Cleaning Floors

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Geniverger — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:44:39 GMT

Three words people; Flash with Bleach. Brilliant at getting stubborn grime and marks off floors and surfaces, also disinfects as well. We use it once a week everywhere and Trigene the rest of the time. Can be bought as a 5L bottle in concentrate form. Bleach can safely be mixed with a little washing up liquid to make a cheap but decent disinfecting detergent cleaner.

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Sal the 1st — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:29:38 GMT

sorry I gave the wrong price on vetaclean parvo - the memory isnt so good , must be an age thing wasonly 28 when i checked today

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Vicky RVN — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:39:03 GMT

Safe4 comes in different scents. I used the non fragrenced one for my pigs. From what I can remember a 5L bottle cost me around £40. Make it up into spray bottles so will last me forever!

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:51:21 GMT

sorry havnt used the safe4 for quite a long time now - yes I remember the apple scent. Was interesting when comparing prices that our main supplier is considerably more expensive than we could source it online

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Rachel Jayne — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:42:27 GMT

Thanks

I remember Trigene being expensive the last time I ever ordered it, but that's shot up!! Inflation....

Have you ever used this Safe4 people have mentioned?
They used to use it to clean the floors at a dog training club I went to, apple scented if I remember rightly...

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:34:21 GMT

Sad I know but I know the approx prices of these off the top of my head - depending on supplier Trigene comes in at just under 40quid for 5 litres, vetaclean parvo a few pounds cheaper ( but cost isnt the issue for us on this we just prefer this to Trigene) Domestos is around 14 pounds for 5 litres - Wilkos thick bleach comes in at about 2 pounds for 1.5 litres (The lemon one is good) Conficlean eucalyptus the last time I bought it was around 34 pounds for 5 litres. Virkon - the tablets work out a lot cheaper than the sachets but is absolutely yonks since I have bought any as I cant stand the stuff unless it is really really needed and would never buy the powder as it causes me real problems.

As an aside I used up the last of some quinticare I found in the cleaning cupboard - however good or not the rest of its properties I really rate this product for cleaning dirty floors that have been resistant to the others - they come up a treat

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Rachel Jayne — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:17:57 GMT

Slightly related to this topic, of all the cleaners that have been mentioned, which is the cheapest?

I've just started back in a new practice after maternity leave, they use Virkon, but aren't particularly happy with it & are considering changing, but it can't be too expensive.

I've suggested Trigene, but I think that's probably top-end price wise..

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bongo — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:20:35 GMT

We use newgenn and microfibre mop heads. dip once in bucket, wring out so it doesn't soak the floor. The mop then doesn't get re-dipped otherwise would contaminate the water. we then use different mop heads each time and just wash them after each use. we have loads so never run out.

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Kerry Brennand DipAVN (Surgical) RVN A1 MBVNA — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:22:00 GMT

I am assuming even Odogene mixed with Trigene in the mop bucket isnt ideal either?

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Cloudy Weather — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:54:59 GMT

We trigene everyday with op only mop and bucket and trigene followed by Virkon every wednesday :)

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Steph SVN — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:27:41 GMT

In my practice we clean floors twice a day, using flash midday and Trigene/Safe4vet in the evenings. Theatre we clean with vetaclean parvo and we clean all normal floors with it at the end of surgery on a saturday for the weekend. Trigene and Safe4vet we alternate between bottles when ordering.

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:05:02 GMT

we use vetaclean but I do think you need to use a good detergent periodically otherwise it just doesnt clean the floor, so yes I would periodically use a detergent and once the floor is clean go over it with the vetaclean. One place I worked we used to use something called 'Amtec' which could also be used in the floor scrubbers which brought the floors up lovely but caustic as hell ( I still have scars on my knees and legs where I decided to scrub the floor on my hands and knees one day) and you had to go over the floors afterwards to make sure the stuff was cleaned off.

You can get a pretty good result by using bleach and just a spot or two of washing up liquid in the bucket (and I do just mean a spot or two!) and then go over the floor again with just bleach and water

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Steph Smith BSc(hons) RVN — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:33:00 GMT

I'm a fan of vetaclean, but my boss wants us to use Flash because he thinks vetaclean does not disinfect a dirty floor..? Is that right?

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Mrs Dot Dot — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:39:36 GMT

Trigene is de-activated if anything is mixed with it. I phoned companies a few weeks ago. We alternate between Flash, Trigene and Virkon. At a previous practice we mixed flash and vikon, for flash's detergent properties. Thought could maybe add some flash to trigene but definately no. Should just be used on its own.

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BengalcatRVN — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:25:19 GMT

Not keen on bleach, have had skin reactions in the past anyway. Thanks for the heads up, will contact the company tomorrow and get it in writing!

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Avril Louise Jackson RVN — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:50:18 GMT

Bleach should never be mixed with other chemicals, ever! There should be no need to mix chemicals. Every product has a design and use. Trigene mixed with bleach could give off some seriously noxious fumes. We use Trigene but I do sometimes get a bit bleach happy! I wouldn't dream of mixing it with anything other than water though!

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:33:05 GMT

My last practice we cleaned with Trigene, current practice we use F10. We would sometimes scrub floors with Savlon and stiff brush and last practice, but never changed on a rota type basis.

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:28:06 GMT

I wouldn't want to mix chemicals like bleach and anything else, you don't know what nasty fumes a mix will create, along with efficacy problems.

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Gemma Burden RVN — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:59:13 GMT

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One of my staff members mixed trigine with bleech? I must email the company next week, not keen on mixing unless I know it is safe, but she said another clinic she worked at did this....

[/quote] I seem to remember hearing somewhere that bleech de-activated Trigene, but I can't be sure about that.

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Kerry Brennand DipAVN (Surgical) RVN A1 MBVNA — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:39:14 GMT

Thanks for your comments, I too am not keen on mixing products as I feel it could potentially decrease the efficiancy. Do any of you alternative between say Trigene and Safe4 on a regular basis? Trigene is great at disinfecting and ensuring a thorough clinical clean is done. But it doesnt get rid of the typical stubborn dirt that can only be removed by scrubbing with a stiff brush!!

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BengalcatRVN — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:27:32 GMT

One of my staff members mixed trigine with bleech? I must email the company next week, not keen on mixing unless I know it is safe, but she said another clinic she worked at did this....

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Gemma Burden RVN — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:46:08 GMT

We usually use Vetaclean, and Virkon if we want to give the floors a really good disinfect. A few times a week we will use flash to get the floor looking really clean as the partners seemed to think a white floor would be a good idea when the practice was re-fitted and it can be a nightmare to keep looking decent, esp in the winter.

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Katie Mansfield — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:30:17 GMT

Safe4 everywhere and theatres are done with a hard broom scrub followed by mop - both only used in theatre

K x

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A Little TLC — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:10:54 GMT

Trigene, and a couple of times a week a good bleach scrub! :)

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:54:44 GMT

where I am now we use mostly vetaclean parvo in the bucket but use good old bleach a couple of times a week. Prior to changing to vetaclean we were using Trigene most of the time. At previous practices I must admit I have been a big fan of conficlean eucalyptus (which I also use at home) and again a couple of times a week using bleach.