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International project „Safe and effective cleaning in pandemic situation“

rahvusvaheline projekt

 

 

Partners participating in the project: 

 

The international project “Safe and Effective Cleaning in Pandemic Situation” started in the fall of 2021 and will last for 3 years. The idea for the project arose when Puhastusekspert OÜ was also involved in the development of cleaning guidelines in Estonia by the Board of Health. There are many potentials and opportunities in the teaching, development, and outreach of cleaning, so that people’s health is maintained and the contribution to cleaning is appropriate. It is not feasible for a single organization and needs cooperation partners. Based on the purpose of the project, it is important to work through information in English, French, and German. We looked for international partners and investigated who would have an active interest in making the world a better place in this field. Competence in working through research and analysis, an independent science-based approach to the cleaning recommendations presented in the project, and a high level of cleaning competence were also important.

The cleaning expert as the managing partner of the project has experience as a manager of a similar project, in addition to being a partner in several different projects. Based on the previous experience, we found the project team: Propuhtaus, Finland – Tarja Valkosalo has long-term experience in working through research on cleaning, writing books and articles on cleaning, Tuula Suontamo Oy, Finland – PhD Tuula Suontamo has done a lot of independent research, experiments in the field of cleaning, IFPRA Normandie, France – long-term experience in project management, including hospital cleaning improvement projects, SVS B.V., Netherlands – long-term experience in developing professional cleaning, developing training courses, educational literature, Rakvere Real School, Estonia – competence in creating videos and educational materials.

The first studies and results are visible HERE

Short video clips are created based on scientific research – VIDEOS

Cleaning is an activity that affects all people and walks of life in the world. People’s health depends on cleanliness. The spread of the SarsCov-12 virus in the world has also brought heightened attention to cleaning. Disinfection has been presented a lot in the media, even in the streets and similar places. Disinfection means the use of biocides, for which, according to the law, the professional user must have appropriate training. In many situations, it is not necessary to use disinfectants, but conscious cleaning is sufficient. When disinfecting black surfaces, the effect of the disinfectant is either absent or insufficient, while the use of biocide poses a risk to the health of the people in the worker’s room, the development of resistance. Since the destruction of the virus cannot be seen with the naked eye, apart from the use of a disinfectant, awareness is important.

Within three years, we plan to:

  • Analyze at least 15 land corona cleanup guidelines, at least 30 scientific studies, and based on them make at least 10 informative social media posts or written articles
  • Create and share a video clip introducing the importance of conscious cleaning.
  • To investigate the actual monitoring of the corona guidelines, for this we will interview at least 100 companies in different countries. We will make at least 5 posts about the results of this
  • Prepare informed cleaning instructions for five standard rooms for regular cleaning and in case corona or other disease has been in the rooms.
  • To develop an easy-to-use self-audit, for which we will first test it with 10 institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The opening meeting of the Erasmus+ project “ Safe and effective cleaning in pandemic situation“ took place in Tallinn from 24th to 25th January 2022.  

We hope that during the project and after that the aforementioned materials and results will be used by as many people as possible, we hope to bring the information to at least 200,000 people. We hope that this will result in a significant improvement in cleaning activities to ensure adequate hygiene and prevent the spread of viruses and diseases. We apply that the cleaning activities are conscious, remove dirt, including microbial dirt, which must not be in these rooms. We hope that disinfectants, ie biocides, are used consciously, safely and correctly and in places where there is a real need for them, based on the developed materials.  

In this way, we hope to avoid damage to human health, coating materials and unnecessary costs. 

 More information: 

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