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‘I’ is for Infection: Protecting your Education Cleandom https://www.cloroxpro.ca/blog/i-is-for-infection-protecting-your-education-cleandom/ September 23, 2024 September 23, 2024 https://www.cloroxpro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/73977060_GTY_RF_EmptyClassroom_10-03-14-1318-1.jpg‘I’ is for Infection: Protecting your Education Cleandom
School’s in!
For young learners from K-12, school is at the centre of their lives: a place to gain academic skills, enjoy physical activity, make friends and develop social and life skills. Their teachers and school support staff make it all possible.
But in the midst of these positive experiences there lurks the ever-present challenge of – infection. From respiratory viral infections like colds, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to gastrointestinal infections like norovirus and rotavirus, the familiar domino effect routinely disrupts attendance for students, teachers and support staff – and on to family and community members outside the school walls.
Working towards maintaining an excellent cleaning and disinfecting protocol helps keep students and staff where they want to be!
It’s basic math: Protection=Cleaning + Disinfection
Cleaning and disinfection are key strategies in health and safety measures that are recommended to be part of normal operations to help reduce the risk of transmission of communicable infections in schools. Strategies applied throughout the school environment, with attention to high-touch areas like door knobs, desks, bathrooms and lockers can help mitigate the spread of bacteria and viruses on hard, non-porous surfaces.
A few Pro Tips from CloroxProTM
Disinfect all high-touch surfaces at minimum daily and restroom surfaces at minimum per cleaning shift.
Why: Shared, frequently touched surfaces in high-traffic areas have the highest risk of pathogen transmission.
Clean and disinfect last after routine tidying-up, e.g., emptying trash, vacuuming, removing visible soil.
Why: Disinfecting last reduces the risk of potential cross-contamination.
Remove visible soil before applying a cleaner disinfectant.
Why: Presence of soil can prevent disinfectant from reaching the surface underneath to kill pathogens.
Ensure surfaces remain visibly wet for the contact time specified on the product label.
Why: Contact time is a length of time required to kill pathogens.
Clean and disinfect surfaces from clean areas to dirty areas.
Why: Disinfecting dirty areas last reduces the risk of potentially contaminating clean areas.
Clean and disinfect surfaces from high areas to low areas.
Why: Any dirt/dust that may contain microorganisms dislodged from above are removed when you clean the lower surfaces
CloroxProTM CloroxTM EcoClean Disinfectant Cleaner’s plant-based active ingredient: The EcoClean Difference
Lactic acid is a naturally-occurring organic acid with antiviral and antibacterial properties. Recognized by Health Canada as a safe active ingredient, lactic acid not only kills bacteria and viruses as effectively as traditional products, it removes soap scum, lime and hard water deposits. These features make Clorox EcoClean a highly effective + eco-conscious approach to take on any school’s cleaning and germicidal challenges!
CloroxProTM CloroxTM EcoClean Disinfectant Cleaner
- Free from bleach, alcohol, phosphates and quat.
- Health Canada-registered to kill 99.9% of germs in 2 minutes.
- Sanitizes in 15 seconds.
- Effective against a wide range of bacteria and viruses including E. coli, kleb, salmonella, staph, strep, MRSA, Influenza A virus, RSV, Human Coronavirus (cold virus), norovirus, rhinovirus and the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
CloroxProTM CloroxTM EcoClean All-Purpose Cleaner
- Made with 99% plant-based cleaning ingredients.
- Cleans grease, dirt and soap scum.
- Safe for use around food contact surfaces.†
- Formulated without bleach.
Multi-Surface, Multi-Mess in One Ready-to-use Wipe CloroxProTM CloroxTM Disinfecting Wipes
- Ready-to-use and pre-moistened wipes with cleansers and disinfectants.
- Kills 49 pathogens in 15 seconds to 4 minutes.
- Sanitizes in 10 seconds.
- Kills Straph, Strep, E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria Measles, Mumps and SARS-CoV-2 on hard nonporous surfaces.
- Ideal for use in schools’ high-traffic areas like classrooms, bathrooms, break rooms and gyms, and hot spots like doorknobs, desks, phones and keyboards.
- Available in Fresh and Lemon Fresh scent
Make CloroxProTM part of your Education Cleandom curriculum!
Learn more about the benefits of CloroxProTM CloroxTM EcoClean and CloroxProTM CloroxTM Disinfecting wipes
Interested in speaking to a representative about customized solutions and a free product demo and training? Contact us today.
†no rinse required
