Design Studio17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDTIEHA Cleaning Industry Updatehttp://multibriefs.com/briefs/IEHA/IEHA.xmlenThere are many beliefs when it comes to germs and bacteria in restrooms, but how many of them are true? Kaivac sets the record straight by identifying which of the following are myths and which are true. 17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf1f166ed051The sight of custodian William Spencer's truck has been a workday constant for his fellow employees for nearly 39 years. Spencer, 78, has taken no vacation in all that time, and only 10 days of sick leave. He has accrued 602 sick days and about a year of vacation time. "He's here at 6 a.m. every day," said William White, principal. This August, Spencer will retire. But first, he's busy doing what he has done for 38 summers: waxing the floors, mowing the lawns and getting everything shipshape for the coming school year. 17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf2045d9a012Despite warnings of the flu, other potentially deadly disease and, frankly, a gross-out factor, just 1 in 20 Americans properly washes his or her hands after using a restroom, according to a new study. "It's horrifying," said Carl Borchgrevink, the study's lead author and an associate professor of hospitality business at Michigan State University.17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf1fd3c2bcb3A toxin dangerous to humans may help E. coli fend off aquatic predators, enabling strains of E. coli that produce the toxin to survive longer in lake water than benign counterparts, a new study finds. Researchers from the University at Buffalo and Mercyhurst University reported these results online June 7 in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf217dbeec24Most carpet cleaning technicians have not done spot dyeing because they had difficulty getting the right color back into the carpet and making the dye colorfast. Two electronic tools have improved the chances for success.17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf20d9228515International health officials have called on medical staff around the world to be on the alert for the spread of a deadly SARS-related virus that was first identified in the Middle East last year. More than half the 55 people infected with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV, have died in an outbreak that has been mainly confined to Saudi Arabia but with cases documented as far away as Britain and France.17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf209a3d3906Venezuela's toilet-paper crisis has gotten so dire that some of the South American country's 29 million residents have resorted to high-tech measures to get their hands on the scarce bathroom essential. 17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf2300ecb2e7Users once shied away from using high-speed hand dryers because of the prevailing thought that they were not as hygienic as paper towels. But the reality is, these units are comparable when it comes to hygiene. 17 Jun 2013 12:25:47 CDThttp://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=51bf1f7eca5dd8