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In a world where public-health scares are a frequent concern, it is time to consider whether the surfaces in facilities--and most specifically in restrooms--are hygienically clean. Until recently, this has been a difficult question to answer. While building managers might swab surfaces and use a Petri dish to test for potentially harmful germs and bacteria, this process could take days--days during which people could be infected by or come into contact with potentially harmful microorganisms.
Other scientific methods to determine the presence of germs and bacteria on surfaces are available. But many of these also take a few days to produce results, and they can be costly and require a specially trained technician to perform the tests and then report the findings.
Today there is a method for park and recreation managers to determine if restroom fixtures and surfaces in their facilities are hygienically clean and healthy. This technology--hand-held ATP monitoring--was introduced to the professional cleaning industry about five years ago.