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    This document defines and identifies different types of cleaning equipment, materials, and supplies used for thorough cleaning and sanitization. It lists various tools like brooms, dustpans, vacuum cleaners, buckets, sponges, and cloths. It also outlines materials like detergents, scrubbing foams, paper towels, and baking soda. The document explains that these tools and materials, along with water and waste containers, allow establishments to properly clean and sanitize critical areas that contact the body to protect occupants from disease.

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    This document defines and identifies different types of cleaning equipment, materials, and supplies used for thorough cleaning and sanitization. It lists various tools like brooms, dustpans, vacuum cleaners, buckets, sponges, and cloths. It also outlines materials like detergents, scrubbing foams, paper towels, and baking soda. The document explains that these tools and materials, along with water and waste containers, allow establishments to properly clean and sanitize critical areas that contact the body to protect occupants from disease.

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    This document defines and identifies different types of cleaning equipment, materials, and supplies used for thorough cleaning and sanitization. It lists various tools like brooms, dustpans, vacuum cleaners, buckets, sponges, and cloths. It also outlines materials like detergents, scrubbing foams, paper towels, and baking soda. The document explains that these tools and materials, along with water and waste containers, allow establishments to properly clean and sanitize critical areas that contact the body to protect occupants from disease.

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    Information Sheet 2

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    Candice Sumayang
    This document defines and identifies different types of cleaning equipment, materials, and supplies used for thorough cleaning and sanitization. It lists various tools like brooms, dustpans, vacuum cleaners, buckets, sponges, and cloths. It also outlines materials like detergents, scrubbing foams, paper towels, and baking soda. The document explains that these tools and materials, along with water and waste containers, allow establishments to properly clean and sanitize critical areas that contact the body to protect occupants from disease.

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    Information Sheet 2.

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    Types and Uses of Cleaning Equipment, materials and supplies

    Learning Objectives:
    After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, YOU MUST be able to:
    1. Define different learning equipment, materials and supplies.
    2. Identify the types of cleaning equipment, materials and supplies.
    3. Identify the uses of each cleaning equipment, materials and supplies.

    Good housekeeping requires very thorough cleaning. Being clean means the
    absence of visible dirt. Some critical areas should not only be cleaned, they
    have to be sanitized. By sanitizing, all germs and bacteria are killed through
    the use of sanitizing chemicals such as disinfectants or by hot steam as used
    in dishwashing and laundry. With a sanitized environment, houseguest and
    occupants are protected from possible diseases. The critical areas that must be
    sanitized are those that come into direct contact with the body such as toilets,
    toilet bowls, urinals and lavatories. It also includes amenities like towels, linen
    used for beddings, glasses and table wares.

    For a thorough cleaning, the hotel, lodging house or any building must be
    equipped with appropriate cleaning and sanitizing equipment, For a thorough
    cleaning, the hotel, lodging house or any establishment must not only be
    equipped with cleaning and sanitizing equipment but with cleaning tools,
    materials and supplies as well.

    Broom
    A cleaning implement for seeing made of bundle of straws or twigs attached to
    a long handle
    Dustpan
    A cleaning tool commonly used to scoop the dirt and wastes on the floor

    Vacuum cleaner
    A device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and
    dirt

    Water Hoses
    Hollow tubes designed to carry fluids from one location to another

    Bucket
    A watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat
    botoom
    Cobwebber
    Used for reaching and sweeping of floor without a stool

    Sponge
    Characterized by readily absorbing water and becoming soft when wet while
    retaining toughness

    Dishcloth
    Used in the kitchen to dry dishes and other surfaces
    Cleaning cloth
    Used to wipe the cleaning tools and equipment

    Electric floor polisher


    Electrical appliance that is used to clean and maintain non-carpeted floors

    Cleaning detergent
    Surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with “cleaning properties in diluted
    solutions that is also used in cleaning purposes

    Liquid detergent
    Detergent in liquid form used for cleaning tools and equipment

    Scrubbing foam
    Used to remove the contaminants of any tool and equipment

    Paper towel
    Absorbent textile made from paper instead of cloth used in drying hands,
    wiping windows, dusting and cleaning up soils

    Water
    Liquid used for cleaning most if the tools and equipment. UNIVERSAL
    SOLVENT

    Waste container
    Container for temporarily strong refuse and waste
    Baking soda
    Otherwise known as bicarbonate of soda or sodium bicarbonate is used to
    deodorize refrigerators

    Glove
    A garment that covers the whole hand of a person that performs household
    services

    Trolley
    A transport vehicle used in housekeeping to move supplies from room to room
    A Carpet Sweeper is a mechanical device for the cleaning of carpets. They
    were popular before the introduction of the vacuum cleaner and have been
    largely superseded by them. However, they continue to be used in many home
    and commercial applications because they are lightweight and quiet, enabling
    users to quickly clean small messes up from the floor without disturbing
    patrons, patients, babies and pets

    A Mop (such as a floor mop) is a mass or bundle of coarse strings or yarn,


    etc., or a piece of cloth, sponge, or other absorbent material, attached to a pole
    or stick. It is used to soak up liquid, for cleaning floors and other surfaces, to
    mop up dust, or for other cleaning purposes.

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