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SYR is getting ready to unveil its new training centre which it is naming The lorence Nightingale


Cleaning Academy. The state-of-the-art facility, at the company’s


H in Lye, West Midlands, brings training in the manual cleaning industry into the 21st century. The name was chosen to honour the woman


who brought about a revolution in healthcare, particularly sanitation, in the 1850s. Her work slashed


hospital death rates in the Crimean War from 42 per cent to two per cent. Her concern to introduce better cleaning and hospital planning established practices that apply to hospitals today. Now the unique new lorence Nightingale


Florence Nightingale


Cleaning Academy will equip cleaning opera- tives to meet that challenge today. SYR has invested heavily in the cleaning


academy, with a new training area and a revamped auditorium. These complement the 5,000 sq ft activities


area, round-table conference room and sepa- rate meeting rooms. The new wet mopping area is a purpose-built


facility where users will be able to experience the latest cleaning technology on a variety of


Nightingale’s words echo down the ages


Considered the first nursing theorist, lo- rence Nightingale wrote about the importance of cleanliness, and how to achieve it, in her Notes on Nursing. Among her remarks, which have much still to say to us more than 150 years


later, were: ‘The greater part of nursing consists in preserving cleanliness,’ and: ‘It may seem a


strange principle to enunciate as a first re- quirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.’


Inside this issue:


Olympic dream – page 2; focus on microfibre – page 3; study day success – pages 4 & 5; getting hands-on at head


office – page 6; family matters – page 7; Ken bows out – page 8.


floor coverings widely found in healthcare settings. Meanwhile the auditorium, which seats 60


people in comfortable cinema-style seating, now boasts surround sound and crystal-clear projec- tion of any presentation on to a giant screen. It can handle anything from DDs to laptop


presentations, with internet available. There are two radio mics for use by those giving presen- tations and the system is even 3D capable! The academy, as well as offering independ-


ent training courses leading to nationally recog- nised qualifications, will provide familiarisation with SYR’s new Ultimate product range, which gives improved cleaning while cutting costs and pollution. Delia Cannings of Environmental Excellence


Training and Development Ltd said: “The recent developments at SYR are phenomenal in terms of creating an environment which is designed specifically to meet the needs of a modern and forward-thinking cleaning industry. “Those who access these facilities going


forward will be able to embrace cutting edge technology and innovation.” The lorence Nightingale Cleaning Academy


is the only fully functioning conference centre of its kind in reat Britain. It is ideally placed for transport links from around the country, being just five minutes from a station and having ample parking. ull catering can be pro- vided. SYR can also provide training in the field. or


more information about the facilities on offer contact SYR on 01384 892021.


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Academy’s name honours founder of modern nursing


TRIBUTE TO A HEROINE


Olympian effort put into 2012


cleaning Could synchronised mopping become a new sport at the Olympics These two look as if they would be odds on for a old medal if it was! Wendy and Ben from Barking Abbey School in London are two of an army of people who will be working behind the scenes to ensure this summer’s ames go smoothly. They have chosen SYR cleaning tools to use at the ames-Time Training enue which will play host to top basketball teams.


or the full story turn to page 2.


Industry told to sort out microfibre


SYR is calling on the cleaning industry to get its act together over microfibre.


Manufacturers, distributors and end users are still unsure of the basic way to use microfibre, and there is also a lack of clear guidance in the industry as to how it should be cleaned – and how often.


“Microfibre needs a great deal of qualified criticism, more than it has had to date. It needs solutions for its faults,” said SYR chairman Scot Young. “If we spare the rod of discussion and criticism, we will ruin the child.”


So what are the major issues lOpinion is split on whether microfibre should be used as a damp or dry duster. lBecause it becomes saturated so quickly, it simply moves dirt around.


lMany are finding it too costly to launder, with some hospitals switching away from it. “After all these years shouldn’t the basic way to use microfibre be decided People in the industry can hang their heads in shame that they haven’t worked out whether to use it damp or dry,” added Mr Young.


Mechanical


“It is the same products we have always used in the past, but the process of making it into microfibre makes it far better at picking up. However the reality is when it is satu- rated within five minutes in a dirt-filled area, it cannot be rinsed out by hand. It must be done by a mechanical process of laundering or scrubbing. “Up until now, that has involved having a big laundry costing up to £100,000 or a


commercial laundering machine and drier at up to £500.”


Consultant Sam McCrone, who has been working with SYR, said the real problem lay in the fibres. “We need to open up the fibres to clean them,” he told SYR  Press. “No-one ever set out to develop a microfibre for cleaning, and now we need to find a way to keep the benefits of microfibre but get the fibres to release the dirt.”


SYR is tackling the issue of unloading


microfibre in two ways – firstly a cost effec- tive, simple way of cleaning microfibre mop- heads during use and then with periodic laundering; and secondly looking again at the actual construction of microfibre. l or more on microfibre turn to page 3.


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