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Briana Smith

Briana Smith is WAXIE’s Social Media & Product Branding Specialist and spends quite a bit of time skimming the news for what’s new in cleaning, sustainability and technology while managing all of WAXIE’s social channels. She especially loves posting about #teamwaxie activities & conversing with customers on Instagram. Briana has a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Design from California State University, Chico.

Ask Sadie: Best Practices – Daily Cleaning & Maintenance

Topics: Ask Sadie, standards of cleanliness, daily cleaning procedures, Best Practices

Posted by Briana Smith on Feb 20, 2014 12:30:00 PM

Microbial Cleaning Solutions are at the Heart of the Bioremediation Process

By: Briana Smith | February 20, 2014

What are Microbes?

Microorganisms, or microbes, are present everywhere and in practically everything. They are in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil we walk upon, not to mention pretty much everything in between. There are trillions of different types of microbes and they fall into six major categories: bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, algae & archaea.

Typically when microbes are referenced in the cleaning industry they’re either beneficial or harmful. Beneficial microbes include the bacteria in bioactive maintenance products that are used in the bioremediation process. Harmful microbes include the bacteria, viruses and fungi that can cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), illnesses like the flu, and other disease-causing pathogens.

Topics: Bioactive Maintenance Products, restroom cleaning, bioremediation process, microbial cleaning solutions

Posted by Briana Smith on Feb 13, 2014 12:30:00 PM

WAXIE Tucson Takes Part in a MobilePack for Feed My Starving Children

By: Barbara Shapiro, Sales Administrator, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

Topics: community involvement, Tucson, Feed My Starving Children

Posted by Briana Smith on Feb 6, 2014 12:30:00 PM

Would You Pay $1 to Use a Clean Public Restroom?

By: Briana Smith | February 6, 2014

We’ve all had one of these experiences. The one where you were out and about, and you had to go to the restroom, really, really bad with rather limited options. The one where once you had finally located a public restroom you walked in to discover that the paper towels were strewn about the countertops, all over the floor, and overflowing out of the itty bitty trash bin. And you just knew that there would be none left in the actual dispenser. The potential for soap seemed equally non-existent as it appeared that the entire contents were smeared amongst the paper towels on the countertops.

Topics: Hand Hygiene, restroom cleaning, restroom supplies

Posted by Briana Smith on Jan 30, 2014 12:30:00 PM

Modern Day Cleaning Equipment and 16th Century Natural Stone Floors

The interior of the Basilica di Sant-Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy with it's 16th century marble floor tiles

By: Briana Smith | January 30, 2014

As I stuffed my stamped entrance ticket into my pocket and pulled open the wooden door, I was temporarily blinded by going from the bright sunlight outside to the darkness inside.

I stepped further into the musty building, the room brightening considerably from the light that gently filtered into the nave from the plain glass clerestory windows. My boot heals clicked as I walked across the marble floor tiles, gazing in wonder at the scenes in front of me. A glittering array of gold, carmine, lapis lazuli, jade, black, white (and everything in between) tiles decorated the walls forming breathtaking mosaic frescos that depicted early Christian motifs. Amazing! How on earth has all of it survived intact for this long?

Topics: cleaning equipment, Ravenna mosaics, natural stone flooring

Posted by Briana Smith on Jan 23, 2014 12:30:00 PM