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Restroom Cleaning Machines Can Improve Efficiency

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  Cleaning Staff Morale Benefits From Use Of Restroom Machines

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The third part of this three-part article examines the time savings from using a restroom machine to clean fixtures.The decision on when to use a restroom machine and when to clean by hand becomes a little grayer when considering each part of a restroom individually.For example, 鈥淐leaning Times & Tasks鈥� says (on pages 28-29) cleaning one toilet with a 500-psi spray-and-vac restroom machine takes one minute. To treat a toilet with a disinfectant and clean it with a toilet brush takes 0.25 minutes. Even weekly cleaning with an acid toilet bowl cleaner and mop agitation takes just 0.5 minutes. As one might expect, however, the comparison isn鈥檛 actually that simple.听The restroom machine was originally created to make restroom cleaning a little less disgusting, says Walker. If using a restroom machine means a worker doesn鈥檛 have to get down on his or her hands and knees and scrub a toilet, then it might present a better solution, even if the book says it鈥檚 not technically as fast.Cincinnati-based听听has been cleaning school restrooms for 21 years. The BSC uses restroom machines in about 30 of its 60-plus school buildings on any given night, says President Mark Cappel.听鈥淔rom a worker moral standpoint, the only way to clean it is to [use a restroom cleaning machine], so you鈥檙e not touching anything,鈥� says Cappel. 鈥淎nd you can squirt the urine out from the flush valves and off the walls, where it鈥檚 all over the wall partitions.鈥漎et, in other instances, Cappel maintains it鈥檚 necessary for a worker to go in and wipe something down by hand. For example, Scarlet & Gray uses an aerosol glass cleaner to get the hand prints off of the urinal partitions.Perhaps the best way to approach this dilemma is to use the restroom machine when everything, or almost everything, in the restroom needs to be cleaned, but clean by hand when only a few pieces of the restroom need cleaning.And, of course, restroom machines can鈥檛 be used when water could cause damage to the walls or floors, as would be the case with drywall or old, fragile grout.Cappel is aware of the times listed in 鈥淐leaning Times & Tasks鈥� and says they鈥檙e accurate. In some instances the book may point to cleaning by hand as a time savings 鈥� and in some cases that鈥檚 advice worth heeding 鈥� but not every decision is made based entirely on direct time savings.鈥淗opefully your time isn鈥檛 that tight,鈥� says Cappel. 鈥淚 mean, our bids aren鈥檛 based on one and a half minutes per fixture and if it鈥檚 two minutes we鈥檙e losing money.鈥漌hen comparing the cleaning times of a restroom machine to cleaning by hand or with a wet mop, the results depend on myriad factors, including the number of fixtures, the age and gender of the restroom鈥檚 patrons, and the person performing the cleaning.鈥淭hese sometimes are seen as an exact measure, and they鈥檙e not,鈥� says Walker. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e the best average estimate based on all of the available data that we鈥檝e received.鈥�

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