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In the cleaning industry, maintaining high standards of hygiene is paramount, especially in environments like healthcare, food service, and education. One effective way to uphold these standards is through the implementation of colour coding in cleaning practices. Colour coding involves assigning specific colours to cleaning tools and equipment for use in designated areas, helping to prevent cross-contamination and ensuring a safe, sanitary environment. This newsletter will explore the meaning of colour coding, its proper usage, the benefits it offers, and its role in preventing infection.

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Colour coding in the cleaning industry refers to the systematic use of colours to distinguish cleaning tools and equipment, such as mops, cloths, buckets, and brushes, for specific tasks or areas. By visually differentiating tools according to their intended use, colour coding minimises the risk of using the same cleaning items in areas with different hygiene requirements.

For colour coding to be effective, it is essential to establish a clear system that all cleaning staff can easily understand and adhere to. Here are some common guidelines (this may vary from company to company and country to country):

• Red: Used for high-risk areas such as toilets, urinals, and washroom floors. These areas are prone to higher levels of contamination and require the most stringent cleaning protocols.
• Blue: Reserved for general, low-risk areas like common office spaces, corridors, and classrooms. These are areas where the likelihood of cross-contamination is lower.
• Green: Designated for food-related areas such as kitchens, food preparation zones, and canteens. Maintaining cleanliness here is crucial to preventing foodborne illnesses.
• Yellow: Used for washroom surfaces like sinks, mirrors, and cubicle doors. Yellow-coded items help differentiate from high-risk zones within the washrooms.

1. Prevention of cross-contamination: By clearly defining the use of specific tools in designated areas, colour coding significantly reduces the risk of pathogens being transferred from one area to another. This is particularly critical in environments where cross-contamination can lead to severe health risks.
2. Improved training and compliance: A colour-coded system simplifies training for cleaning staff, making it easier for them to understand and remember which tools to use in specific areas. This reduces the likelihood of mistakes and ensures compliance with cleaning protocols.
3. Enhanced efficiency: With clearly marked tools, cleaning staff can quickly and easily identify the correct equipment for each task, streamlining the cleaning process and improving overall efficiency.
4. Promotes a safe environment: Colour coding not only helps maintain hygiene but also contributes to a safer environment for both staff and occupants. By minimising the spread of bacteria and viruses, it reduces the risk of infections, creating a healthier space for everyone.

The primary goal of colour coding is to prevent the spread of contaminants from one area to another. For instance, using the same cleaning cloth for a toilet and a kitchen surface can lead to dangerous cross-contamination, spreading germs that could cause infections or foodborne illnesses. By adhering to a strict colour-coded system, cleaning professionals can ensure that equipment used in high-risk areas does not come into contact with other parts of the facility.

Colour coding is a simple yet highly effective tool in the cleaning industry, serving as a first line of defence against cross-contamination and infection. By assigning specific colours to cleaning tools for designated areas, organisations can ensure high standards of hygiene, promote a safer environment, and improve the efficiency of their cleaning operations.

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September is the time to begin anew: after the summer break, the normal routine resumes with work, school, engagements, sports activities and good intentions.

And it is right around this time when thousands of children and teenagers are getting ready to go back to school. In addition to being the places where pupils and students convene, schools are also the workplace for all the school personnel and for the contractors who work inside the building. It is therefore essential for all indoor and outdoor spaces to be clean, not just for aesthetic reasons but for reasons of hygiene and safety.

Cleaning and sanitisation of premises, equipment, furnishings and work tools is essential in order to avoid and contain the spread of diseases and infections.

In order to ensure the healthiness and safety of school premises, it is necessary to organise cleaning, disinfection and sanitisation activities in an appropriate and responsible manner.

Within a school facility there might be a great variety of environments such as classrooms and laboratories, restrooms, gymnasium and changing rooms, outdoor areas, corridors, libraries, canteens – which inevitably require dedicated cleaning and specific cleaning equipment.

Cleaning school environments requires some essential items, for example colour coded microfibres and cloths, trapeze and conventional brooms, window washers and squeegees, MOP system, floor scrubbing machine and vacuum cleaner.

Are you interested in learning more about colour coded mops for cleaning? Contact us today to secure an expert consultation!

In order to streamline cleaning, disinfection and sanitisation operations, the colour coding system is implemented for microfibre cloths.

Colour coding is an intuitive visual system that makes it possible to immediately identify the appropriate equipment for cleaning the various environments.

Each environment is therefore assigned a specific colour based on the risk of cross bacterial contamination. The different colour of the cloths indicates that they must be used in different areas with different products and on different surfaces. The colours of cleaning cloths are as follows:

• Blue: identifies the cloths for common areas such as schoolrooms and reception rooms, not subject to high risk.
• Green: for areas with catering services such as canteens and kitchens.
• Red: this colour is used for areas at high bacterial contamination risk – these cloths are suitable to clean WC and showers, for example.
• Yellow: for premises such as gyms and restrooms, with possible risk of bacterial contamination.

Implementing the colour coding system leads to a number of economic advantages as well the quality of the cleaning personnel’s work, such as:

• Immediate identification of the equipment according to the various areas;
• Simplifying the cleaning personnel’s training on the work equipment;
• Easier supervision to ensure the proper equipment is used;
• Reducing the risk of bacterial contamination;
• Using the appropriate chemical product according to the various areas;
• Time savings for the operator when getting the equipment ready.

Effective and absorbing, the IPC microfibre cloths and mops can be used in all cleaning activities within school premises according to the colour code.

Re-Mop is the exclusive mop in yarn certified according to the Global Recycled Standard (GRS). It is a 100% recycled polyester yarn produced from recovered post-consumer material, ideal for capturing and trapping more dirt, preventing release. IPC recommends using it with its pre-impregnated systems.

Deep Snow is the mixed, medium-fleece microfibre indicate for washing. The excellent degree of smoothness and high absorbency ensure a very high cleaning result in trapping and removing dirt.

The Snow microfibre, however, is indicated for washing (moist/wet use) as well as for dusting (dry use).

Hygiene is the blue microfibre with cusp twisting with high cleaning power on porous surfaces and with joints, particularly suitable for washing and disinfecting environments where the risk of contamination is medium-high.

The white closed loop micro-fibre of Loop ECL – EU Ecolabel certified – captures and traps more dirt in the fabric thereby preventing the particulate from being released. It can be used to clean floors, both damp and wet, and it is recommended for washing and disinfection with pre-soaked systems.

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