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Cleanlink News 3/17/2010

Survey: BSCs Read Cleaning Chemical Labels

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The February 2010 issue of Kai-Leidoscope, the monthly newsletter published by Kaivac, Inc., invited readers to take a survey asking a variety of cleaning-related questions.
 
The first question was straightforward, says Matt Morrison, Communications Manager for Kaivac. “We asked them when selecting a cleaning chemical, which part of the label do they read first?”
 
According to Morrison, these were the results:
• What the product is used for, 47 percent
• Mixing directions, 32 percent
• Product ingredients, 12 percent
• Warnings, 9 percent
 
There were also two questions regarding the use of disinfectants:
• Nearly 70 percent knew that the main difference between a sanitizer and a disinfectant are the higher “kill capabilities” of the disinfectant.
• Forty-four percent knew that the term “microorganism efficacy” refers to the microorganisms the product can kill if used correctly; the remainder thought the term refers to the effectiveness of the product for cleaning and sanitizing or its overall disinfection strength.
 
Some of the other results included these:
• More than 65 percent of those surveyed said they believe the criteria used by the different green-certification organizations “vary by organization and by product,” which is essentially correct.
• Asked about the benefits of the no-touch cleaning method, 72 percent were correct when they said “it decreases cleaning times.”
• As to using mops and buckets to clean floors, 3 percent said conventional string mops do a “good job”; however, 31 percent knew that they can spread as much soil as they collect.
 
“Finally we asked if they know of the new studies that indicate a no-touch cleaning system can be as effective as a disinfectant,” said Morrison.  “More than 73 percent said they were aware of these studies.”