The high-traffic, high-touch, high-density environments of fitness facilities have always made them at high risk for infection-causing germs, such as Staph and MRSA. The pandemic brought the new threat of COVID-19. A CDC study showed that 68% of a gym’s patrons were infected with COVID-19 from attending indoor classes.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 2020
Is your cleaning routine as healthy as your fitness routine?
Dangerous germs spread easily in fitness facilities, where people are sharing equipment, have exposed bare skin, and are in warm or humid environments like showers and locker rooms. Unfortunately, the chemicals used to disinfect gym equipment aren’t safe for staff or clients to get on their skin or breathe in. In fact, daily exposure to the most commonly used cleaning product ingredients has been proven to be as harmful to health as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. While cleaning products like disinfectants are regulated to ensure they have the germ-killing efficacy they claim to, they aren’t required to meet health and safety standards that can protect people from serious health problems.
Cleaning products can make your staff and clients sick
Take the two most common disinfecting ingredients: bleach and quaternary ammonium compounds (quats). Quats are great at killing germs, but they are linked to a wide range of health risks including triggering asthma and allergy attacks and even causing asthma in people who have never had it before. Bleach can be a toxic respiratory irritant that triggers asthma and allergies as well. With 30% of US adults suffering from asthma or allergies, cleaning products using these ingredients are putting the health of millions of people at risk every day. In fact, the CDC recommends that bleach and quats not be used around people with asthma or allergies. We think it’s time to end the compromise between cleaning product safety and efficacy, how about you?
Get your cleaning regimen in shape
Force of Nature is a multi-purpose cleaner, deodorizer an EPA-registered disinfectant that kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria, including Staph, MRSA, Norovirus, Salmonella, Influenza A, Listeria, and Pseudomonas, with zero harmful chemicals, fumes, or residues to rinse. It’s also on the EPA’s list N, the disinfectants approved for use against SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19. With no harsh ingredients, it’s safe to use on your valuable equipment and surfaces. It even tackles sweaty, stinky rooms and surfaces because it kills odor-causing bacteria at the source.