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Cleaning Basics...Part 13
How Do You Validate Your Cleaning Methods?
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"Looks Good to Me!"
For centuries, the only means of validating if an area's cleanliness was by look or smell. Even the "white glove test" does not properly speak past fine soils - dust, to the presence or absence of microbial contamination. The vast majority of cleaning programs are graded only on what data can be collected by our senses:
- Does it look good?
- Does it smell right?
- Are we hearing complaints?
New Options Abound:
Now, thanks to the study of little lightning bug, with its conversion of ATP -Adenosine TriPhosphate - into illuminating energy, there are tests that can provide empirical data as to the presence or absence of microbes on surfaces. Furthermore, there are bacteriological test plates that may be used in the field and UV lights that can show different types of soils present in restrooms.
What is Practical for You?
This is where the need for a cost-benefit analysis may be in order. So please don't hesitate to drop us an email and we'll help you to more effectively prove what is really "clean"!
