Handwashing for 5, 10 and 20 Seconds
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Handwashing Tips and Wisdom from Dr. Powitz
• To encourage handwashing, try to place the handwashing sink to the right of the task (primarily restaurant kitchens). 90% of us are right-handed. • Avoid hand cleaners that have strong odorants (fragrance) and/or use yellow or red dyes. Folks [...]
Clean Hands Certified (CHC) Credential for Service Professionals
Indoor Health Council believes it’s time for a “hands on” approach to a program that proctors handwashing and drives both a health and business discussion via three elements: 1. Technique (how to wash) 2. Timing (when to wash) 3. Incentives [...]
Tips for Training Professional Cleaning Workers in Healthier Methods
Training professional cleaning workers in healthier methods is essential to ensure a safe and hygienic environment. Let's explore effective strategies for achieving this: Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Create detailed SOPs for various cleaning tasks, including specific instructions for [...]
Daily Preventive Maintenance on a Backpack Vacuum
A backpack vacuum is a portable device that allows you to clean floors, carpets, furniture, and other surfaces—sometimes more efficiently and comfortably depending on the application. However, to ensure optimal performance and durability, you need to conduct daily preventive maintenance [...]
Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Training Program
Measuring the effectiveness of your training program is crucial to ensure that your investment in employee development yields positive outcomes. Let's explore some practical methods: Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model This model assesses training effectiveness across four levels: Reaction: Gather feedback from [...]
Field Training – Difficult, but Vital – Five Steps to Make Healthy Cleaning Easier
by Allen Rathey Training people who clean buildings is vital to reducing wasted labor and improving service quality, health, and appearance outcomes. But without a standardized program, training can be difficult. Taking five “baby steps” can help ease the pain [...]
ICM Overview
Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM) is a system that tracks the quality and effectiveness of cleaning processes in commercial and public facilities. It uses measurement tools and metrics to meet cleaning goals and improve cleaning outcomes. For example, it [...]
When Training is Not the Answer – Better Product Is…
Knowledge transfer research shows only two out of 12 workers or 17% put training into practice. “Are trainings simply ineffective?” asks the book, 12 Levers of Transfer Effectiveness. “Does it have to be like this? Could it be that [...]
ICM – Part One – Measuring Cleanliness
by R.W. Powitz When we make changes in cleaning products, cleaning equipment or even cleaning systems, our decisions should be defensible. Just because something is "new and improved", doesn't necessarily mean that it is better. A questionable housekeeping-related purchasing [...]