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Under pressure
5th of December 2018
Growing concerns about the need to save water plus a heightened focus on operator safety are just two of the challenges confronting today’s high-pressure cleaning market. Ann Laffeaty finds out about the key pressures facing the industry – and asks what companies are doing to overcome them.
Like everything else, the cleaning industry
Sanitisers and disinfectants - a closer look at resistance
4th of December 2018
ECJ examines how understanding how different types of resistance may impact the effectiveness of sanitisers and disinfectants - with the help of Dale Grinstead, PhD, senior food safety technology fellow at Diversey.
Resistance is the ability of a microorganism to exhibit reduced sensitivity to an antimicrobial treatment that would be effective
Trolleys - when push comes to shove
3rd of December 2018
Pushing a heavy trolley can be a tough task for a cleaner. So what can be done to make trolleys easier to handle? Ann Laffeaty poses this question to manufacturers.
A cleaning trolley needs to be versatile, convenient and flexible. It also needs to be able to house all the necessary equipment for the environment in which it is to be used. For
Hand hygiene - tackling infection rates
30th of November 2018
For anyone working in healthcare environments, hand hygiene must be a priority - 80 per cent of infections are transmitted by the hands after all. Brian Waligora, ceo at Surfaceskins, offers advice on boosting hygiene.
For anyone working to provide cleaning services within a healthcare environment, it goes without saying hand hygiene should be
The myths about lithium
14th of November 2018
Battery Service Hub (BSH) is an independent provider of battery and charger solutions to a number of industrial markets. Director Andy Riddle looks at why lithium ion technology has been slow to be adopted by the cleaning sector.
While it is proving to be successful in a number of mobile applications, lithium ion has been slow to emerge into the
Intelligent matting
12th of November 2018
ECJ speaks to Lee Fox, sales and marketing director of matting specialist Kleen-Tex, about
the key role mats play in commercial buildings.
Mats are often perceived as a mundane purchase, something for people to wipe their feet on to keep the worst of the dirt at bay. But an intelligent choice and positioning of matting can do much more than that.
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