The most recent survey conducted by the American Institute for Cleaning Sciences shows 90% of professional facility maintenance staff are still using traditional cotton mops and a single compartment bucket. Are you one of those cleaning professionals who hesitate to use microfiber?

Consider some of these statistics from the same study on microfiber:

* Microfiber cleans floors 45% better than string mops

* Traditional cotton mops and single buckets redistribute contaminants back onto the floor after the first 1,000 square feet

* Traditional cotton string mops last perhaps 50 or so washings; microfiber mops can last 300 or more washings.

* Microfiber removes 99% of surface bacteria

By comparison, the traditional cotton fibers have been shown to remove just 30% of bacteria and 23% of viruses from a contaminated surface.  This study showed the cleaning staff was able to complete a patient room 40% faster with a microfiber mopping system and easily permitted a “one-pad-per-room practice,” thus decreasing the likelihood of cross-contamination from one room to another.