MAKE A DIFFERENCE-EDUCATE YOUR CLEANING STAFF

As the world learns more about germs, infections and how humans are impacted by outbreaks—be it on a cruise ship, hospital, classroom or hotel—businesses have a greater responsibility to keep customers, students and guests safe through better, more thorough cleaning and disinfecting.

Your professional cleaning staff is the “heartbeat of your facility.” If the cleaning staff didn’t show up for a week the sanitation of the building would rapidly deteriorate.

As the leader and primary communicator for your team, you are responsible for communicating to the new hire and team members that simple cleaning of the environmental surfaces may be one of the key defenses in the future battle against infectious disease. With antibiotic-resistant organisms proliferating on common touch points for up to 56 or more days, the study of cleaning and measuring cleanliness is becoming all important.

Innovative no-touch technologies have been introduced to enhance the efficacy of manual cleaning; NOT REPLACE IT! The cleaning staff must learn how to operate these technologies, which poses a training challenge. Additionally, though showing promise in reducing illness and disease transmission, these technologies can improve turnaround time.

Stop the bleeding of workers

Most facilities can benefit from improved efforts to formally recognize the cleaning staff. Less than 35% of those in the cleaning profession agree that they receive recognition for doing a good job.

In a field such as room attendants, custodians and Environmental Services technicians that are faced with high rates of turnover, this is not surprising, as studies indicate that employees who are not valued are twice as likely to resign from a position.

Education, training and recognition as professionals has been shown to result in better staff retention and increased quality of work by reinforcing and modeling better performance. Knowledge leads to confident frontline cleaners. Confidence leads to recognition as a professional working amongst other professionals. Recognition and Certification lead to pride in the work being done to protect building occupants and the public who enter your facility.

The EMist?Health-e Certification program is a public health initiative developed for cleaning professionals just like you.?

The program is?industry-association verified?and was developed by subject matter experts in cleaning and disinfection, applied research and product development, molecular microbiology, and molecular epidemiology.

EMist?continuously monitors the most recent safety, infection prevention and cleaning protocols recommended by leading experts including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and other relevant authorities.?

What to Expect

Watch this video https://emist.com/health-e-certification/?wvideo=mw4cle1anu to get a sneak peek at this industry-leading certification program. You will get a small glimpse into everything the EMist Health-e certification course has to offer. In the full-length course, you will discover how effective cleaning and disinfecting are critical in reducing pathogen transmission and infection?

EMist? Disinfection Solutions is a manufacturer of electrostatic disinfectant sprayers used throughout the cleaning industry worldwide.?EMist?was founded on a legacy of electrostatic science and technology and has taken a proven technology and then developed a patented application system specifically for the disinfection of environmental surfaces.??

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