Being successful in business means being able to adapt to new needs and offer new services. That’s why, after the COVID-19 pandemic began, we at Spectrum Cleaning and Restoration, added comprehensive sanitization and disinfectant services for our customers. Now more than ever before, we are all concerned about health, sanitation, and germs. You want to protect yourself and your loved ones from the threat of COVID-19. If you’re a business owner, you also have a responsibility to your employees and your customers to maintain an environment that is safe from the coronavirus. At Spectrum & Cleaning Restoration, we understand. That’s why we offer sanitizing services specifically geared to mitigating against germs and viruses. We use powerful cleaning agents to provide peace of mind and protection against COVID-19 and other infection sources. In this article, we’ll take a deeper look at these services, and just how we’re protecting you and the entire community of Southwest Florida.
Recently we’ve been hearing the words clean, sanitize and disinfect a lot. In fact, the terms have been used in a way that makes them sound interchangeable, however it’s important for you to know that they are not. So let’s look at that:
Cleaning entails using soap and water to physically remove dirt, impurities, and germs from surfaces or objects—whether that means taking a shower to wash yourself or wiping down kitchen counters. Cleaning lowers the overall number of germs present but does not kill them. Vacuuming, dusting, mopping, and washing dishes all are examples of cleaning.
Sanitizing significantly reduces the total number of germs on a surface or object to a level that has been deemed safe, either by the requirements of a business or sanctioning body, or in accordance with standards of public health. Sanitation is crucial to maintain an environment that is safe and has a relatively low risk of infection. For this reason, sanitization and disinfecting together is a crucial part of the cleaning process in hospitals, other medical environments, food service, and schools.
Disinfecting or sometimes another term used for this is decontamination (this is a more industrial term for it) kills germs, using chemicals to accomplish this task and leaving them on the surface for a longer period of time. Disinfecting is the process that is needed right now to lower the risk of spreading the coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
