How an ATP Rapid Monitoring System Can Help Prevent the Spread of the Flu

Many of us are not sure what an ATP system is or how it works. As a result, we asked Terry Schawe, head of research and development at Kaivac, to bring us up to speed about this technology.

Knowing the Unknowable: Measuring Cleanliness

Dangerous pathogens are invisible, odor-free and thrive perfectly well on clean-looking and smelling surfaces. Fortunately, tools for measuring cleanliness give a definitive answer to how clean a surface truly is.

Toilet Sneeze: How Proper Restroom Cleaning Prevents Bacteria Transfer

Toilet sneeze is one of the dirtiest secrets about restroom cleaning. Finding ways to contain the transfer of dangerous bacteria is the only way for cleaning crews to deal with it.

Measuring Cleanliness Is More than Passing the Sight and Smell Test

Measuring cleanliness and doing it right is a little more complicated than it seems.

University Finds Money Not Too Clean

Hamilton, OH - A research project conducted by New York University found that paper money can host hundreds of different types of bacteria and other contaminants. Analyzing U.S.

Getting Started with ICM (Integrated Cleaning & Measurement)

Student Wins Grand Prize Using ATP Rapid Hygiene Monitoring System from Kaivac

Hamilton, OH (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 -- Fourteen-year-old Megan Lange of Auburn, AL was recently awarded the "Best in Fair" prize in the Greater Eastern Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair using the Kaivac ATP Rapid Monitoring System.* The fair consisted of 75 high school students from 19 counties in Southeastern Alabama.

Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools ® (PC4HS) Supports IEHA's Integrated Cleaning and Measurement™ (ICM) Program

Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools®

TURI OmniFlex AutoVac Testing

Dow AgroSciences Cleans Lab Floors Hygienically Using High Flow Fluid Extraction (HFFE) Technology

While research laboratories must be clean, labs performing biotech work involving cell cultures and molecular biology must be pristine - if not sterile. According to Cathy Peacock, a Senior Microbiologist in the Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, 

Tests of the Kaivac System at the University of Washington Revealed

A recent comparison of the Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning®

Renewable Cleaning - The Right Prescription for What Ails Us

Why renewable, water-only cleaning processes will gradually displace many chemical-driven approaches Cleaning is the removal of unwanted matter, including dirt, germs and toxic substances.

The Test for Contaminants

Health-based, hygienic cleaning, including desk cleaning, has also enhanced with the development of easy-to-use ATP technology.

The ISSA 2010 Kaivac Challenge

Live Science-based Demonstrations Highlight Extreme Soil Removal - 31 Times More Efficient at Removing Soils From Hard SurfacesWhat's the most critical component of a cleaning system?

Good Old 0046

Rolando Brown, supervisor of custodial services for Metropolitan School District, Lawrence Township, IN, is proud her district owns Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning™

The ISSA 2010 Kaivac Challenge

Live Science-based Demonstrations Highlight Extreme Soil Removal - 31 Times More Efficient at Removing Soils From Hard SurfacesWhat's the most critical component of a cleaning system?

Washoe Schools, Reno NV, Pilots ICM Process Cleaning

Reno NV - Tuesday, August 31, 2010.

When It Comes to Hygienic Cleaning, Coverall Steps Up to the Plate

Developing hygienic, healthy cleaning practices has long been a priority in medical facilities, where concerns regarding the spread of infection and nosocomial illnesses are paramount.

Log Reduction: Quantifying the Removal of Germs Under ICM Using Less Toxic or Greener Methods

Given the growing public awareness of H1N1, E.

The Importance of Correct Sampling and Swabbing in ICM Programs

The swabs used for sampling surfaces for microbial contamination are examples of devices that are simple in design and construction, but are difficult to use without discipline and training.

Clean Restrooms - It's All About Respect and Measurement

How do we get more kids and custodians in public schools to respect each other?

Putting ICM to the Test

In late 2008, the Integrated Cleaning and Measurement™

How Clean is Clean? There is No Looking Back ...

We banter about the word 'clean', but we are hard-pressed to come up with a good definition that is not subjective.

ICM Commentary - The Best Thing to Have Happened ...

We in the public health industry have been agonizing over 'Clean to sight and touch' for decades.

Measuring Devices: Minimize the Risk, Maximize the Reward

A lot of the evaluation of cleaning processes has been built around the concept of 'huffing and puffing': if we work and we sweat, that must mean the surface is clean.

University of Washington - ICM Spray-and-Vac Water Only Test

If there is any upside to managing a custodial department during a downside economy, it may be the way it forces innovation in the form of increasingly creative solutions to solve severe budgetary problems. 

Integrated Cleaning and Measurement - Why Communication is Critical to its Success

'Nobody knows what we do until we don't do it' is a slogan often seen in custodial closets and on lunch room notice boards, and to a degree is typical of the way in which cleaning services have been perceived by both service providers and their clients.

Integrated Infection Prevention: Cleaning and Measurement Take Aim at Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs)

Most experts agree that a multifaceted approach is the best way to help stem the tide of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). 

Integrated Cleaning and Measurement: A New Approach to Housekeeping and Sanitation

As a sanitarian, I always viewed my professional goals as those of ensuring food safety by constantly applying scientific principles through the application of cost-effective and cost-efficient ongoing preventive measures.

ICM Defined

Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM) is an open source unified-systems approach to institutional and industrial cleaning that uses measurement as a product and process selection, enhancement and validation tool.

ICM: Integrated Cleaning & Measurement - An Open Source Protocol for Results-Based Cleaning

ICM is a systems-approach to cleaning that incorporates measurement as a cornerstone of the process. 

Cleaning: Art or Science?

Is cleaning an art?

How Do We Know It is Clean?

MRSA, C-difficile, VRSA, Norwalk disease, Hepatitis C, Asian flu;

Are We Cleaning Properly? Is Our Failure to Update Our Cleaning Methods Harmful to Health?

Despite the wide use of sanitizers and disinfectants, it's becoming clear that conventional cleaning methods are not achieving the standards or results that are essential for our health and well-being.

Biowarfare: Mitigating Toilet Sneeze with ICM

The 'toilet sneeze' produces bacteria-bearing aerosols with droplet sizes closely approximating those from human sneezes and military bioweapons.

Professions of the Future: Indoor Environmental Experts

Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM) is changing the perception of the cleaning industry and generating interest from individuals who want to pursue cleaning as a career.

ICM Q&A

We are excited and proud to introduce to you the concept of Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM) - The Industry's First Open-Source Cleaning System.

Hygienic Green Cleaning - The Next Wave

In the past 10 years the concept of 'green' cleaning has progressed from fringe ideology to mainstream philosophy.

Remove It, Prove It - Better Cleaning Through Scientific Validation

Cleaning is the removal of unwanted matter, including macro soil we can see: dirt, debris, and spills;

Clean Restrooms - It's All About Respect, and Measurement

How do we get more kids and custodians in public schools to respect each other?

Development of An Optimal Cleaning Process Through ICM

Cleaning processes consist of a number of manual and/or automatic steps involving the use of mechanical action, solvents, and/or detergents.

Measuring for Health

Sitting in class not too long ago, students sneezed, coughed, bled and touched their way through each day and didn't think twice about it.

A White Glove Inspection for the Invisible - Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM)

Many years ago while serving in the military I was exposed to a foreign concept, the "White Glove" inspection. 

Cleaning to Reduce the Risk of H1N1 Flu Virus - Guidelines for Cleaning, Janitorial and Maintenance Staff

Swine flu is a new variant of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

Kai-Leidoscope Survey Reveals How Subscribers Measure Cleaning Effectiveness

The April 2009 issue of Kai-Leidoscope, the monthly newsletter of Kaivac, Inc.

Survey: How Do You Measure the Effectiveness of Your Cleaning Program?

March Survey Results Below are the results for the March Survey.Be sure to take this month's survey. In the March 2009 issue of Kai-leidescope, our subscribers were asked what steps they are taking to hold on to their customers during the current downturn in the economy. According to Matt Morrison, Communications Manager for Kaivac, the two key steps BSCs are taking to hold on to their clients and weather the current economic storm are: Improving Service (28 percent)

Cleaning for Health: A Comparison of Cleaning Methods

The results of this cleaning for health study were presented at the Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) symposium on May 2, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. The purpose of this paper and investigation was to apply a scientific methodolog

Winning Premium Business Using Rapid Hygiene Measurement

Building Service Contractor Darryl Lawson has very personal reasons for wanting to see cleaner public restrooms.

Removing Contamination from Grouted Floors - Back to Back Studies Find Similar Results

Removing contamination from grouted floors and areas presents a serious problem for cleaning professionals.