by Autumn Ryan, Founder and CEO of The SoRite Corporation I think I’m seeing more homes decorated for Halloween than ever. Attribute the surge to Covid-19? Seems like the pandemic has Americans doing all kinds of unusual things. Like disinfecting for deadly viruses! Sales of our flagship hospital disinfectant are up. We have been offering…
by Autumn Ryan, Founder and CEO of The SoRite Corporation Are you using disinfectant wipes correctly? Last week Andrea did a great job explaining why “reading the fine print” on cleaning products is essential. It’s really the only way to determine if the chemical is the right fit for the job. In my experience as…
From Andrea Velasquez, Customer Relations Manager Andrea is Customer Relations Manager with SoRite. Among other duties, Andrea handles inquiries from SoRite customers across the country and assists our network of Certified SanitizeIT® Operators. For many years, Andrea was Vice President of Business Development for a major design and construction company in Chicago. In other words,…
by Pat Cummings, Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist Pat is our logical Logistics and Warehouse Manager. She also holds a BA in Organic Chemistry with a minor in Physics and is a Certified Clinically Clean Specialist. Pat has such a heart for animals and helped start Paws2Help Animal Ministry which provides therapy animals to people…
3 Strikes And Your Out by Gus Scannapieco, Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist While researching information for our Disinfection Tips, I kept running across industry leaders touting the benefits of Hydrogen Peroxide for disinfection…from veterinarians and other healthcare professionals to carpet cleaners. While Hydrogen Peroxide has a low toxicity rating, it is acidic and highly corrosive.…
by Dana Ryan, Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist We are right in the middle of the two most severe weeks for ragweed pollen. If you’re allergic, you probably already know that. Ragweed blooms almost everywhere in the U.S. but especially from the East Coast to the Midwest with the highest level of blooming in early to…
by Autumn Ryan, Founder and CEO of The SoRite Corporation As I’m writing this, Hurricane Laura has become a Category 4 and is just a few miles from the Louisianna/Texas shore. There will be floods. So I looked to an OSHA Hurricane Facts website to find out what they recommend for cleaning after a flood.“During…
by Dana Ryan, Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist Learn how to clean! During the pandemic, Fox News broke a story “amid coronavirus, more than a third of US adults are using cleaning products incorrectly.” The story cited a study commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and claimed “these practices pose a risk…
Both antimicrobials and antibacterials act on different types of microorganisms. Antibacterials destroy or inhibit only the growth of bacteria. Antimicrobials destroy or inhibit the growth of all microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Therefore antimicrobials provide a broader scope of protection than antibacterials. In fact, using plain soap and water to wash your hands may…
by Autumn Ryan, Founder and CEO of The SoRite Corporation Even most dictionaries get it wrong…disinfecting and sanitizing are not interchangeable. Sanitizing a surface means you’re lessening the number of germs on a surface to a safe level. Disinfecting means you’re actually killing bacteria and viruses by using a chemical for this purpose. The label…
