How clean is it? What ATP can tell you about the cleanliness of your office
5 Best Practices Facility Manager Should Do to Reopen
How clean is it? What ATP can tell you about the cleanliness of your office

Cleaner Living has been closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and the implications it has for our employees and building owners/managers. We have received many questions regarding our cleaning solutions to combat COVID-19. The Cleaning process in your building can be measured to check whether it is effective; ATP levels act as an indicator of whether your environment has been properly cleaned.
Why do we need to verify cleaning?
A surface may look clean, but that does not necessarily mean it is clean . Some contamination and debris cannot be seen with the naked eye and it is important to mitigate risk of contamination.
SystemSURE Plus™ is the next generation of the world's best-selling ATP hygiene monitoring system. Hygiena ATP Cleaning Verification Product are used for the following:
  • To track cleaning efforts and verify they have been effective.
  • To verify that high-touch areas in your facility have been cleaned properly
  • To verify hand-washing has been conducted effectively        
These Common Symptoms Could Mean COVID Is in Your Brain
SOME OF THE MOST OFT-CITED CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS MIGHT SUGGEST NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE .
Throughout the  coronavirus pandemic , doctors and scientists have learned more and more about the virus at its center. One of the most frightening things about COVID-19 is that it's a brand new disease—which means we are constantly  discovering new symptoms . And it's now become clear that COVID is more than just a respiratory infection. In fact, new research shows that some of the most common COVID symptoms could mean that the disease is in your brain.
We've known for some time that coronavirus can affect your brain, but a new study from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine has determined a link between symptoms that may provide further evidence of COVID's impact on the brain. Researchers found that patients who experienced more severe loss of taste and smell were more likely to report depression and anxiety—suggesting that those psychological symptoms are actually a sign of something more serious than simply a reaction to having coronavirus.
1  Depression and anxiety
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, lead author of the University of Cincinnati study, said he had assumed depression and anxiety would have been a natural result of experiencing serious COVID symptoms like cough and shortness of breath. Instead, however, he and his team found that these symptoms were only significantly associated with loss of smell and taste.
"We think our findings suggest the possibility that psychological distress in the form of depressed mood or anxiety may reflect the penetration of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, into the central nervous system."
2 Loss of smell and taste
As early as March, researchers were suggesting that loss of taste and smell showed that coronavirus was attacking the central nervous system, and that the disease could have an effect on patients' brains.
3 Delirium
A July study in the journal  Brain  identified delirium as another troubling neurological symptom of coronavirus, and a surprisingly common one—up to 25 percent of patients may experience it. "We should be vigilant and look out for these complications in people who have had COVID-19," study co-author  Michael Zandi , MA, said in a statement.
4. Clumsiness
Although clumsiness is not one of the more common symptoms of coronavirus, it has been reported by people recovering from COVID. As James Giordano, PhD, professor of Neurology and Biochemistry at Georgetown University Medical Center, previously said that a coronavirus infection could "lead to lowered oxygen levels in the blood supply to the brain, which can induce diminished functional capacity of neural cells. 
Inflammation caused by COVID could also enter the brain and change the structure of neural cells. Either of these explanations might account for the clumsiness some coronavirus patients have experienced.
CLS MONITORS THE LATEST NEWS AS IT RELATES TO COVID-19 IN ORDER TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY, SAFE, AND INFORMED.
CLS is happy to share with all building owners and managers valuable information in regards to disinfecting and returning to Work: COVID 19 Treatment and Mitigation for Reopening your Building .
Ready to reopen? Many are getting ready to reopen their building; the pandemic has made consumers and workers hypersensitive to facility cleanliness and hand hygiene. To open safely and effectively check out the information from Diversey Co:  
You can use the Diversey Training Team as a resource for your employees or cleaning company; no login is required, just simply visit   www.diverseydigital.com/natools .
CLS' Day Staff are using Oxivir TB since it only has a 1 (one) minute dwell time; In an effort to continually disinfect all high-touch areas more frequently.
We continue to use a great cleaner/disinfectant, Virex 256, in the evenings when more time is allowed to follow necessary dwell times.
5 Best Practices Facility Manager Should Do To Reopen
to assure building occupants that their health and well-being is top priority

As several U.S. states allow businesses shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic to resume operations, facility managers must plan a smooth reopening process. Customers will scrutinize the visual appearance of these facilities and question the processes and procedures in place to maintain cleanliness, and in turn, health and safety. Facility managers can help assure building occupants—whether employees or visitors—they are welcome and safe, even as the threat of coronavirus lingers in their minds.
Set reopening requirements
When preparing to open a facility after a temporary closure, it is imperative to not rush the process. Consider abiding by the following five best practices before and after allowing occupants back inside.
1. Conduct a top-to-bottom cleaning and reassess standards and procedures.
Oversee a thorough cleaning and disinfection of the building before it reopens, making sure there are enough cleaning and sanitizing products on hand to conduct frequent cleanings. Follow the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  guidelines  for cleaning and disinfecting various surfaces. Additionally Continue Reading
7 BEST PRACTICES FOR CLEANING AND SANITIZING YOUR BUILDING
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) makes its way across the globe and into the United States, it’s important for building management professionals to understand the proactive steps they must take to prevent the spread of illness in their facilities.
In this article, you’ll find seven best practices to follow throughout the year to minimize health hazards and risks, and protect your building’s occupants against contaminants — even after COVID-19 isn’t an immediate concern. Follow these sanitation protocols to  keep occupants healthier, happier and more productive .
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ORGANIZATION FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
1. Seek resources and education from trusted organizations Continue Reading
Money Laundering Is Not Just for Criminals
As a cleaning industry professional, chances are good you’ve cleaned and disinfected various high-touch objects, from doorknobs and light switches to furniture and perhaps even mobile phones and other electronic devices. But have you cleaned money?
China is cleaning cash to stop spread of coronavirus  deep cleaning or destroying potentially infected cash , CNN reports. As of last weekend, all Chinese banks must disinfect their cash with ultraviolet light and high temperatures. Then they are required to store it for seven to 14 days before releasing it to customers.
Cash that comes from high-risk infection areas, like hospitals and markets, will be sent back to the central bank, where it may be destroyed instead of being recirculated. To make up for any cash shortfalls, the bank will issue large amounts of new, uninfected cash.
Infection control specialists are uncertain as to whether people can actually become sick from handling money. However, previous studies have found that money can be very germy. A  study  that looked at dollar bills circulating in New York City found they carried over a hundred different strains of bacteria. Bacteria that cause food-borne illness—including  Salmonella  and  E. coli —can survive on coins, while other bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus  (MRSA), has been found on bank notes.
New Normal in the work place after Covid19
Cleaner Living COVID-19 Mitigation for reopening the building.
We offer disinfection services to our building owners to help mitigate the risk of contamination
 
We developed complete, simple and easy to implement solutions providing an answer to all your specific cleaning and hygiene challenges or specific hygiene requirements.
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Cleaner Living Services' specializes in cleaning corporate headquarters where there is a demand for the highest level of clean possible.
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