Cleaning & Maintenance Magazine
No place for slip-ups
Slips and trips are an important safety concern when it comes to the design and maintenance of public and commercial areas, costing UK industry in excess of £500 million a year in compensation and legal fees. While liquid spills and dust/dirt are recognised as clear hazards, the use of inappropriate cleaning agents or methods can be equally unsafe. Expert slip resistance testing and consultancy firm CERAM has produced a free guide to the implementation of effective cleaning and maintenance regimes for slip resistant floors.
The guide outlines the fundamentals of effective cleaning regimes,...
Cutting costs without cutting quality
bpi.healthcare, a division of British Polythene Industries plc, has launched a new range of products aimed specifically at private healthcare companies and contractors.
The Contractor range - which includes clinical waste sacks, refuse bags and disposable aprons - is manufactured using a blend of polymers that ensures high strength and at a low cost.
Lorcan Mekitarian, sales director at bpi.healthcare, said: “Today’s private healthcare provider is faced with a double edged challenge. On the one hand they want to deliver a superior level of service whilst on the other there’s an obvious and...
HSS publishes 2010 Hire Guide
HSS Hire has released its 2010 Tool and Equipment Hire Guide. As well as a full range of tools and equipment, many now packaged in handy ‘hire packs’, and an extensive range of specialist kit, the 328 page full-colour Hire Guide also features a host of brand new and revised products. HSS has invested significantly in a range of new equipment, including the revolutionary LiftPod, a new compact scrubber dryer, innovative cantilever systems and a retail fan heater.
The new Hire Guide also includes comprehensive health and safety support and details of pioneering services such as HSS Assured,...
BioClad walls kill microbes on contact
Claimed to be the world’s first PVC wall cladding system containing BioCote silver ion antimicrobial technology is now available for specification when designing food preparation and processing areas.
BioClad has been developed by Advanced Hygienic Contracting in partnership with BioCote, the market leader in providing built-in antimicrobial surface protection.
BioClad cladding incorporates silver ions, impregnated into the panels during manufacture, forming a permanently active surface which inhibits the growth of a wide range of bacteria and moulds including Listeria, Campylobacter,...
The complete urinal solution?
Avoid blockages, attack odours and save water with the TimeMist range of urinal hygiene products and be sure that your urinals are left hygienically clean and fresh every time.
The water management systems carefully control fill time and length of flush in a small and discreet unit, designed to save water and money. Freshness is further maintained when used in conjunction with TimeMist Urinal Sleeves, which line the waste outlet and trap just above the water level, preventing leaking and staining from waste connections, whilst the deodorising block reduces bio-film build up and scale, as...
Sustainably better cleaning…by design
The new Taski Trolley is a modular cleaning workstation from JohnsonDiversey that combines innovation and ergonomic design to improve overall performance, efficiency and sustainability in a wide range of applications. A complete set of tools and equipment is available so that the Taski Trolley can be configured to support microfibre, spray-and-wipe, wet-mop and general cleaning applications.
The Taski Trolley has been designed from the ground up as a fully integrated system with a complete range of complementary tools and equipment to replace existing JohnsonDiversey products. It...








