A DELICATE MATTER Here Chicopee looks at how to deliver a hygienic clean for all floors and applications.
A clean, sparkling floor not only creates a great first impression but in settings such as hospitals and restaurants where hygiene is of paramount importance, floors should be cleaned regularly in order to keep dirt and bacteria at bay.
The question is – what is the best method of cleaning? While it is effective, machinery can often be unsuitable for daytime use, when public areas experience a heavy footfall.
FLOORCARE CHALLENGES Some floors are easier to clean than others. Natural stone, cork and hardwood look elegant but may need lots of attention. Laminate floors resemble wood but they need to be cleaned in a different way while marble floors can scratch easily, especially when acidic cleaning fluid is used.
In addition, some settings may require a higher level of hygiene than others. Hospitals and healthcare facilities, for instance, must be cleaned regularly to prevent the spread of infection.
A recent study in the American Journal of Infection Control revealed that patient room floors presented a far greater risk than first anticipated. While strict hygiene regimes were in place to clean high-
touch surfaces such as tables, bed rails and sinks, the same procedures were not always applied to the floor which, despite being heavily contaminated, was not often touched by hand.
The research, however, discovered that germs on the floor of patient rooms, corridors and waiting areas was easily transferred when it came into contact with other objects. These included blood pressure cuffs, bed linen and call buttons which, despite being thoroughly cleaned and disinfected themselves, were at risk of becoming contaminated when they hit the floor.
Hospital waiting rooms and hotel lobbies are busy areas that are in use for the vast majority of the day, which make them unsuitable for the use of floor cleaning machinery. Bulky machines are also unsuitable for use when space is tight or
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when a facility operates 24 hours a day, as the noise may disturb guests or patients.
Yet traditional string mops can deliver an inconsistent clean which, coupled with the fact that wet-mopped floors can take up to 10 minutes to fully dry, makes them unsuitable for many scenarios.
Even after laundering, string mops may still contain potentially harmful bacteria, which can be spread on to the next area to be cleaned – far from ideal when hygiene is of paramount importance.
Microfibre is useful for removing germs, however, washing heavy duty microfibre flat mops is time consuming and expensive, as well as being ineffective – studies have shown that 93% of mops still contained potentially dangerous bacteria after laundering.
A HIGH-TECH SOLUTION Fortunately, a solution exists that is suitable for any application and which combines cost-effectiveness with ease of use.
The Microfibre Floor Mop range from Chicopee combines the bacteria removal qualities of a high quality microfibre cleaning cloth with the light, easy to manoeuvre nature of a string mop.
Designed to be lighter and easier to use than washable pads, the mops are used with the Chicopee fluid mopping tool. Rather than saturating the whole pad in water and chemicals, the tool has a built-in reservoir for cleaning fluid, which is dispensed by the user as and when it is needed.
As the tool is only for use with the Chicopee disposable mops, its design incorporates a soft foam base to provide cushioning, as well as a 3.5inch angle at the base of the tool to allow dirt and debris to collect in the centre of the mop.
The mops themselves are attached quickly and easily to the mopping tool with micro Velcro. Between 75-100m² can be cleaned without refiling liquid or changing mops.
Made from 100% splittable microfibre, the mops pick up then trap dirt and bacteria, eradicating the danger of the next area to be cleaned being contaminated.
TECH TO THE RESCUE Chicopee’s unique microfibre technology has created a web of material that is soft, strong and supple yet still lightweight. The fibres are smaller than those which make up many microfibre products, enabling better surface coverage to capture and trap dirt and bacteria.
This method of ‘mechanical’ cleaning significantly reduces the amount of chemicals and water used during the cleaning process.
To see the floor mopping system in action, please check out this video.
http://chicopee.com/en-eu/products/fluid-mopping-system www.chicopee.com
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