UniQo for cleaning operators

Vera — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:49:19 +0000

UniQo system has been designed to make easier and faster the cleaning operators work. This is why we focused on those who daily use trolleys, flat mop and frames. To better understand how they work, what are in detail the individual activities they carry out to make them less burdensome and more fluid, was what we did to create UniQo, so we have rethought from scratch the process for sanitizing healthcare environments.

The fatigue of a cleaning company

Putting ourselves on the side of the operators of a cleaning company we had confirmation, if there was still need, the heaviness of their physical effort. Push a trolley loaded with pre-treated mops, then weighed down by the retained liquid, move water and detergents in greater quantities than those you actually use, bend down to take, detach, squeeze out and fix the flat mop. These are all activities carried out over and over again for the sanitization of the environments cause workers an excess of fatigue, consequently slowing down their work. This is even more true in the case of female operators.

UniQo: the answer for the workers of professional cleaning companies

In order to reduce to the maximum the heaviness of the job of the operators we have revised from zero and cancelled the traditional operating process for the management of the flat mop. In fact, using UniQo system in a cleaning company means simplifying the work and making it lighter and faster.

To do this we thought of a revolutionary system that has as its heart a new bucket with 12 nozzles for impregnation of the flat mop. Flat mop that are impregnated with the amount of detergent exactly established for each room to sanitize. The process with defined duration according to the surface and the type of floor, lasts a few seconds (from 5 to 20). This mode allows you to thoroughly impregnate the flat mop, avoiding pre-impregnation, and to transport only the amount of liquids strictly necessary.

The UniQo trolleys are not equipped with a wringer but with 3 buckets, specially designed: the first for clean flat mop, the second for impregnation and the last for storing the dirty flat mop. But that’s not all, thanks to the automatic fastening system of the flat mop on the frame the operator no longer needs to bend down to replace them, being able to carry out the whole process comfortably standing.

Additional benefits for cleaning operators

The patented pending system of the UniQo cleaning trolley, based on the impregnation with nozzles and programming with precision the surfaces of the rooms to sanitize during the journey, reduces the weights to be transported optimizing the quantity. This is beyond the economic advantages for companies that offer hospital cleaning and sanitization services, which will waste neither detergent nor water, today such an important asset to preserve.

But that’s not all. With the new operating mode of UniQo, thanks to which operators of cleaning companies can’t come into contact with potentially infected flat mop of sanitary premises, We have made it impossible for both the cross-contamination of the environment and the possibility that workers can become infected.

If we combine all this with the easy handling of UniQo trolleys, thanks to the ergonomic handles on three sides and the large swivel wheels of 125 mm in diameter, It is easy to understand the quantum leap we made bringing to the market this revolutionary new family of 8 trolleys, designed for the cleaning company that wants the maximum for its workers and the maximum for its orders in terms of health safety.

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Cross contamination

Vera — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:48:29 +0000

One of the main aspects to be considered in the health safety of hospital environments is cross contamination. As all the various professionals who deal with hospital sanitization or RSA are well aware, this phenomenon occurs when pathogens are transferred from one environment to another, frustrating the operators' efforts to contain them.

It is precisely by analyzing in detail the different operational aspects of cleaning and sanitization, that in Taxon we thought of the new UniQo trolley line, to solve one by one and definitively, the different flaws of the current working methods. Ensuring hygienically safe and healthy environments, making cross-contamination impossible during sanitation operations was the starting point.

Use of clean fringes for each individual environment

In the operation of sanitization of environments with high pathogenic risk, such as hospitals, health facilities and RSA, the safest way carried out by the staff of cleaning companies is to use a single flat mop for each individual environment. This methodology is designed to prevent potentially pathogenic agents from being transported from one environment to another.

Unfortunately, the trolleys equipped with a wringer and two buckets, to contain one the cleaning liquids, the other the dirty water, do not prevent to dip a second time the fringe or mop in the first bucket, thus nullifying the precautions to prevent cross-contamination.

The traditional impregnation process

With the traditional system it is not possible for the operator to evaluate the amount of liquid that will impregnate the flat mop, so in the case of larger environments a second impregnation of the flat mop may be necessary to complete the sanitization. Which would mean bacterial pollution of the bucket with detergent.

In the case of smaller rooms, such as bathrooms, it might be more convenient and also economical for the operator to continue cleaning with the same flat mop even in an adjacent environment, thus transporting possible pathogens from the first room to the second.

Hands as a Vehicle of Contamination

It may seem strange but the main vehicle of physical contamination is represented by the hands of the operators, both because handling the flat mop can infect them and carry pathogens on the various tools used for cleaning such as walls and furnishings of the premises.

The use of gloves, although important for the operator, requires a lot of care and the need to be changed and washed frequently, and does not guarantee that items, cleaning tools (e.g. trolley, buckets, wringer handle, etc.) and even food, are not contaminated when touched.

Colour code to prevent contamination

A widely practiced precaution is the adoption of a color code to distinguish the cloths used in different areas. It represents a further step in the prevention of cross contamination. But when used in the practice of sanitizing the floors that involves the use of the wringer, it does not solve the different problems related to the contamination of detergents impregnation fringes, as explained above.

So how can we offer cleaning companies a completely safe solution?

Analyzing all aspects of direct and indirect cross-contamination, at Taxon we focused on how we could create a system that would not allow the contact of flat mop and potentially infected liquids with clean equipment, ready for use.

We flat mop therefore redesigned the impregnation process from scratch, keeping the fringes clean and those already used always separate and making contact between them virtually impossible, as well as avoiding contact with the hands of operators. This also involved rethinking the system of releasing and attaching the flat mop, which could not involve direct manipulation by operators.

This is how the revolutionary impregnation process of UniQo was born. Based on a frame with flat mop to hook / quick and automatic release, and 3 special and new buckets:

- the first blue bucket, contains only the clean flat mop to be impregnated

- the second blue bucket, the real heart of the system, contains the sanitizing liquids that through 12 spray nozzles impregnate the flat mop with the amount programmed according to the surface of the room to be processed. This technology has also allowed to eliminate the pre-impregnation phase (but we will talk about this in a future article)

- the third bucket, red, is dedicated to containing only the flat mop already used, eliminating the need for manual wrinkling ensures that the dirt collected can never come into contact and spread to other areas.

Thanks to this innovative process, UniQo is a real mobile washing station with on board the best technology for fully touch-impregnationfree, which allows operators to carry out all the activities without a direct contact with the hands.

Pressure Impregnation

The main strength and uniqueness of UniQo is its revolutionary process of pressing impregnation of flat mop that takes place in its special Blue bucket. Thanks to this UniQo, depending on the size of the room and the condition of the floor to be treated, it can take from 5 to 20 seconds to impregnate the flat mop, to ensure maximum health safety.

Adaptability and Safety

In conclusion, UniQo is the innovative solution that revolutionizes the way healthcare security is addressed in hospital environments. Prevents direct and indirect cross contamination with touch-free systems and the use of clean cloths for each area. UniQo is the ideal partner to ensure safe, hygienic and meeting the highest standards. In addition, its size and its complete equipment allows you to always have at hand all the tools and equipment for sanitizing operations.

Equipping your cleaning company with the new UniQo trolleys means investing in the quality of work and the health safety of your employees.