About Focus
Focus carries the magazine's longer features: site visits, case studies and conversations that look at one facility, city or company in detail. Readers will find the ICU cleaning SOP used by ServiceMASTER India, infection barriers in AIIMS hospital laundries, a cleaning checklist for data centres and the move from manual scrubbing to automated bus washing.
Large public sites recur: the Statue of Unity, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram airport and the cleaning robots at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. On the civic side there are municipal models from Navi Mumbai, Pune and Vasai-Virar, the Garbage Bank in Virudhunagar and the rejuvenation of Bengaluru's Kundalahalli lake.
Company stories cover the Sumeet Group, Kärcher's Coimbatore manufacturing and Dima Techind. The section is written for facility managers, housekeeping heads, hospital administrators and civic officials who want to see how others solved a problem before tackling their own.
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- The A to Z of ICU cleaning ServiceMASTER India's SOP for ICU cleaning, from staff vaccination to general rules for EVS teams
- Data centre FM: Cleaning checklist A cleaning checklist for data centres and why dust and static put hardware at risk
- AIIMS case studies: Creating infection barriers in hospital laundries Where hospital linen goes wrong and how laundries build barriers against infection
- Maintaining the world’s tallest Statue: A Tall Order How UDS runs operation and maintenance at the Statue of Unity
- Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation A Model of Efficiency & Innovation The door-to-door waste model of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
- Case Study: Successful Rejuvenation of a Bengaluru lake A public-private project that uses a natural sewage treatment plant to clean a Bengaluru lake
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Adopts Fully Automised Cleaning Robots Ahmedabad airport's move to fully automated cleaning robots
- Cleanliness & Hygiene in Schools:Raising Questions Why schools struggle with cleanliness and hygiene despite access to machines and services
Questions readers ask
What are the general rules for ICU cleaning?
In the SOP shared by ServiceMASTER India, all EVS staff working in critical or non-critical areas must be vaccinated against Hepatitis B. ICUs are treated as the highest-risk areas of a hospital, so housekeeping there is non-negotiable. Read the article
Why does a data centre need specialised cleaning?
Small amounts of particulate matter, such as electrostatic dust, can cause hard drive and tape failures. That is why cleaning is treated as part of data centre operations and maintenance. Read the article
Why is hospital linen a source of infection?
Causes include improper handling of soiled linen, incorrect use of washing chemicals and wash cycles, poor packing and storage of washed linen, and a lack of SOPs. Read the article
How was Bengaluru's Kundalahalli lake cleaned up?
Ecoparadigm's natural on-site sewage treatment plant now lets only clean water flow into the lake. The public-private project was supported by residents' associations, the City Municipal Corporation and corporate bodies. Read the article