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Misconceptions about Odour Vvijay L Korgaonkar, Sales
Control: Head, The House of Chavan
1) Odour mitigation is a reminisced about his entry into
slow process: This is often the washroom hygiene sector
represented by companies in at the dawn of the millennium
the business of promoting bio/ and shared that it was difficult to
enzyme-based products as convince people about the hygiene
well as by most of the product factor in washrooms. Designing
sellers. the washrooms should involve
Correction: Resolution of odor considerable thought as the users
is a rapid process if approached come from various lifestyles. If
we look at air-care solutions, there
scientifically. are different types of aerosols
2) Air Fresheners: Are often available and the best ones work
viewed as a powerful weapon through penetrating bad odor-
for malodor resolution. causing molecules before giving
Scientifically speaking, resolving out fragrance.
odor-related issues can be done by: Designing the Effective odor control is
1) Identify origin: The human nose washrooms should necessary for maintaining the
is sensitive to identify the origin involve considerable washroom environment and
of the foul odor. thought as the users ensuring that the users experience
2) Identify the cause of foul come from various freshness while using washrooms.
odor: The understanding of lifestyles. Nowadays there are tried and
the location, substrate, and tested products using innovative
constitution of organic matter Vvijay L Korgaonkar technologies to combat odor control
mix, water, and possible in washrooms. The root cause of
microbes can help understand issues is the air and surfaces inside
the odor gases. The presence 1) neutralization 2) dissipation the washrooms. Utmost care must
and concentration of gases 3) absorption 4) adsorption 5) be taken for the surface of walls
can be figured out through gas filtration 6) removal of substrate or sanitary fixtures like water taps,
identification instruments. through maintenance. urinal pots, or commode pots we
3) Mitigation: This is planned use. Air care, surface care, skin
based on the gases that Regular restroom assessments care, hand care, and feminine
are the root cause of odor. with products like HygieCheckTM hygiene care systems need to be
There are many techniques offer a means to identify dangers and in place. Automatic toilet cleaner
employed to neutralize odor: devise strategies for odor control. cum deodorizer can loosen the hard
deposits on the surface and in the
drain pipes below the urinal pots in
the gents’ washrooms. A periodic
cleaning schedule for washrooms
especially the sanitary pots with the
right use of environmentally safe
cleaning solutions will be helpful.
There are specific challenges
encountered when dealing with
persistent odors in five-star hotels,
corporate offices, and small
commercial establishments. Some
typical examples are as follows:
• A five-star hotel with ‘spick
and span’ washrooms and
shining surfaces developed
a bad smell that spread
throughout the washrooms.

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