Inside buildings, unseen and often harmful forces are at play. Pollen, dust mites, fungal spores, dander and emissions brought in from outside combine with off-gassing from furnishings and chemical pollutants from within.
People can inhale particles down to 10 microns and smaller. A micron is a unit of measurement used by the cleaning industry to indicate 1/25,000 of an inch. When indoor air is polluted, these microscopic particulates can lodge deep in people’s lungs, causing headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath, asthma and respiratory illnesses.
Placing mats at entryways helps stop dust from being spread throughout a building, but eventually, dust gets around. Carpets act as a dust sink, so particles stay trapped until removed by a high-efficiency vacuum. When dust lands on hard floors, it sits until disturbed by the ventilation system or the shuffling of feet, then flies back into the breathing zone.
Removing dirt and dust from the floor in a building to improve IAQ requires more than an upright, broom or dust mop. Push brooms and dust mops never truly eliminate allergens from a building. They tend to move dust to new locations in the same space, and send microscopic particles back into the air. They also redistribute dirt and fine particulate on and into the floor, leaving scratches and dulling a high gloss finish.
An effective vacuuming program is required. Suction-only, high-filtration backpack vacuums by ProTeam help maintain the appearance and longevity of both hard surface flooring and commercial carpeting. The ideal vacuum balances high-efficiency filtration with high-powered suction—enough to extract the majority of dirt and dust from carpet or hard floors.
Dust bunnies typically reappear in 24 hours after a floor has been dust mopped, compared to 72 hours with a high-filtration backpack vacuum. Backpacks, like the ProTeam Super CoachVac HEPA and Super QuarterVac HEPA, also clean 52 percent faster than dust mops.
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