roberto Galli is the new president of AfidampCOM, the Italian association of machines, products and equipment for the professional cleaning sector. The businessman is the head of Erremme, a company offering
Robots at railway stations
10th of December 2018
Christian Bouzols reports for ECJ about cleaning robots now in use at SNCF railway stations.
Keeping its stations clean is a matter of great importance to the SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français). Some two tons of waste are picked up every day in a typical main railway station. The thousands of passengers who
Dining, clubbing and cleaning
6th of December 2018
Clubbing can lead to many things. Like starting a cleaning venture. From Malmö in Sweden ECJ correspondent Lotte Printz has this report.
Someone recently told me that when eating out with her family, she always checks the restaurant’s washroom before asking for the menu: “If I know what the lavatories look like, I can most
Invest in the quality experience
4th of December 2018
The fact your office is technically clean says nothing about how users experience the cleaning quality. As a cleaning company, you can offer a service that goes beyond simply cleaning an office. You can increase the quality experience and add real value, writes John Griep of VSR.
Being a cleaning association, we have focused for many years on
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