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Flu fear? Who ya gonna call? Virus fighters in demand
Flu fear? Who ya gonna call?
Virus fighters in demand
The swine-flu scare has sent customer demand soaring for a Burnaby-based team of germ-busters and virus vanquishers.
BY PAUL LUKE, THE PROVINCE | MAY 13, 2009 | © Copyright (c) The Province
Virus fighters in demand
The swine-flu scare has sent customer demand soaring for a Burnaby-based team of germ-busters and virus vanquishers.
BY PAUL LUKE, THE PROVINCE | MAY 13, 2009 | © Copyright (c) The Province
Category: Public Health
Posted by: Sani-Service
Flu fear? Who ya gonna call?
Virus fighters in demand
BY PAUL LUKE, THE PROVINCE | MAY 13, 2009 | © Copyright (c) The Province
The swine-flu scare has sent customer demand soaring for a Burnaby-based team of germ-busters and virus vanquishers.
Sani-Service B.C. has seen a 35-per-cent jump in overall requests for products and services since the end of last month after the H1N1 struck, company general manager Becki Hubley said yesterday.
"In the past, for our germicidal service alone, we might have added five to six new customers a day," Hubley said. "We're now at about 10 new customers."
Sani-Service, which employs 65 people, has hired three new route technicians in the last few weeks to keep up with demand, Hubley said.
At the heart of Sani-Service's offerings is a weekly hygiene service that sees technicians whup pathogens by disinfecting and applying germicide in companies' bathrooms.
The germicide, which protects for at least seven days, is effective against the H1N1 strain and other bugs and viruses, Hubley said.
Interest has also risen for products such as touch-free faucets, towel dispensers and automatic flush units, she said.
Heightened public awareness of hygiene in the wake of swine flu means demand should not slow significantly once the H1N1 crisis is past, Hubley said.
Restaurants are Sani-Service's largest single sectoral customer, accounting for about a third of its corporate clients.
"Most restaurants, at least the nicer ones, know that their customers think the state of the washroom is reflective of the state of the kitchen, so hygiene is important to them," Hubley said.
Sani-Service B.C., which serves businesses across the Lower Mainland, is the largest franchise of North Carolina-based Swisher Hygiene, she said.
Virus fighters in demand
BY PAUL LUKE, THE PROVINCE | MAY 13, 2009 | © Copyright (c) The Province
The swine-flu scare has sent customer demand soaring for a Burnaby-based team of germ-busters and virus vanquishers.
Sani-Service B.C. has seen a 35-per-cent jump in overall requests for products and services since the end of last month after the H1N1 struck, company general manager Becki Hubley said yesterday.
"In the past, for our germicidal service alone, we might have added five to six new customers a day," Hubley said. "We're now at about 10 new customers."
Sani-Service, which employs 65 people, has hired three new route technicians in the last few weeks to keep up with demand, Hubley said.
At the heart of Sani-Service's offerings is a weekly hygiene service that sees technicians whup pathogens by disinfecting and applying germicide in companies' bathrooms.
The germicide, which protects for at least seven days, is effective against the H1N1 strain and other bugs and viruses, Hubley said.
Interest has also risen for products such as touch-free faucets, towel dispensers and automatic flush units, she said.
Heightened public awareness of hygiene in the wake of swine flu means demand should not slow significantly once the H1N1 crisis is past, Hubley said.
Restaurants are Sani-Service's largest single sectoral customer, accounting for about a third of its corporate clients.
"Most restaurants, at least the nicer ones, know that their customers think the state of the washroom is reflective of the state of the kitchen, so hygiene is important to them," Hubley said.
Sani-Service B.C., which serves businesses across the Lower Mainland, is the largest franchise of North Carolina-based Swisher Hygiene, she said.