As restaurants and offices begin to open, it is essential to keep them disinfected on a regular basis to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and help employees and customers feel safe. Mr. Hood Clean can sanitize your restaurant dining area, lobby, waiting area, kitchen, elevators, and office space once a week or every night to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.
According to a MIT study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a human sneeze can create a gas cloud that can travel 23 to 27 feet. This gas cloud can carry pathogen-bearing droplets of all sizes, covering the tables, chairs, floors, cooking counters, and surrounding surfaces potentially with the coronavirus.
This research study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that people do not even have to cough or sneeze to spread SARS-CoV-2. Simply talking generates oral fluid droplets in the air that can spread the virus that causes COVID-19. The study contains a video showing all the oral fluid droplets in the air that are generated simply from talking without a mask.
Restaurants are particularly vulnerable to the transmission of the coronavirus due to the fact that customers literally cannot wear a mask while they eat. Simply talking without a mask scatters oral droplets possibly containing SARS-CoV-2 across the surrounding surfaces.
While restaurant staff can be tasked with wiping down the tables and cooking counters regularly, they cannot be expected to professionally sanitize the entire building every day. This study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection is a meta-study that summarizes the findings from 22 different studies. As the studies show, coronaviruses can persist on surfaces for up to 9 days. What this means is that any person who touches a surface that had coronavirus particles from 9 days ago and then touches his or her nose, mouth, or eyes could potentially be infected by the coronavirus.
Mr. Hood Clean is committed to keep your restaurant a welcoming and safe environment for your customers and employees. Our virus sanitization service contains two components:
Mr. Hood Clean is committed to keep your restaurant a welcoming and safe environment for your customers and employees. Our virus sanitization service contains two components:
Component 1:
Disinfecting every surface.
Our disinfecting technicians use an eco-friendly, natural product called the Bio-Sol Concentrate to sanitize every surface of your restaurant and office space. The Bio-Sol Concentrate is a mixture of dimethyl benzyl ammonium chlorides and ethylbenzyl ammonium chlorides shown to be effective against coronaviruses. Getting every surface disinfected regularly sends the right message to your customers and employees that you care about their safety, and are taking every step possible to minimize the spread of COVID-19.
Component 2:
Disinfect the air.
While the primary methods of virus transmission is being exposed to an infected person’s sneeze or cough, or touching an object that has virus particles on it and then touching one’s own mouth, nose, or eyes, we have limited evidence that COVID-19 may be in the air and getting circulated by buildings’ ventilation systems. According to this MIT paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a 2020 report from China found coronavirus particles in the ventilation systems in hospital rooms of patients with COVID-19. What this means is that while aerosol transmission is not the primary way SARS-CoV-2 spreads, it is possible that the finest aerosol virus particles get picked up by your building’s HVAC system, and get circulated throughout the entire building.
For this reason, Mr. Hood Clean believes a proper sanitization process includes disinfecting the air. Mr. Hood Clean utilizes a professional-grade ozone machine that kills 99% of viruses in the air within 30 seconds of exposure. Typical ozone air purifiers found in homes do not produce ozone at a high-enough concentration to kill viruses. Our commercial ozone machine has the ability to do so and thoroughly disinfect the air.
Common Questions
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How often should I get my restaurant or office space professionally sanitized?
For the best protection against COVID-19, many restaurant owners and property managers ask Mr. Hood Clean to sanitize their building every night. Having that said, we understand some restaurant owners may have a tight budget. These restaurant owners have asked us to sanitize their building once a week. We can work with your budget and customize a sanitization schedule that best fits your needs (for an example, perhaps the areas with less traffic are sanitized less often than the areas with more traffic).
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When do you sanitize my restaurant or office space?
All of our sanitization work is done after hours to ensure there is no downtime to your operation. We work weekdays as well as weekends.
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What is your service area for coronavirus sanitization service?
We service the entire Puget Sound region in Washington State from Bellingham to Olympia
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Is there a limit to the size of building you can sanitize?
No. Our company has over 50 employees. We have the ability to sanitize restaurants and office buildings small and large.
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When can people safely enter the building after the sanitization process is complete?
We air out the building at the end of our disinfecting process. Humans can safely enter the space after 30 minutes of our completion.
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