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Combat the Cold and Flu Season at Your Chicago Healthcare Facility with Healthcare Carpet Cleaning from ServiceMaster Cleaning By Simons

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    Fall brings beautiful foliage, pleasantly cool temperatures, Halloween celebrations, and, unfortunately, the outbreak of the cold and flu season. According to the CDC, while the flu season usually peaks in February, it can start as early as October which means more patients crowding into waiting areas in local healthcare facilities. Be prepared to accommodate increased traffic at your healthcare facility in Chicago, IL and call ServiceMaster Cleaning By Simons for routine healthcare carpet cleaning.

    As flu season begins to take hold, more and more people head to healthcare facilities and thus wear and tear on your facility’s carpets is unavoidable. Patients come in with dirt and dust on their shoes and eventually slush and street salt on their boots as the winter progresses. These materials can quickly stain and mat carpets down, making waiting rooms appear even more dreary. Placing walk off mats at entrances can help, but routine carpet cleaning is the solution to staying stain-free and can also prolong the life of your carpets.

    In addition to combating the increased wear and tear from foot traffic, it’s important to keep on top of carpet cleaning in healthcare facilities to prevent the spread of germs and viruses. Studies from the CDC have shown that flu virus can survive on porous surfaces, such as paper, cloth and carpets, for up to 12 hours. However, according to the Healthy Facilities Institute, vacuuming alone has little effect on removing viruses from carpet fibers. The cleaning method with the highest success is hot water extraction, a technique we use as part of our deep carpet cleaning services.

    Not only can healthcare carpet cleaning service from ServiceMaster Cleaning By Simons keep your carpets looking nice over the winter, but it can also help prevent the spread of flu viruses to patients and staff alike. Be prepared for when flu season hits full swing and give ServiceMaster Cleaning By Simons in the Chicago, Illinois area a call today at 773-376-1110!

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    • Nasutsa Mabwa

      Nasutsa Mabwa is the CEO of ServiceMaster by Simons, a MBE/WBE City of Chicago and State of Illinois certified firm. She is a 2020 Daily Herald Business Ledger C-Suite awardee, a member of Crain’s Chicago Business 40 under 40 and a 2018 ServiceMaster(c) Achiever Award recipient. She is a Civic Federation Board Member, an Advisory Board Member, and Past President of the Executive Committee for the Evanston Chamber of Commerce. She is IICRC certified for WRT & FSRT.

      About ServiceMaster Restoration By Simons
      Restoration By Simons is an MBE/WBE certified firm and family-run company serving Northern Cook County, Northern DuPage County, and Lake County Illinois. Recently, the company was awarded a variety of honors, including the 2024 Chicago Star Award, SB100 Best of Small Business Award Winner 2021, Bronze Stevie® Award in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, recipient of the 2020 Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, and the recipient of the 2020 Skokie Business of the Year Award, Honorable Mention Category. Restoration By Simons provides disaster restoration services including water and flood damage restoration, fire and smoke damage restoration, mold remediation, to residential and commercial customers in DuPage, Cook, and Lake Counties IL.

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