An (OS1) Restroom Specialist.
In ancient Rome the life expectancy was about 70 years, the same as most Americans today, if the Roman citizen lived in the country. City dwellers, however, were lucky to live past 30. The difference was the cleanliness of their surroundings.
Dr. Charles Gerba of the University of Arizona recently conducted a study of bacterial levels inside American offices. He found the average desktop is home to 400 times more infectious micro-organisms than the average toilet seat.
Cleaning is the process of locating, identifying, containing and properly removing and disposing of unwanted substances. It’s a science. It demands attention to details like dilution ratios and disinfection kill times.
Cleaning for health is the one best way. It requires considering the health of the worker, building occupants, the planet, and the budget that finances the cleaning. Most organizations consider some, but not all of those variables. ManageMen discovered the more all of those factors were considered, the better the (OS1) cleaning process became.
Since 2001, 100-thousand people were killed in hospitals by an invisible micro-organism transmitted by nosocomial infections – a disease acquired from the hospital environment.
That is more than deaths than everyone killed on the highways, plus everyone killed with a handgun, plus everyone killed by a drunk driver, plus everyone killed in the World Trade Center.
Most of these infections are related to cleaning, hand washing, and housekeeping practices of the custodial staff. Where is the Attorney General in trying to protect the rights of these people? What is homeland security’s role in reducing these infections in hospitals? Who is speaking out against the terrorism involved in unclean environments, poor practices, and untrained janitors?
(OS1) is the only system that has a way of tracking, measuring, comparing and reporting some of the key components that constitute cleaning for health. It measures virtually every bucket and bottle and tank of cleaning solution. It tracks assigned usage and compares it to results. (OS1) tracks and measure the filter usage of the vacuums. It tracks and measures and records the usage and care of all the machines in the program. The process tracks and measures requests given cleaning workers on the floor. It provides a way of measuring and recording who follows instructions, who cooperates in a team environment. It measures the cleanliness of equipment and controls that cleanliness. These are the building blocks of cleaning for health.