Cold Virus

Many different viruses may cause a runny nose, cough, slight fever, and sore throat that we associate with the common cold. For most people, colds are relatively harmless. Symptoms usually last seven to ten days. Viruses that cause the common cold can spread from infected people to others through the air and close personal contact. You can also catch the cold virus through contact with stool or respiratory secretions from an infected person.

Flu Virus

Influenza or the flu may seem like the common cold, but a cold usually builds, while the flu hits suddenly. Symptoms include a dry cough, fever, chills, sweats, muscle aches, and fatigue. The flu vaccine may help you avoid the flu or reduce the severity of the symptoms. People with Influenza can spread it to others up to about six feet away. According to most experts, the flu virus spreads mainly by droplets made when people with the flu cough, sneeze, or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.

E. Coli

Most kinds of E. coli bacteria are harmless. In fact, these bacteria exist in the intestines of healthy people and animals. However, certain strains of the bacteria can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. It is transmitted to humans primarily through consumption of contaminated foods, such as raw or undercooked ground meat products, raw milk, and contaminated raw vegetables and sprouts.

Norovirus

Norovirus is extremely contagious. It spreads quickly in close quarters like schools, nursing homes, hospitals, and cruise ships. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, and slight fever. Norovirus spreads easily and quickly in a variety of ways: by accidentally getting tiny particles of fecal matter or vomit from an infected person into your mouth, or via direct contact with someone who is infected with norovirus. For example, caring for them or sharing food or eating utensils with them.

Salmonella

Most often transmitted through tainted food or water, salmonella bacteria impact the intestinal tract. Similar to a stomach flu, symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, and fever. Dehydration, a common side effect, can be severe.

Measles

Measles, also known as rubella, is a childhood disease. Though a virus causes it, a vaccine can prevent measles. Cases are not common in the US. Symptoms include a rash, sore throat, runny nose, cough, and fever.

Hepatitis A, B and C

Hepatitis, which means “inflammation of the liver,” can have many causes including viruses, medication and alcohol. Although several viruses cause inflammation of the liver, they are not as common in the United States as hepatitis A, B, and C.

The hepatitis A virus causes an acute inflammation of the liver that almost always heals on its own. It can be more serious in older people, however. Hepatitis A spreads easily from person to person, in food and water, and can infect many people at the same time. For example, if a food handler at a restaurant is infected, hepatitis A can potentially infect many of the people who ate the food.

Spread through blood or other bodily fluids in multiple ways, hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be both acute (short-term illness) and chronic (ongoing illness). Because it is quite common in Asia and Africa, those who were born or lived in these areas should consult their doctor for a hepatitis B test.

Almost always chronic, hepatitis C virus (HCV) spreads only by blood. Of the three -- hepatitis A, B, and C -- hepatitis C is the only one that cannot be prevented by vaccination, although there are numerous effective medications available to treat chronic hepatitis B and C.

Hepatitis A, B, and C are highly contagious and require knowledge to avoid cross-contamination and proper cleaning. CCMS carries a bloodborne pathogen certification to handle and eliminate that risk.

Ultimate Prevention™ Wherever You Need It

When you’re concerned with infection control in commercial or residential settings, along with our accredited scientific processes and procedures, our innovative Ultimate Prevention™ process utilizes patented electrostatic spray technology to eliminate 99.9% of viruses and bacteria in a matter of seconds.

It disinfects, sanitizes, and deodorizes hard and soft surfaces while eliminating allergens and deterring mold and mildew growth. It also helps to improve IAQ-indoor air quality. With Ultimate Prevention™, you can offer your employees, customers, and family the Ultimate Prevention™ from viruses, bacteria, and other contaminants.

At CCMS, we provide custom, clean forward solutions at a variety of sites:

Hospitals

Infection control is more crucial at hospitals and other health care facilities than almost any other location. Our cleaning specialists employ the highest level of care to protect patients and the professionals dedicated to their treatment. We’ll tailor a plan suited to the needs of your facility.

Schools

Schools are high-traffic, high-touch areas that require a superior level of care to keep our kids healthy while reducing the process’s eco-footprint. Our team is dedicated to making sure these learning environments are clean and sanitized. We focus on areas ranging from heavily-traveled floors to hard-to-reach areas. We also work to keep odors under control in gyms and lockers.

Offices

Whether your office needs daily services or a deep clean, CCMS is the right call. We’ll develop a customized cleaning plan based on your business’s unique schedule and requirements. Our office services include floor cleaning, window cleaning, waste removal, supplies maintenance and inventory management providing cleanliness and comfort for staff, clients, and guests.

Transportation

Cleaning services face unique challenges in areas where crowds are always on the move. Our team is more than up to the task with long-time clients, including bus terminals and airports. We have the skills to care for high-travel flooring and high-touch surfaces. We also provide touch-free, restroom cleaning solutions.

Residences

We offer a full range of residential cleaning services tailored to your unique needs, whether at your primary residence, seasonal home, or rental property. We can take care of every area in your home, cleaning from top to bottom. We even do laundry. All you need to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the cleanliness and comfort.

Restrooms

If the restroom areas at your business aren’t clean, visitors will talk, and they won't have good things to say. Restrooms contain numerous high-touch surfaces, including toilets, sinks, and stall doors. We take particular care to clean and disinfect these surfaces and the entire restroom facility for optimal infection control.

Get Started with a New Infection Control Cleaning Protocol Today

If you own residential or commercial property in Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Miami-Dade, Lee, or Collier Counties and you need a cleaning you can trust, contact our team at CCMS today at (561) 746-2700.