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Chlorine disinfectant is no more effective than water at killing off superbug, says new study
3rd of January 2024
One of the primary chlorine disinfectants currently being used to clean hospital scrubs and surfaces does not kill off the most common cause of antibiotic-associated sickness in healthcare settings globally, according to a new study.
Research by the University of Plymouth has showed spores of C. diff are completely unaffected despite being
A spirit of initiative brings success
2nd of January 2024
From Italy Anna Garbagna brings the inspiring story of cleaning industry legend Luigi Marfella.
His name is Luigi Marfella and he is the protagonist of a story worth telling. The son of a lady janitor who worked in a state school, he has always associated his passion for the cleaning world to his moments of childhood when, following his mother in
Folded microfibre still effective
29th of December 2023
VSR has been researching cross-contamination from folding microfibre cloths, writes John Griep.
VSR has been researching cross-contamination from folding microfibre cloths for some time. I wrote about this last year after it was found that micro-organisms spread from a dirty surface to clean surfaces by the folding method. The microfibre cloth
Flexi cleaning on road to success
28th of December 2023
ECJ’s Lotte Printz takes another look at the flexible market meeting a Flex-job cleaner in Denmark.
One Monday morning at 8am, yours truly arrives at the old building where I used to study journalism. A building now a community and conference centre run by Skejby Rangers. It may sound like it, but this is not a football club, nor is my
EFCI attends EP hearing on social impact of public procurement
27th of December 2023
Towards the end of last year EFCI participated in a hearing, organised by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EMPL) to discuss the findings of a report on the social impact of the current public procurement provisions. For the first time, EFCI was
given the opportunity to present its views before the members of
Guest’s missing ring is found in a vacuum cleaner
21st of December 2023
A cleaner working at the Ritz hotel in Paris apparently managed to vacuum up a ring worth €750,000 with a vacuum cleaner, it emerged this month.
The owner, a Malaysian businesswoman and guest at the hotel, told police that she had left the ring on a table in her room before going out shopping in the city for a few hours. And when she
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