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Innovation That Floors You...

Betco® is excited to announce the Crete Rx™ Polished Concrete & Terrazzo Maintenance System, the simplest concrete maintenance system on the market. Achieve better looking floors, with a deep gloss and stain resistance in less time. This system effectively combines the right cleaner, sealant infused pads, proper tooling and equipment to make your floor investment easy and affordable.

At Betco®, we are proud to continue our investment and commitment to bringing our customers and partners innovative cleaning solutions.

In 2016, we accomplished many things.

• We moved into a brand new, state-of-the-art facility that allows our team to perform in a better and more innovative capacity.
• Our Compass Hand Hygiene Program helped create healthier environments with its comprehensive solution, guiding individuals to proper hand hygiene.
• We enabled organizations to critically assess their current cleaning and maintenance programs with iBet® Facility Resources Suite while offering a detailed plan to achieve superior results.
• Our MotoMop™ Small Area Cleaning Machine pushed the status quo by dropping the mop and banning the bucket, making it possible to achieve the very best sanitation.

Although the year is coming to an end, we here at Betco will continue to strive for improvement. Check out the video for a closer look at all that we have done in 2016!

We are excited to announce our latest innovation, the Compass™ Hand Hygiene Program! Compass is the first and only dispenser that actively guides each user to proper hand hygiene practices with each and every use.

The Compass dispenser features an LCD screen that walks through each step for proper handwashing or sanitizing as outlined by the World Health Organization.

More than just a dispenser, the Compass program empowers facility managers and cleaning and maintenance staff to build healthier environments by using a full platform of market-specific support materials.

Implementation Guides

The Compass hand hygiene program is a fully customizable hand hygiene solution for any facility, in any market. For program implementation, take advantage of the full implementation guide for your market, available on Betco.com.

Table Tents, Posters, and Billboards

Educational material customization is the key to a consistent brand message that tells patients, guests, employees and others that your brand is invested in improving health and hygiene in your facilities.

Customize your market-specific table tents, posters and dispenser billboards using our online customization tool. Sharing your commitment to your healthy community is as simple as point-and-click!

Market-specific customization includes:

• Acute Care
• Long Term Care
• K-12 Education
• Higher Education
• Food Service
• Property Management

 

Custom Logo and Message Inserts

Using the online customization tool, you can upload your business or school logo for even more customization options. Proudly display your logo inside the sight window of your Compass dispenser for public awareness.

Compass is More than Just a Dispenser

It's about building a healthier community, together.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 80 percent of all infections are spread by the hands. Now you have the power to make a positive change in your community!

Handwashing education in the community:

• Reduces respiratory illnesses, like colds, in the general population by 16-21%
• Reduces the number of people who get sick with diarrhea by 31%
• Reduces diarrheal illness in people with weakened immune systems by 58%

The Compass Hand Hygiene Program improves the health of your guests, customers and staff while reducing the spread of germs that cause illness.

 

Watch the video below to learn more about the Compass program.

For other questions and ordering information, please visit us online at betco.com or call Customer Service at (888) GO-BETCO.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the rule that 19 active ingredients are no longer considered GRAS/GRAE (Generally Recognized as Safe/Effective) for use in over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic washes intended for use as either a hand wash or a body wash. This rule goes into effect on September 6, 2017.

The FDA states: “On or after this date any OTC consumer antiseptic wash drug product containing an ingredient that we have found in this final rule to be not GRAS/GRAE or to be misbranded cannot be initially introduced or initially delivered for introduction into interstate commerce.”

One of the active ingredients affected by this ruling is triclosan, the most widely-used active ingredient in OTC consumer antiseptic washes.