| I dare say there are few, if any, North
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| | including many industrial and commercial
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| American factories that are still using
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| | facility managers, do not really
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| the same equipment, assembly systems, and
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| | understand and appreciate the value of
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| processes to manufacture goods and
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| | cleaning and maintaining a healthy work
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| products that they were using 20 or 30
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| | space. In truth, neither do many of those
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| years ago. New technologies are
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| | in the cleaning profession.
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| constantly being introduced and
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| | Turning Tides
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| incorporated, and many are resulting in
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| | If the current scenario is to ever change
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| scores of benefits - from improved
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| | and benefit the manufacturing facility,
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| product quality and customer satisfaction
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| | it is important for the cleaning industry
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| to reduced costs and enhanced
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| | to turn to science in the pursuit of
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| efficiencies.
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| | truth and knowledge. For instance, we
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| Unfortunately, when it comes to cleaning
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| | need:
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| and maintaining industrial facilities,
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| | • More credible research on all aspects
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| few new cleaning programs and
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| | of cleaning and its associated processes,
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| technologies have been introduced in the
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| | which can lead to more professional and
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| past 30 years, and of those that have,
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| | effective cleaning
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| few have produced significantly healthier
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| | • To better understand how cleaning
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| results.This may be why so many health
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| | contains and removes pollution
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| complaints in industrial, commercial, and
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| | This type of science will not only help
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| educational facilities can be tied to
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| | us understand how cleaning affects the
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| ineffective cleaning.
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| | environment, but it will also lead to the
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| It isn’t that those responsible for
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| | development of quality cleaning products
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| cleaning are not conscientious in their
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| | and procedures designed for special
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| efforts; instead, it’s often because
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| | environments with specific needs.
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| not enough is known - at least in
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| | Ultimately, it will drive the development
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| fundamental scientific terms - about what
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| | of new cleaning technologies, systems,
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| they are confronting. Indeed, many times,
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| | chemistry, and methods to improve the
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| even the most meticulous of cleaning
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| | indoor environmental quality for all
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| workers unknowingly compromise their own
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| | types of buildings, regardless of use and
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| health and that of factory workers and
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| | surroundings. Just as important,
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| other building occupants through improper
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| | scientific data and evidence will help us
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| cleaning methodologies because the
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| | discern truth and knowledge from mere
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| science to make those processes safer
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| | hype and opinion.
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| either doesn’t exist or is not well
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| | Facility Managers Can Spur the Industry
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| known.
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| | Managers of manufacturing facilities can
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| Unfortunately, the cleaning industry
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| | also help spur the industry forward in
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| itself is largely to blame for this
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| | producing cleaning tools and equipment
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| state. In general, the industry has been
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| | that are engineered based on scientific
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| overly guided by the desire to market new
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| | research to be more effective and
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| products - many of which are not
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| | hygienic. They can do this by insisting
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| necessarily the result of true scientific
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| | that their JanSan distributors provide
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| research.
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| | supporting evidence from independent,
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| Indeed, many JanSan - janitorial/sanitary
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| | third-party organizations that validates
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| - manufacturers have invested little in
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| | the cleaning claims of the products they
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| research and development to discover what
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| | are considering purchasing.
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| is actually required to produce a
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| | Additionally, managers should make
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| sanitary outcome; and they have not used
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| | providing "scientific" criteria a central
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| a scientific method to validate their
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| | part of the competitive bid and
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| claims. What is frequently passed off as
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| | evaluation process when selecting new
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| science in cleaning is often just theory
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| | cleaning products, tools, and equipment.
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| or opinion and is not supported by hard
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| | This can include asking for objective,
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| data or evidence. Therefore, this
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| | measurable criteria for such important
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| “science” in cleaning is often veiled
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| | factors as: soil removal; product
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| pseudoscience that results from improper,
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| | performance; worker productivity rates;
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| yet innocent, scientific processes. Or,
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| | the affect or lack of affect the product
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| at its worst, it results from a
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| | may have on indoor air quality.
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| purposeful attempt to mislead for
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| | These scientific measurements serve a
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| commercial gain.
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| | secondary purpose as well. They can also
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| The symptoms of this condition are
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| | be used to judge the effectiveness of the
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| numerous. For example, throughout the
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| | cleaning programs and tools currently
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| cleaning industry - a huge,
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| | being used in a manufacturing facility.
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| well-established, $60-plus billion
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| | An example of this would be using a urine
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| industry - there is still no universal
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| | detection kit, now readily available from
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| agreement on the definition of
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| | some JanSan distributors, to see how well
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| “clean.” Further, few cleaning
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| | their current cleaning products perform.
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| standards, systems, or procedures have
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| | The same system can be used to test the
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| earned “best-practices” status in
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| | new tools and equipment under
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| which the methods have been tested and
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| | consideration as well. For instance, in
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| approved through science and research.
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| | one recent study it was reported there
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| Also, many of the tools that most
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| | was little difference in the
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| cleaning workers are forced to use are
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| | effectiveness of microfiber mops over
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| obsolete and ineffective. Just look at
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| | conventional string mops. And neither
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| the tools custodians use in industrial
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| | system performed well when compared to a
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| facilities, including mops, buckets,
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| | “No-Touch” Cleaning system. These are
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| cloths, and sprayers; they are not much
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| | the types of studies facility managers
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| different from those that were used in
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| | should be asking for when selecting
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| factories 40 years ago.
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| | cleaning equipment for their locations.
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| It’s no wonder that today most people,
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