Infectious Control in Commercial Buildings

Whether a health care facility, school, or office building, you should have a housekeeping program which maintains your location’s aesthetics, but more importantly, ensures your building occupants safety and health.

Today, the concern is surrounding H1N1, or swine-flu, but can it be deadly? There have been several cases, some covered by national media, where is has proven fatal, however studies have shown the normal influenza can be just as deadly. Germs, bacteria, and viruses can be a threat to your facility, and need to be controlled in an indoor environment.

If you fear your facility may be at risk, or wish to be pro-active in your infectious cleaning, make sure when selecting a cleaning company you have first done your research. Is the company a janitorial cleaning service, or do they specialize in infectious control? What practices and chemicals are being used in their processes? If you do find yourself in need of a company which provides this service, proceed with caution. Don’t get caught spending money and not getting what you actually need.

For more information about different infectious diseases, please visit the Association for Professionals in Infection Control, www.apic.org and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov.