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Designed to keep you abreast of a rapidly changing marketplace.Iowa Passes Green Cleaning Legislation
7/19/2010
By SM Editorial Staff
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Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed House File 823 requiring public schools, community colleges, institutions under control of the state board, and state agencies to comply with a green cleaning and maintenance policy. The state's Department of Administrative Services will provide information on what environmentally preferable products can be used. Facilities must conduct an evaluation and assessment regarding the implementation of a green cleaning program and start using green products by July 12, 2010. However, departments can deplete existing first and then institute the new requirements when procuring products for the following year.
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Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed House File 823 requiring public schools, community colleges, institutions under control of the state board, and state agencies to comply with a green cleaning and maintenance policy. The state's Department of Administrative Services will provide information on what environmentally preferable products can be used. Facilities must conduct an evaluation and assessment regarding the implementation of a green cleaning program and start using green products by July 12, 2010. However, departments can deplete existing first and then institute the new requirements when procuring products for the following year.
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Rhode Island Propses Green Cleaning Mandates
6/22/2010
By SM Editorial Staff
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The Rhode Island General Assembly is proposing legislation that would mandate green cleaning in all public and private K-12 schools. The bill would require school cleaning programs to use green equipment, paper products and chemicals, including glass cleaners, restroom cleaners, carpet cleaners and general-purpose cleaners. Products will need to be certified by Green Seal, EcoLogo, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Design for Environment (DfE) program or other similar third-party certifiers.
Schools would have the opportunity to use existing supplies before being required to purchase green products.
http://www.cleanlink.com/sm/article/Rhode-Island-Proposes-Green-Cleaning-Mandates--12032
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The Rhode Island General Assembly is proposing legislation that would mandate green cleaning in all public and private K-12 schools. The bill would require school cleaning programs to use green equipment, paper products and chemicals, including glass cleaners, restroom cleaners, carpet cleaners and general-purpose cleaners. Products will need to be certified by Green Seal, EcoLogo, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Design for Environment (DfE) program or other similar third-party certifiers.
Schools would have the opportunity to use existing supplies before being required to purchase green products.
http://www.cleanlink.com/sm/article/Rhode-Island-Proposes-Green-Cleaning-Mandates--12032
Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by Antibiotics
3/5/2010
By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: February 26, 2010
A minor-league pitcher in his younger days, Richard Armbruster kept playing baseball recreationally into his 70s, until his right hip started bothering him. Last February he went to a St. Louis hospital for what was to be a routine hip replacement.
By late March, Mr. Armbruster, then 78, was dead. After a series of postsurgical complications, the final blow was a bloodstream infection that sent him into shock and resisted treatment with antibiotics.
Published: February 26, 2010
A minor-league pitcher in his younger days, Richard Armbruster kept playing baseball recreationally into his 70s, until his right hip started bothering him. Last February he went to a St. Louis hospital for what was to be a routine hip replacement.
By late March, Mr. Armbruster, then 78, was dead. After a series of postsurgical complications, the final blow was a bloodstream infection that sent him into shock and resisted treatment with antibiotics.
New Wisconsin Bill Proposes Green Cleaning Mandates
2/25/2010
By Nick Bragg, Deputy Editor
Following the same path taken by neighboring Illinois, Wisconsin may be the next state to mandate the use of green cleaning products and processes in public educational buildings and municipalities.
The "Green Cleaning For A Healthier Wisconsin" bill, proposed by Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, Wis., would require public educational buildings to use cleaning and paper products certified as environmentally sensitive by third-party certifiers, including Green Seal, EcoLogo, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Design for the Environment Program (DfE), Greenguard Environmental Institute and the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI).
Following the same path taken by neighboring Illinois, Wisconsin may be the next state to mandate the use of green cleaning products and processes in public educational buildings and municipalities.
The "Green Cleaning For A Healthier Wisconsin" bill, proposed by Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, Wis., would require public educational buildings to use cleaning and paper products certified as environmentally sensitive by third-party certifiers, including Green Seal, EcoLogo, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Design for the Environment Program (DfE), Greenguard Environmental Institute and the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI).
EPA Officially Launches Green Disinfectant Program
2/4/2010
In December 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched its voluntary pilot programs for disinfectants and sanitizers that will allow products to display the Design for the Environment (DfE) logo and use certain agency-approved factual statements regarding environmental preferability.
MRSA Infections Up 90 Percent
2/4/2010
By SM Editorial Staff
The number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has increased by more than 90 percent during the last decade, according to research from Princeton University.
The number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has increased by more than 90 percent during the last decade, according to research from Princeton University.
Study Shows Superiority of Reusable Medical Textiles Over Single-Disposables
2/2/2010
Jason Hicks, Web Editor , American Laundry News
Published 12/14/2009 - 10:54 a.m. CT
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A life-cycle assessment study conducted at the University of Minnesota Medical Center shows that reusable medical textiles are superior to single-use disposables in terms of cost, environmental impact and infection prevention, according to the American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA).
Published 12/14/2009 - 10:54 a.m. CT
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A life-cycle assessment study conducted at the University of Minnesota Medical Center shows that reusable medical textiles are superior to single-use disposables in terms of cost, environmental impact and infection prevention, according to the American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA).