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For those in New York, school cleaning services are one of the most
important tools used against sickness and disease. Professional
school cleaning services from a school cleaning company help ensure that New York City schools remain a
healthy environment. Whether it is adult education, colleges or
universities, or elementary, junior, or high schools, the cleanliness of
the school will have a direct impact on the immediate
environment. Schools are havens for flu, virus, and bacteria,
making it imperative that they are thoroughly cleaned. School
cleaning is more than simply making a classroom look acceptable, or
disposing of rubbish, it helps promote community health, wellness, and
safety.
School cleaning services are imperative for ensuring the safety of
both students and faculty members. Because schools are environments
where there are numerous people in close contact with one another, they
are often breeding grounds for multiple bacteria and viruses. New
York schools not only need to be thoroughly cleaned by a school cleaning company, but they must also
be disinfected and sanitized. Cleaning, disinfecting, and
sanitizing are three separate functions. Cleaning is the process of
removing dirt, debris, and germs from various surfaces. Soap and
water often accompany cleaning, and though cleaning may remove germs
from a surface, it does not kill them. School cleaning is more than
simply removing germs, dirt, and debris but must include disinfecting
and sanitizing as well.
School cleaning services not only clean but also
disinfect. Disinfecting is the process of killing germs that are on
surfaces or objects. After a room is thoroughly cleaned, it may
then be disinfected. Where cleaning may remove germs and bacteria,
disinfectant is the process that destroys them. The school board
may determine disinfecting within the school, and they may only require
disinfecting during times of heavy flu or in fear of a
pandemic. Sanitizing is considered the process that ensures the
amount of germs, viruses, and bacteria have been eliminated to low
levels so the risk of infection becomes lowered. New York law
determines whether schools must only be cleaned or if disinfectants
should be used as well.
...it helps promote community health, wellness, and safety...
Environmental problems may become very problematic in the school
setting. As more schools face problems with overcrowding, the
dangers associated with schools and wide spread environmental problems
increase. It is even becoming standard for many schools to offer
their space for community events that may occur during late night
weekday hours or on the weekends. As children are often carriers of
numerous viruses and germs, it is not uncommon for sicknesses and
illnesses to spread like wildfire in a school environment. Children
who catch various illnesses may easily go home and spread the sickness
to those in their immediate family. The results can be disastrous
with total outbreaks and pandemics affecting entire neighborhoods and
communities if proper cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing are not
performed in the school.
School cleaning by school cleaning companies extends beyond cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing
and includes the air quality within a school and the type of chemicals
or toxins that may be used. New York has banned the use of toilet
deodorizing products that contain the chemical ingredient
paradichlorobenzene, due to the toxicity of the chemical. Those
responsible for cleaning New York schools must ensure they are familiar
with State Education Law as it applies to cleaning, as well as rules and
regulations determined by the EPA. Schools must ensure that those
cleaning facilities only use chemicals that have been approved by the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) list of hazardous
ingredients.
OSHA releases a material safety data sheet that rates the toxicity of
various ingredients from insignificant, slight, moderate, high, and
extreme. Products used for school cleaning in New York should have a
zero or one rating that indicates an insignificant or slight risk of
toxicity. Professional cleaning products should also have product
labels that clearly state the name of the chemicals used. It is
imperative that those cleaning schools understand how to read product
labels and are well familiar with the ingredients being used, as well as
any potential side effects or hazards that may result. As more
green products are available for commercial cleaning jobs, more
school cleaning companies are choosing heavy-duty cleaners, disinfectants, and
sanitizers made from safer ingredients. The products used to clean
schools should be those that are not known to pose a serious threat to
the environment or to human health. Good cleaning products should
be biodegradable, free from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), are pH balanced,
and are free from volatile organic compounds (VOCs). New York
state law as well as individual school boards regulates the type of
cleaning products used within a school system. This helps ensure
that the products used are environmentally friendly and pose a low
threat to human health.
