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OSHA Releases Vaccine Mandate Regulations
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an Emergency Temporary Standard...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Jan 19, 20223 min read
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GBAC Director Discusses Delta Variant of COVID-19
While many expected the COVID-19 pandemic to have ended by now, the delta variant of the virus continues to make its impact known in the...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 30, 20211 min read
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Solving the Worker Shortage
Straight Talk! is an ISSA webcast that spotlights cleaning industry issues, providing news and information, how-to tips, marketing and...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 27, 20211 min read
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Workplace Tax Credit
A healthy and safe workplace tax credit is needed to help businesses uphold cleanliness levels, protect employees, and give the public...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 23, 20211 min read
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Winter's Onslaught of the 'Occasional Invader'
Jennifer Gordon is an urban and medical entomologist who knows that when winter and cold weather arrives, it doesn’t mean there is a lack...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 20, 20211 min read
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Facility Services vs. COVID-19
On January 2, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first U.S. case of coronavirus in Washington...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 13, 20216 min read
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The Dangers of Improper Disinfection
What can go wrong when using disinfectants? What are the dangers? Not using them according to label instructions can lead to bacteria and...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 13, 20214 min read
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A New Frontier for Commercial Cleaning
Isn’t it interesting how we used to eat cake after somebody blew on it — on purpose? Let that sink in for a minute. COVID-19 has...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 6, 202116 min read
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The Virus Doesn’t Care
The virus doesn’t care—and we all know which virus I’m talking about. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, does not...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Dec 1, 20216 min read
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Why do we Clean for the Flu?
The Global Biorisk Advisory Council™, or GBAC, a division of ISSA, helps facilities demonstrate that correct work practices, procedures,...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Nov 25, 20218 min read
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The New Era of Restaurant Cleaning and Hygiene
Hygiene and cleanliness often go hand in hand, but adoption and follow-through with measures like disinfection, handwashing, and hand...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Nov 19, 20215 min read
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Taking Travel to New Heights Through Cleaning and Hygiene
Hygiene and cleanliness often go hand in hand, but adoption and follow-through with measures like disinfection, handwashing, and hand...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Nov 15, 20215 min read
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Disinfecting is Confusing
I was involved with the cleaning industry for almost four decades. During those years I used disinfectants, taught hundreds of custodians...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Nov 11, 20215 min read
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The State of the Industry (Revisited)
We are more than halfway through 2020 and we find ourselves in a polar opposite situation of where we expected to be from the last State...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Nov 8, 202112 min read
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How to Keep Hotels Clean and Hygienic During a Pandemic
Hygiene and cleanliness often go hand in hand, but adoption and follow-through with measures like disinfection, handwashing, and hand...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Nov 4, 20215 min read
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Defining Sustainability for Paints and Coatings is Our New Standard
Green Seal's Standard for Paints, Coatings, Stains, and Sealers (GS-11) has been rewarding leading manufacturers for low-VOC content,...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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Paint & Cleaning Products that Contain VOCs
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are common indoor air pollutants that are frequently found in household products and can cause adverse...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Oct 7, 20214 min read
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A Looming Public Health Crisis
Every year, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) becomes more of a threat to global public health. As such, one might expect there already to...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Oct 4, 20215 min read
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Disinfection Best Practices
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a new standard for facility hygiene. As the world recovers, businesses need to protect staff...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Sep 30, 20216 min read
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Business Owner's Blueprint
Who would have thought that in what many call the twilight of the pandemic that it would be challenging to find workers. Not just good...
Accurate Building Maintenance
Sep 27, 20211 min read
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