hand sanitizers

How To Use Hand Sanitizers

by Gus Scannapieco, Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist Hand sanitizers provide a convenient alternative to hand washing when soap and water is not available. They are effective against bacteria at 99.9% and they also kill some, but not all viruses.   We’ve discussed kill logs before on DisinfecTips, and while 99.9% seems like a lot because…

soft surface sanitizer

Tips for Soft Surface Sanitizing

by Dana Ryan, Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist Soft surface sanitizing is one of the more commonly overlooked environmental cleaning issues in every industry, including healthcare. Innovators are continually working to create solutions requiring less work for janitorial staff, while providing more protection against contamination and hospital-acquired infections. However, there has been relatively little done to…

Difference In Products That Disinfect

What’s the Difference Between Products That Disinfect, Sanitize And Clean Surfaces?

By Stephen Lawson, COO of Aseptic Health, LLC and Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist   We’ve touched on this subject before in DisinfecTips, but I’d like to take a deeper dive into the difference between products that disinfect, sanitize and clean. I’ll also take a broad-brush explanation on the subject of sterilizing. General Cleaning General cleaning…

Disinfectant

5 Disinfectant No-Nos

by Dana Ryan, Certified Clinically Clean® Specialist Disinfectants kill germs that cause colds, flu and other illnesses—when used as directed. The problem is, most people don’t read the label and they use the disinfectant incorrectly. Might as well pour the bottle down the drain, because if you’re making any of these six disinfectant mistakes, you’re…