One Frisco-based professional started a company last year because he saw the need for every regional business and public service group to receive the same cleaning and disinfection standards used in hospitals to fight COVID-19.
CDC Services' teams combine commercial cleaning and disinfection services with passionate, dedicated customer care to provide the best in infection prevention, affirms the company's chief executive officer Larry Boykin.
Combined with hospital-grade cleaning standards, Larry says his teams use a revolutionary ATP Cleanliness Verification System made by Hygiena. "This system allows every business, school or medical center to receive immediate verification that their building is truly clean and disinfected. It's also extremely convenient to manage all testing locations right from the dashboard," he adds.
Larry says CDC Services is backed by 20-plus years of combined environmental services and custodial experience that ensure expert cleaning standards and procedures.
Frisco Life recognized the value of such an intriguing system and approach, and asked Larry how it delivers advantages to his clients.
WHAT ARE THE TOP REASONS IT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN CLEANLINESS OF THEIR BUILDINGS AND SURROUNDINGS? AND WHAT SETS CDC APART IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THOSE GROUPS?
What looks clean does not always mean it’s clean or sanitized. With COVID cases growing, a business or school that can provide the safest environment for staff and customers will stay open and attract more customers.
What sets CDC apart is we know what we are doing. As a former director of environmental services at some of this nation’s largest health systems, I now use the same products and infection control standards used to fight the world’s worst diseases. I also used the ATP verification system to verify spaces are sanitized and clean. The machine gives you a pass or fail result. If it fails, we’re able to reclean immediately; that proactive approach to cleaning is what makes us the best company of this type in the DFW area.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ASSISTING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL OFFICE TEAMS IN STAYING AHEAD OF CORONAVIRUS CONTAGIONS?
Many medical office managers don’t know the disinfection process is two parts. You must first clean the area thoroughly then spray the disinfectant and make sure you follow that proper kill time to ensure the product has worked. Missing those steps could result in an area not being sanitized completely.
HOW DO YOU BOLSTER SCHOOLS' CUSTODIAL APPROACHES TO ENSURING SANITIZED ENVIRONMENTS?
We deep-clean every classroom, office and gyms with our seven-step cleaning program using our hospital grade sanitizing products that are approved by the Centers of Disease Control to kill COVID-19 in 3 minutes. Every staff is given a daily duty checklist that covers a designated cleaning area, which ensures every area of the school is cleaned daily by the morning and evening staff. We also provide management oversight to ensure a proactive cleaning program.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HIRING COMMERCIAL JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR LARGER BUSINESS PARKS AND OFFICES?
This allows owners or managers to focus on other issues. We provide a salaried site manager who will do daily inspections and ATP verification. We bring our proactive approach so office staffs have comfort in knowing their building is clean and sanitized daily.
DO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE CLEANLINESS MANDATES?
We clean every business, school or office with the same standards as a hospital.
HOW DO YOU CLEAN THE MANY SURFACES WITHIN AUTO DEALERSHIPS?
We divide the areas into sections for our cleaning team; this ensures accountability by each staff to make sure each area passes ATP inspections.
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO OPERATE A SERVICE LIKE THIS ONE DURING A PANDEMIC?
It’s our mission to help businesses, schools, medical facilities and churches provide a safe environment for staff and customers. I saw the need for this because so many people don’t know what clean and disinfected looks like.
CDC Services operates in Frisco, Plano, Arlington, Lewisville and Dallas.
larbkin@cdcserv.com
469.731.4131
CDCServ.com
"Just because a surface may look clean, doesn't mean it's sanitized. Areas that are prone to heavy traffic are breeding grounds for bacteria. Regularly testing surfaces for cleanliness takes the guessing out of cleaning."
