While some health care facilities have carpeting in lobbies and other common areas, the flooring installed in these types of locations usually is a hard surface, such as vinyl composition tile or terrazzo. Hard surface flooring is selected for a very practical reason: spills of all kinds can be cleaned up fairly easily and quickly with little or no damage to the floor.
Below are some of the more common floor care problems that arise in health care environments along with ways to address them.
The floor appears soiled or lacks shine after mopping or refinishing. A number of issues can cause this scenario, but at the top of the list is the cleanliness of the mops used to maintain the floors and apply finish. Are the mops clean? Before performing many floor care tasks, such as refinishing a floor, it is best to select new, unused mops for the job. Also, the mops used to clean and rinse the floor should not be used to apply finish; keep finishing mops separate from cleaning mops.
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