The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) recently released the COVID-19 EVS Cleaning Essentials Refresher Training Toolkit to help front-line EVS staff combat SARS-CoV-2. If you are a member of AHE, please click on the button below to view information on the following topics. Training topics include: The Chain of Infection, including Mode of[…]tell me more
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW: Eight laundered microfiber flat mops and one single-use microfiber flat mop were photographed at 20X’s, 40X’s using a 3D stereo microscope and 1,000X’s using a Scanning Electronic Microscope, SEM. The laundered mops demonstrated significant contamination and microfiber degradation. In some instances, the microfiber in no longer effective since it is shown to be[…]tell me more
Geerpres® researchers, Jack McGurk and Dave Harry, contribute their Adventex® Single-use mop findings in the recent CMM article Single-Use Microfiber Mops Usher In Third Wave of Change in Floor Care . Thomas W. Stewart sparked the first wave of change in floor cleaning when he patented the string mop in 1893. His invention allowed floor[…]tell me more
Geerpres® had its fiber tested by TÜV Rheinland®, one of the world’s leading material testing and inspection organizations, to independently confirm our microfiber denier. Test Report #244158712a 002 | Sample Receiving Date: 07-16-2019 | Testing Period: 07-16-2019 to 07-23-2019 Summary At Geerpres®, our entire Advantex® single-use microfiber product line is systematically designed for all healthcare/clinical,[…]tell me more
The Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) will hold its 2019 CIRI Science Symposium on July 15-17 at Miami University in Oxford, OH. The theme for the 2019 symposium is “Connecting Research to Practice.” David Harry will present research on the Microbiological Findings of Laundered Microfiber Mops as documented his case study – From the Floor[…]tell me more
