Bathrooms create a strong impression of your business to any guest, visitor or client. We all know how important the smell in the bathroom is when it comes to forming positive or negative impressions (and if you don’t, take...
All healthcare facilities – whether a small private practice or a large government hospital – must comply with the guidelines set out in The National Health Act 2003 (Act No 61 of 2003): Regulations relating to health care waste management in...
In shared bathrooms, there is often a build up of limescale, organic matter and faecal deposits in the toilets and urinals, despite excellent daily cleaning. This build-up becomes a source for bacterial growth, leading to odours and cross contamination....
Here at Initial, we are publishing a series of fun hygiene rhymes to help explain the importance of good hygiene. Not as serious as a ring around the Rosie (associated with the great plague of London, better known as the Black...
Did you know that infants require up to 12 nappies a day, and toddlers about 8? And that adults suffering from incontinence* use up to 4 adult diapers a day. Over a week or a month that adds up to a lot of used nappies....
Ever walked into an office and wanted to walk right back out due to bad office hygiene habits? Or experienced a horror story so bad that you contemplated going back to the office the next day? This week, we...
The Western Cape is still in the midst of a serious drought, and despite water restrictions having been lifted from Level 6B to a more manageable Level 3, residents cannot afford to go back to their water-wasting ways. When one considers the...
A while ago, when I first started working for Initial, I took a trip with Rentokil’s pest control supervisor Bafana Nhlapo. The purpose of the trip was to experience a day in the life of a pest control specialist. Before the...
April has arrived, and with it comes a definite chill in the air. And we all know what that means… We’re heading into cold and flu season. A recent article on the Medical Academic website stated that South Africans spend an...
Employees’ brains are hardwired to find happiness in colour and lighting. The human brain is remarkable and unparalleled in its ability to process, and assign meaning, to stimuli in ways that not only guide our physical action but impact...