8.31.2015

Cintas offers three tips for a healthy school year

CINCINNATI, August 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) 31 - Every day, approximately 55 million students and seven million employees in the US public and private schoolsi. And each year, students miss approximately 60 million school days due to the spread of diseases like cold and fluii. To help prevent the spread of the disease at school, Cintas Corporation, CTAS, -0.45% provides tips to keep three schools clean and healthy year students.

"The cleaning staff of the schools play an important role in the health and safety of students and teachers," said Dave Mesko, Senior Director of Marketing, Cintas Corporation. "By maintaining a clean and safe learning professional cleaning can help to reduce absenteeism and student performance and employee productivity."

To help the cleaning staff of the schools a healthy learning environment recommends Tapes:

1. Implement a handwashing program. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hand washing is one of the most effective ways to prevent disease and reduce the spread of germsiii forms. Wash your hands with soap and water is the most effective way to reduce the number of microbes and bacteria on the hands, it is important to teach students and hand washing procedures employees.

To complete a hand wash program, schools must also consider installation tools for the prevention of infections, such as automatic download systems, distributors hands free towels and hand sanitizer stations. In fact, a recent study showed that the use of alcohol-based gel sanitizer in the classroom can absenteeism by almost 20 percentiv diseases.

2. Clean and disinfect all "hot spots". The implementation of a natural germ hotspots cleaning and disinfection program school. These surfaces are door handles, light switches, computer keyboards, desks, equipment and common playgrounds or tables.

When cleaning these areas with high contact, read mops and microfiber towels between different areas to be used to kill bacteria and reduce cross-contamination.

3. Hold the indoor air quality. Poor air quality (IAQ) is a common problem that contributes to absenteeism and poor academic performance in school. To improve indoor air quality, mats must be placed at all entrances and high traffic throughout the school in order to prevent dust and dirt carried into the building. In order to maintain the quality of the indoor air fresh and own facilities, make sure that the mat regularly to capture dirt to remove.

Relates to the other address indoor air quality, cleaning services in depth in Appendix A of the coil / C to remove the structure and mold tends to accumulate. A / C units can not be properly cared for cause odors that trigger allergies and aggravate pre-existing asthma. Regular cleaning coil A / C, the indoor air quality, enhance global energy bills and extend the life of equipment.

"The directors of the schools should partnerships with service provider solution that can make it easier for the cleaning staff to create an environment of healthy and safe learning," added Mesko. "At the beginning of the school year, schools ensure clean and free of germs is critical to the success of the students and staff."

To learn more about solutions Ribbons for educational institutions, visit learn www.cintas.com/facilityservices.

About Cintas Corporation:

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all kinds, especially in North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, toiletries and cleaning, tile and carpet cleaning, promotional products, first aid, safety, fire protection products and services. Cintas is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS are listed, and is part of the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

i http://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/guidance.htm

ii http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/infectious/

iii http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/hygiene/hand/handwashing.html

iv http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/hygiene/fast_facts.html

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SOURCE: Cintas Corporation,

Mulberry Marketing Communications
Jennifer Petersen
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jpetersen@mulberrymc.com

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