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How to Encourage Good Hand Hygiene in the Workplace [Free Printables]
Handwashing is not only good for personal hygiene, but it also promotes a healthier workforce by preventing the spread of germs and disease-causing bacteria. And, while you may think that employees are doing their due diligence, there’s a good chance that they’re not...
How Ant Infestations Start (And What to Do About It)
If you’ve woken up to find your home suddenly crawling with ants, you’re not alone. This time of year is prime time for ant infestations as the warmer weather urges worker ants to get busy foraging for food and water to sustain the colony. Like any other insect, ants...
Food Safety: A Global Public Health Threat
In a year, An estimated 1 out of 10 people will fall ill after eating contaminated food, with diarrheal diseases being the most common illness (WHO). The food sector today faces many challenges that may leave food vulnerable to contamination and other hazards, as it...
7 Earth Friendly Spring Cleaning and Recycling Tips
September is here, which means it’s time to get down to the business of spring cleaning! But not only that, 16-21 September marks Clean-Up & Recycle SA Week, an annual initiative by the local plastics industry aimed at creating awareness of the need to reduce...
Your Business and Sanitary Waste Disposal Compliance
As a business owner, you may be aware of your obligations to provide a sanitary and hygienic washroom environment for your employees. But do you know just how deep your obligations really go? Beyond making soap and hand dryers available in restrooms, there are also...
7 Steps to Better Commercial Washroom Hygiene
The cleanliness level of commercial washrooms is essential to maintaining health and safety while ensuring user satisfaction. People may not remember your establishment for a clean bathroom, but you can be sure that a dirty and ill-equipped one will be talked about...
5 Hallmarks of an Audit Approved Pest Management Programme
For any company that handles food or beverage products – whether it’s a restaurant, food truck, producer, exporter, manufacturer, supermarket, caterer, or retail food store – ensuring food safety is becoming increasingly important. Ever-tightening policies and...
Beyond the Clean: Caring for Your Cleaning Supplies
When we use common cleaning tools like mops, cloths, brooms, dusters and squeegees, we expect them to do one thing: clean! However, in using these tools for cleaning, most people automatically assume that they are clean to begin with. In actual fact, cleaning tools...
The Top 5 Things That Turn People Off Commercial Washrooms
Brands work hard to achieve positive associations with their audiences, which ultimately builds integrity for the brand and leads to loyal customers. It would be a pity if all that effort went to waste because of a bad washroom experience. That’s right, your brand...
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The 6 Tell-tale Signs of a Rodent Infestation [Infographic]
Rodents are nimble pests, often staying out of sight and undetected as they settle into buildings and homes where they can breed safely away from threat of predators and scavenge for food and water under the cover of darkness. Signs of a rodent infestation will often...