A deep clean, in the context of the
COVID-19
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pandemic
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, is a
sanitation
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technology
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.
It can mean different things, depending on the industry
or
jurisdiction
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Jur ...
. For example, the
UK NHS
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care home
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guidelines
differ from the
US CDC
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recommendations on "How to clean and disinfect".
The
EPA
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has created a COVID-specific webpage on which are listed disease-specific
pesticidal
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disinfectants
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,
and has created a webpage on "GUIDANCE FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTING"
in the context of the April 2020 plan, "
Opening Up America Again
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* The Opening (album), live album by Mal Waldron
* Backgammon opening
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* , ...
".
In certain jurisdictions, a deep clean must be performed by staff "whom have been trained in the use of
appropriate
personal protective equipment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, elec ...
(PPE)".
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]
Industry-specific
Airlines
By Mid-March 2020, Delta Air Lines
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had developed a fogging procedure to "spray a mist of disinfectant on surfaces throughout the cabin on all trans-Pacific flights arriving in the U.S. and flights from Italy landing in certain American airports. It plans to extend the procedure, its website says, to trans-Atlantic flights coming from areas with reported cases of COVID-19."[
]Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co., typically referred to as Southwest, is one of the major airlines of the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has scheduled service to 121 destinations in the U ...
said in March 2020 that it "now uses a hospital-grade disinfectant
A disinfectant is a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces. Disinfection does not necessarily kill all microorganisms, especially resistant bacterial spores; it is less effective than st ...
throughout the plane during overnight cleaning instead of its former practice of using that only in select areas like the restroom."[
]
Cruise lines
Carnival Cruises
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had instituted a night-time "deep-cleaning and disinfection rocedureis conducted utilizing electro-static
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Since classical times, it has been known that some materials, such as amber, attract lightweight particles after rubbing. The Greek word for ambe ...
applications through specialized machines in highly-trafficked public areas (including all restaurants, the fitness center, spa, lido deck areas, promenade, casino, medical center, public restrooms, lounges, bars, lobbies, elevators, atrium, youth activity centers, arcade and all crew public areas)."
References
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Sanitation
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic