Monday, April 27, 2009

Swine Influenza


It has been all in the news, recent outbreaks of Swine Influenza and Mexico has resulted in a number of concerns. The following information is gathered from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines.

What is Swine Influenza?
This is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by Type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses cause high levels of illness and low death rates in pigs. While Swine influenza viruses may circulate among swine throughout the year, most outbreaks occur during the late fall and winter months similar to outbreaks in humans. The classical swine flu virus was first isolated from a pig in 1930.

How does swine flu spread?
Influenza viruses can be directly transmitted from pigs to people and from people to pigs. Human infection with flu viruses from pigs are mostly likely to occur when people are in close proximity to invected pigs. It is also important to note that human-to-human transmission of the swine flu can occur. This is thought to occur in the same way as seasonal flu occurs in people. Coughing, sneezing and touching items with flu viruses on it then touching one's mouth or noze can infect a person.

What to do to keep from getting the flu?
The first line of defense is to wash your hands. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress and drink plenty of fluids as well as eat nutritious food and you can help your chances of getting the flu to a minimum. When possible, try to avoid contact with people who are sick.

Surfaces that are most likely to be sources of contamination.
Germs are spread when one person touches something that is contaminated and then touches the eyes, nose or mouth. These same germs are also spread through the air in the dropletts from a cough or sneeze.

Preventing the spread of Swine Flu.
1. If you have flu like symptoms, stay home.
2. Wash your hands. This is the single most important preventive measure.
3. If soap or water is not available, use alcohol-based sanitizers.
4. Swine influenza can only live outside a host body for about two hours. Disnifect hard surfaces which are common high touch regularly.

Baxter Sales has several disinfectants that are EPA registered with a claim for effective disinfection of Influenza A. We offer the following from Hillyard: Shower Room Cleaner, Re-Juv-Nal, Q.T. , Vindicator as well as a few other products.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Floor Cleaning Equipment For Higher Efficiency

Labor represents 90 percent or more of your total cost of floor cleaning?* This is why a cost-effecient cleaning program should employ the most productive equipment available to that the workers can be more productive.

The automated floor cleaning equipment of today is manufactured with efficiency features built in that can lead to greater productivity. Things such as longer cleaning times between dump-and-fill cycles, faster ride-on and self-propelled equipment as well as wider cleaning paths. Determining which floor cleaning equipment that will deliver the highest productivity per application, which decreases overall cleaning time and costs, requires caraeful consideration.

Choosing the right cleaning path widths - You can minimize your investment while maximizing productivity with the best suited width. The difference between a 17" and 20" walk-behind floor machine can be minimal therefore the wider cleaning path would result in greater productivity which will out weigh the small cost difference.

The size of the recovery tank can make a big difference in the time the workers stay on the floor cleaning. By reducing the number of dump and refill cycles your production is increased.

These are only a couple of things to consider when choosing floor cleaning equipment. To find the right machine for your facility take a look at what Baxter Sales has to offer.
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*International Sanitary Supply Association

Friday, April 17, 2009

Vacuum Cleaner Reviews

Vacuum cleaners are abused and taken for granted which makes it more important to select the right one for your cleaning needs.

The vacuum cleaner reviews here will help you to better understand what you should consider before purchasing. You want a machine that will deliver superior results and performance where it matters the most: dirt pick up and filtration.

A good upright machine will not only have superior dirt pick up but will have excellent filtration. You may want to look for one that has the CRI (Carpet and Rug Institute) seal of approval which signifies it meets the industries newest dirt pick up and filtration standards for vacuum performance.

And in case you didn't know, these standards are more strengient than those for Green Label certification. Only the best can pass the CRI Seal of Approval testing and certification program.

One such vacuum cleaner which does pass the testing methods of CRI is the Spectrum by Advance. This machine is proving to be one of the best of it's kind in the industry.

You can see this vacuum cleaner and more cleaning equipment by Advace at Baxter Sales.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Green Cleaning News

Green Cleaning is more than just a fad or a passing trend. This is something that everybody is doing and more schools, companies and orginizations are getting on board every day.

Any discussion of green cleaning should start with a working definition of the subject. It means the use of those products and services that have a lessor or reduced impact on human health and the environment when compaired with competing products or services that serve the same purpose.

Three aspects of green cleaning are: Human Health, Comparative in Nature and Performance. To read more on this subject you can click here.

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