Maintenance and Operations: Housekeeping, Cleaning, Custodial and Janitorial Operations

To make sure your custodians know how to clean safely and effectively, see what these property service workers are doing for training

Use your HVAC system to safely and continuously reduce pathogens in the air and on surfaces

Safer disinfection guidelines for coronavirus, from Green Seal

Did you know disinfection can harm you? See this best practices guide for schools from Green Seal, HSC

How can you protect those who must work LESS than 6 feet apart? Look to mold remediation practices for clues

How should you prepare your facilities for the coronavirus? OSHA offers guidance

How long can the coronavirus last on surfaces in your facilities? An NIH study sheds some light

Should you use a fogging machine for COVID-19 decontamination? No, says this CIRI technical document

Which is more effective against COVID-19 — hand dryers or paper towels? See what CDC and WHO have to say

Stay diligent — the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus can last 10 days longer than the flu on some surfaces

 

Seven tips from best managed cleaning operations

Best ways to save your cleaning staff time

They come in peace: How robots and other technologies are changing the role of the property manager

See what robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles and blockchain mean to the FM and property manager

Science concepts for effective cleaning

How well do you understand the science behind the cleaning your organization performs?

Workplace harassment – How to deal with the changing legal environment and the plight of those impacted

LEAN clean, productive machine—How productivity hacks are changing cleaning routines

5 things to know about carpet care and the COVID-19 pandemic

Are you using the best methods and tools to keep your carpet clean?

Disinfection 101—Are you covering the basics?

Proper disinfection matches the correct protocol with the right disinfectant chemicals

How you can have COVID-19 cleaning and disinfecting, plus get a LEED credit

White Paper

Managing and resetting commercial cleaning in the COVID-19 era

Surface contamination—How long do viruses and bacteria remain infectious?

The myth of the working manager

How to correctly manage the challenge of being short-staffed