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Coronavirus gives cleaning & disinfecting businesses a big boost

Cleaning and disinfecting is a big concern for business owners all around New Mexico, who are fighting to stay open and stay safe.

Coronavirus gives cleaning & disinfecting businesses a big boost

Cleaning and disinfecting is a big concern for business owners all around New Mexico, who are fighting to stay open and stay safe.

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      AND DISINFECT. SHELLYE LEGGETT LOOKS AT SOME KEEPING PUBLIC PLACES SAFE. REPORTER: CLEANING AND DISINFECTING ARE BIG CONCERNS TO MANY OF US, INCLUDING BUSINESS OWNERS FIGHTING TO STAY OPEN. LIKE MANY BUSINESS OWNERS, MICHELLE HAS PIVOTED DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHE RUNS UNDER PRESSURE POWER CLEAN. >> WITH COVID COMING ABOUT, I CHANGED IT INTO A JANITORIAL SERVICE AS WELL FOR DISINFECTING. REPORTER: WITH FIVE EMPLOYEES THEY CLEAN AND DISINFECT FIVE TO SIX BUSINESSES A DAY, CONCENTRATING ON HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS LIKE HANDLES, LIGHT SWITCHES, CHAIRS AND COUNTERTOPS. >> HAVING THE FULL PPE GEAR ON KEEPS US PROTECTED, ALONG WITH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AT THE SITES WE VISIT. REPORTER: SHE SAYS DEMAND FOR THESE TYPES OF SERVICES HAS GONE UP FOR NOT ONLY SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT PLACES LIKE THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT. REMEMBER BREEZY ONE, THE DISINFECTING ROBOT? THE NEW MEXICAN ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT SAYS THROUGH RAPID RESPONSE WHEN A BUSINESS HAS A COVERT EXPOSURE, EMPLOYERS CAN DO THE CLEANING THEMSELVES OR CHOOSE TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL CLEANING TEAM. >> THEY KNOW THEY NEED IS GREAT RIGHT NOW FOR DISINFECTING SERVICES. COBIT -- COVID HAS BROUGHT THE NEED FOR DISINFECTING. REPORTER: SHE SAYS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE BUSINESS AND OF THE REQUEST, CLEANING AND DISINFECTING CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 30 MIN
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      Coronavirus gives cleaning & disinfecting businesses a big boost

      Cleaning and disinfecting is a big concern for business owners all around New Mexico, who are fighting to stay open and stay safe.

      Cleaning and disinfecting is a big concern for business owners all around New Mexico, who are fighting to stay open and stay safe.Like many business owners, Michelle Jacquez has pivoted during the pandemic. She runs Under Pressure Power Clean."With COVID coming about, I change into a janitorial service as well for disinfecting," Jacquez said.With five employees, they clean and disinfect five to six businesses a day, concentrating on high traffic areas like handles, light switches, chairs and countertops."Having the full PPE gear on, it definitely does help keep myself protected, my employees, as well as the employers and employees that are at the companies and sites that we actually do visit," Jacquez said.She said the demand for these types of services has recently gone up, for not only small businesses but also places like the Albuquerque International Sunport. The New Mexico Environment Department said through Rapid Response, when a business has a COVID exposure, employers can do the cleaning themselves or choose to hire a professional cleaning team, like Under Pressure Power Clean."I know that the need is great right now for disinfecting services because COVID has brought upon the need for disinfecting and that's the reason why I changed it up recently," Jacquez said.Jacquez said depending on the size of the business and the request, cleaning and disinfecting can take 30 minutes up to two hours and through Rapid Response the Environment Department can provide a list of cleaners certified for use against COVID-19.

      Cleaning and disinfecting is a big concern for business owners all around New Mexico, who are fighting to stay open and stay safe.

      Like many business owners, Michelle Jacquez has pivoted during the pandemic. She runs Under Pressure Power Clean.

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      "With COVID coming about, I change into a janitorial service as well for disinfecting," Jacquez said.

      With five employees, they clean and disinfect five to six businesses a day, concentrating on high traffic areas like handles, light switches, chairs and countertops.

      "Having the full PPE gear on, it definitely does help keep myself protected, my employees, as well as the employers and employees that are at the companies and sites that we actually do visit," Jacquez said.

      She said the demand for these types of services has recently gone up, for not only small businesses but also places like the Albuquerque International Sunport. The New Mexico Environment Department said through Rapid Response, when a business has a COVID exposure, employers can do the cleaning themselves or choose to hire a professional cleaning team, like Under Pressure Power Clean.

      "I know that the need is great right now for disinfecting services because COVID has brought upon the need for disinfecting and that's the reason why I changed it up recently," Jacquez said.

      Jacquez said depending on the size of the business and the request, cleaning and disinfecting can take 30 minutes up to two hours and through Rapid Response the Environment Department can provide a list of cleaners certified for use against COVID-19.