CloroxPro Blog – Professional Cleaning and Disinfection Insights

When you hear the words “hospital” or “healthcare facility”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Likely an image of busy hallways, beds, or operating rooms, where dedicated doctors perform lifesaving procedures and treat sick patients, along with nurses who provide round-the-clock care. While the diligent environmental services (EVS) staff who clean and disinfect these facilities often work behind the scenes, their role is no less vital.

Evidence continues to show that contaminated environmental surfaces can contribute to the transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), making effective environmental cleaning and disinfection a critical patient safety intervention.¹ EVS teams work tirelessly for this cause, so that patients can heal and staff can work safely. That’s why recognizing their essential efforts during EVS Appreciation Week (Sept. 13-19, 2026) is so important.²

Successful EVS: A team effort

Protecting patients requires close collaboration between EVS, Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) teams, clinical staff and facility leadership. Together, they help determine which surfaces and shared equipment require the greatest attention, establish standardized cleaning protocols, and evaluate whether cleaning practices are working as well as they should as healthcare environments continue to evolve. Strong communication and consistent processes help support compliance, reduce variation and reinforce a culture of safety across the organization.¹ Given the crucial role that EVS plays in this network, it’s worth reflecting on whether your environmental cleaning program has what it needs to be as successful and efficient as possible, including an evaluation of the cleaning and disinfection products used.

4 Questions to Ask to Strengthen Your Environmental Cleaning Program

• Has your environmental cleaning program evolved alongside your facility?
  • Review whether cleaning frequencies, workflows and responsibilities still reflect current patient volumes, care models and the growing use of shared medical equipment.
  • Use environmental cleaning audits, fluorescent marker assessments or ATP (adenosine triphosphate) monitoring results to identify opportunities for continuous improvement—not just measure compliance.
• Are EVS and IPAC working as closely together as they could be?
  • Regularly review cleaning audit results alongside HAI trends, outbreak investigations or other surveillance data to identify patterns and refine protocols.
  • Include EVS leaders in IPAC planning discussions and quality improvement initiatives so environmental cleaning strategies evolve alongside broader infection prevention priorities.
• Could greater standardization simplify day-to-day cleaning and disinfection?
  • Review the number of cleaning and disinfecting products used across departments to identify opportunities to reduce complexity while maintaining efficacy. For example, CloroxPro® ready-to-use wipes eliminate the risk of disinfectant dilution errors and reduce procedural steps and personnel time.
  • Standardize product selection, training materials and point-of-use instructions wherever possible to help staff confidently follow consistent cleaning and disinfection practices across shifts and units
•  Is your EVS team’s impact visible across the organization?
  • Share audit improvements, quality initiatives or collaborative successes that demonstrate the measurable contribution of environmental cleaning to patient safety.
  • Use EVS Week as an opportunity to reinforce the important role EVS professionals play as partners in infection prevention, and acknowledge the impact they have on patients, staff and visitors.

With you, CloroxPro celebrates the essential work of EVS teams, this month and every day.

Support your EVS team with products as dedicated as they are. Choose CloroxPro™.

Clorox Healthcare™ Bleach Germicidal Disinfectant Wipes (DIN: 02465671)

A bleach-based formula in an easy-to-use wipe format, with fast disinfection efficacy, favourable surface compatibility and residue profile. 

• Health Canada registered to kill 66 pathogens.
• Kills C. difficile in 3 minutes, E. coli and Salmonella in 30 seconds and Norovirus in 1 minute.
• Kills viruses in 1 minute and bacteria in 30 seconds.
• C. difficile sporicidal efficacy tested in the presence of 3-part organic soil load.
• Available in clinical canister and EVS bucket wipe size formats.

Clorox Healthcare™ Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner Disinfectant Wipes (DIN: 2406225)

Active ingredient: hydrogen peroxide. No benzyl alcohol. Ideal for daily use in high-turnover areas.

• Contact time: 30 seconds to 4 minutes.
• C. auris contact time: 2 minutes.
• Kills TB and 15 other pathogens in 1 minute. 
• Kills 59 pathogens in 30 seconds to 4 minutes.
• 30 seconds to 1 minute contact times on most bacteria and viruses.
• Comes in a range of sizes and formats for use on hard surfaces, including clinical use, daily patient room cleaning, terminal cleaning and on-the-go disinfecting.

Clorox Healthcare™ VersaSure® Alcohol-Free Cleaner Disinfectant Wipes (DIN: 02473151)

Alcohol-free quat formula with broad-spectrum disinfection; contact times from 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

• Kills 50 pathogens in 30 seconds to 2 minutes.
• Kills E. coli, Norovirus and Salmonella in 2 minutes.
• Kills SARS-CoV-2, measles and mumps virus, HIV and Influenza A virus in 30 seconds.
• Non-abrasive, very low residue on surfaces.
• No harsh chemical odour.
• Stays wet for contact time.

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