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These were equipped with every washroom setup are different
modern sanitary equipment. A so there is no one size fits all
thorough inspection revealed no concept.
leaking or dripping. Therefore, The right approach to controlling
the solution lies in a thorough bad odor in washrooms with
treatment of the entire space to high traffic depends on the type
remove bad odor. The customer of facility with the number of
was happy that the right urinals, western commodes, and the
solution accompanying the right washbasin installed in the particular
product for the right application washroom. All these factors affect
was arrived at mitigating the the washroom environment and this
malodor issue. needs to be taken into consideration
• A corporate office where the before implementing the right-fit
common issue of washrooms solution.
was malodor and the unhygienic There has to be a balance struck
surface of sanitary fixtures. The for the need for effective odor
housekeeping team complained control with environment-friendly
about the users being high- Continuous removal of and sustainable practices like using
profile officers who did not stagnant air is important chloroflurocarbons free aerosols
necessarily follow good hygiene to maintain a healthy in dry form, and pH-balanced
practices. The issue was more environment. liquid solutions to maintain the
with the fixtures not meeting surfaces in the washrooms while
the user’s needs. The solution Gifty Francis cleaning the sanitary fixtures or
here involved channeling the air floorings. Similarly, the presence
circulation into the washrooms of pH-balanced hand wash or hand
to get rid of bad odor and the sanitizer to maintain the last point
right solution for a clean and products helped with curbing of personal hygiene. Sometimes,
hygienic surface. the issue. the chemicals or naphthalene balls
• A small commercial In all cases, it is imperative to we use in washrooms react with
establishment used to add ice survey the washrooms thoroughly uric acid resulting in a bad odor. It
cubes to avoid bad odor from before recommending any solution is always better to use the right-fit
the washroom. Right cleaning to the customer. The needs of solutions whether it is air, surface,

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