ISSA podcasts bring audio content to the global cleaning and restoration industries for forward-thinking business owners, facility managers, distributors, manufacturers, and industry professionals. ISSA podcast programming provides technical tips, management and marketing strategies, industry profiles, member success stories, news, events, and much more. From Straight Talk! to Take 5 With Cleanfax, stay current on what you need to know right now. For more information, or to get involved in a future ISSA podcast program, contact Jeff Cross, ISSA Media Director, at [email protected].
Straight Talk!
An ISSA podcast, presents a curated playlist of the hottest topics facing the cleaning industry today—from health and safety to infection prevention to innovative products to business development and much more. ISSA brings together the top experts and decision makers from across the cleaning world to give our listeners and members the most up-to-date information for their businesses.
Straight Talk!, along with its companion video series, is always looking for unique individuals, companies, and cleaning industry leaders to highlight. Do you have an interesting topic or story to tell? Do you want to share an outstanding achievement or success story? Send us the details: [email protected]. Straight Talk also offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities. For more information, contact [email protected].
Straight Talk, an ISSA podcast, presents a curated playlist of the hottest topics facing the cleaning industry today—from health and safety to infection prevention to innovative products to business development and much more. ISSA, the worldwide cleaning association, brings together the top experts and decision makers give our listeners and members the most up-to-date information for their businesses.
Listen to NORMI's Doug Hoffman describe the impact an indoor air quality solution can have on families.
Take 5 With Cleanfax
A video and podcast program specifically for the contract carpet and floor cleaning and disaster restoration industries. The series focuses on management and marketing topics, technical tips, emerging news and more, all in five minute segments for busy business owners, managers, and technicians.
Take 5 is looking for unique stories, technical tips, management and marketing strategies, and video content to share with the cleaning and restoration industries. If you have a suggestion or would like to participate, connect with Jeff Cross, ISSA Media Director, at [email protected].
Take 5 With Cleanfax is a video and podcast program from ISSA specifically for the contract carpet and floor cleaning and disaster restoration industries. The series focuses on management and marketing topics, technical tips, emerging news and more, all in five minute segments for busy business owners, managers, and technicians. Want to be a guest on the show? Connect with Jeff Cross, Cleanfax Media Director, at [email protected].
Listen to industry pro Amy Prihoda discuss how she taps into the power of selling indoor air quality to her clients.
Cleaning Is Essential
A podcast brought to you by ISSA – The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association you will receive insightful news and engaging conversations with business and political leaders about the top issues impacting the cleaning industry. Join your host John Nothdurft, ISSA’s Director of Government Affairs as we dive into conversations about the industry, emerging trends, innovations, legislation, regulations, and personal interest stories. Tune in regularly to find out what’s happening as we change the way the world views cleaning.
Cleaning Is Essential is looking for thoughts and information on the latest government regulations and legislation impacting the cleaning industry. If you have a suggestion or would like to participate, connect with John Nothdurft at [email protected]. Sponsorship opportunities are also available!
On Cleaning Is Essential, a podcast brought to you by ISSA – The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association you will receive insightful news and engaging conversations with business and political leaders about the top issues impacting the cleaning industry. Join your host John Nothdurft, ISSA’s Director of Government Affairs as we dive into conversations about the industry, emerging trends, innovations, legislation, regulations, and personal interest stories. Tune in regularly to find out what’s happening as we change the way the world views cleaning. Cleaning Is Essential is brought to you by ISSA, which has a membership that includes more than 10,500 members throughout the cleaning industry including manufacturers, distributors, and cleaning services providers. Learn more at: www.issa.com Email us if you with comments, suggestions, or if you are interested in being a guest on the show at [email protected] are also available.
In this episode I am joined by Adam Povlitz, CEO and President of Anago Cleaning Systems. We discuss why he never wanted to be part of the family business and why that changed, how the franchise business model works, the next big innovation when it comes to providing cleaning services, and a book that changed the way he hires people.
Beyond the Surface
The Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI) presents Beyond the Surface, a compelling podcast exploring the foundational role of surfaces in healthcare environments and their impact on patient safety. Each episode delves into key topics like Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs), surface contamination, innovative materials, the role of surfaces in healthcare environment and how and why they support or hinder effective cleaning and disinfection practices.
Featuring healthcare professionals, infection control experts, materials scientists, and HAI survivors, this podcast blends powerful personal stories with expert insights to drive the critical changes that need to take place for improved infection prevention. Tune in to gain valuable knowledge and help create safer healthcare environments. If you have a suggestion or would like to participate, connect with Linda Lybert at [email protected].
The Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI) presents Beyond the Surface, a compelling podcast exploring the foundational role of surfaces in healthcare environments and their impact on patient safety. Each episode delves into key topics like Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs), surface contamination, innovative materials, the role of surfaces in healthcare environment and how and why they support or hinder effective cleaning and disinfection practices.
Featuring healthcare professionals, infection control experts, materials scientists, and HAI survivors, this podcast blends powerful personal stories with expert insights to drive the critical changes that need to take place for improved infection prevention. Tune in to gain valuable knowledge and help create safer healthcare environments.
Did you know that 1 in 20 people who seek medical care will acquire an infection completely unrelated to what they sought care for? In this podcast, Jeanine Thomas, shares her HAI survivor story after battling multiple life-altering infections. She has taken her experience and turned it into advocacy as a founder of the MRSA Survivors Network.
Glossary of Terms:
• HAIs, or Healthcare Associated Infections, are infections that a person acquires entirely unrelated to the original reason for seeking treatment.
• C. difficile – Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that can lead to diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. It is a common cause of diarrhea in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – infection is caused by staph bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections.
