Happy Earth Day to all. A recent article on the front page of the National Post (Tuesday March 31) spun a precautionary tale about how the recent flood of green cleaning products and disinfectants are often ineffective against the spread of infections in hospitals across Canada.
The article highlights what is essentially a longtime misconception within the cleaning industry concerning what constitutes effective cleaning, and how hospitals, and a host of other institutions (e.g. schools, food service, agricultural production, daycares) can reduce infection rates within their facilities.Kim Kristoff, President of GEMTEK Products, responded to the National Post with an explanation regarding the difference between cleaning and disinfecting.

Read his response here.

Further to that, there is an excellent article on the great debate between the use of soap and sanitizer contained in the recent Cleanlink newsletter. Read it here.

BioCanadian focuses on green solutions for their customers. The emphasis is on fully engaged green process, as opposed to simply changing one product for another. At the end of the day, whether you are cleaning hands, or aircraft parts, green cleaning involves first and foremost, proper procedures. Without strict guidelines in place, green or not, the rate of infection will increase at hospitals, and hazardous chemical use will continue to be falsely seen as necessary when in fact over 90% of the time, we can effectively lower the ability for harmful bacteria to proliferate through effective cleaning with SC-1000 Aqueous Cleaner Concentrate which saves our customers time, effort, and money.