5 Suggestions for Hiring a Top-Flight Cleaning Company Choosing the right commercial cleaning services provider is vital for an aerospace facility. In addition to staying in compliance with OSHA and other federal and state legislation and meeting ISO and good...
Why Commercial Cleaning Service Providers Can Fall Prey Tailgating - and we don’t mean the fun kind, such as before a football game or concert—can be a severe security threat to any business. In an aerospace facility, however, it poses great danger to our national...
8 Steps to Avoid Insider Threats From Your Aerospace Commercial Cleaning Services Provider Examples of the dangers of security breaches are rampant: Two U.S. Navy sailors based in California are accused of providing sensitive military information to China, including...
How the right commercial cleaning provider can help ensure a safe, compliant aerospace facility Inadequate cleaning of aerospace facilities can have serious consequences: In a Vermont aerospace facility, an explosion caused by dust sent three people to the hospital....
5 Tips to Ensure Your Commercial Cleaning Service Can Keep Your Facility Safe Many of you probably heard the story about the custodial worker who unplugged a freezer at a university because it was making an “annoying” noise. He ruined 20 years’ worth of research. The...
4 Tips to Identify If Your EVS or Commercial Cleaning Services Provider Is Truly Green As many of us in the healthcare environmental services (EVS) and commercial cleaning services industry are aware, greenwashing - “The creation or propagation of an unfounded or...
How the Right EVS Provider Can Help Reduce Costly Mistakes in Biohazardous and Other Medical Waste Disposal The post-COVID world has brought on many positive health-related changes, from a more intense focus on hand hygiene to an improved understanding of the...
New Technologies Servicon Has Adopted for Our People and the Planet While April is Earth Month, at Servicon, focusing on sustainability and the welfare of our workers, clients, and the environment is a year-long mission. Since our inception, we have recognized the...
How Servicon Provided the GMP Solutions Instil Bio Needed When a biotech company requires following good manufacturing practices (GMP) to continue vital cancer research, it can’t hire just any commercial cleaning services company. It calls for one with experience and...
As the best commercial cleaning services companies with cleanroom experience know, ensuring the cleanliness and maintenance of cleanroom storage areas is vital to current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for pharmaceutical companies. Negligence in storage areas can...
What Your Commercial Cleaning Services Provider Should Know About Pressure and AirflowWe previously discussed how cleanrooms must be cleaned and their filtration needs. Let’s examine the relationship between pressure and airflow in a cleanroom. A Pressing Matter...
According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14644, the standard that regulates cleanrooms, a cleanroom is “a room in which the concentration of airborne particles is controlled and which is constructed and used in a manner to minimize the...
Those working in hospital housekeeping jobs—or, as they are now referred to, environmental services (EVS) hospital jobs—have always been vital. EVS workers contribute significantly to patient care, and satisfaction and help reduce healthcare-associated infections...
The story of Servicon is the story of our people. Enio Martinez, Servicon’s Executive Vice President and head of Operations, which is the engine of our company, has a personal history everyone should hear. In fact, the Los Angeles Times agreed with our assessment and...
The shift from hospitals to ambulatory care continues for reasons ranging from cost savings to convenience. Ambulatory, or nonemergency, care is provided in outpatient settings such as medical offices and clinics, hospital outpatient departments, outpatient surgery...
En español At times, workers may be required to work in hot environments for long periods. When the human body is unable to maintain a normal temperature, heat illness can occur. Heat illness can be very serious and may result in death. It is also important to...
More than half of the contiguous United States was in some form of drought as of August 16, 2022, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Most experts expect the trend to continue. Many states, such as California, already have implemented water usage restrictions with...
MONKEYPOX SAFETY INFORMATION (Sourced from CDC, DHS, EPA, CA Department of Health, LA County Department of Health, WHO) Monkeypox Virus (MPXV) is a zoonotic virus (a virus that originates in animals) that belongs to the same group of viruses as the Variola major...
Facility maintenance has changed a lot in recent years. It still calls for ensuring the safety, security, and compliance of facilities. However, as buildings and society become increasingly complex and cleanliness remains in the post-COVID-19 pandemic spotlight,...
What Employees and Providers Need to Know About Monkeypox With over 20,000 cases worldwide, monkeypox has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, and last week the Biden Administration declared the outbreak a national health...
Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials have confirmed the first U.S. case of monkeypox in a traveler who returned to the states from Canada. The first suspected case was being investigated in California at the time of publication, while 260 cases in 22...
There are many areas in a hospital that it is essential for hospital environmental services (EVS) providers to properly maintain. ”One location that may be overlooked is the EVS cleaning services area, where EVS cleaning technicians store, prepare, and reprocess their...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, most hospital environmental services (EVS) providers were able to respond with the appropriate cleaning and disinfecting protocols since most EVS technicians are trained in terminal cleaning. However, for many commercial cleaning...
"What is a dirty utility room?" Many people believe the answer is that it is where soiled linens go. But as environmental services (EVS) providers in hospitals and workers in other types of medical cleaning services know, this is not correct. A dirty utility room,...