FEATURE


WINTER CLEAN


Denise Hanson, Commercial Director at BICSc, offers some advice on cleaning methodology to minimise the spread of infection as the winter months approach.


Protecting the operative…


This is the first line of the BICSc mission statement so as we move again into autumn and winter, which commonly sees an increase in illnesses as people spend more time together indoors, we thought it would be a good time to flag best practice on cleaning methodology to minimise the spread of infection.


Especially as the second line of the mission statement is: Providing a clean and safe environment.


That first statement is so very key, because without our cleaning operatives where would we be? After all our workplaces, schools, hospitals, and retail spaces, to name a few of the public spaces a lot of us will be visiting, all depend on the cleaning operatives to deliver a clean and safe environment for us. But how do we protect them?


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Firstly, we teach operatives to dilute and use cleaning products correctly. We reiterate that for the products to be effective they need to allow the manufacturer’s recommended contact or dwell time to both soften impacted soil and to kill the bacteria.


Ensuring the bacteria or viruses are successfully neutralised prior to the operative ‘cleaning’ the area is key, or the bacteria is only going to be spread from one area to another rather than being contained within the area they are cleaning.


Secondly, look at the products you supply your operatives. Have the products you are supplying been independently accredited for their effectiveness? For example, a cleaner disinfectant should be independently tested to BS EN 1276 which is the European standard for the bactericidal


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