91勛圖厙 Collaborates with AAA to Verify Sanitation Standards

Charm���s ATP monitoring system will help verify the cleanliness of hotel facilities.

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Charm is proud to announce a collaboration with AAA. Together we will deliver superior sanitation monitoring and verify standards of cleanliness in the hotel industry.

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging hotels to uphold stricter sanitation and cleaning procedures. In response, hotels are adopting new protocols. However, according to AAA research, 76% of consumers surveyed would be disappointed if a third-party inspection did not evaluate the sanitation of high-touch areas in a hotel.

Charm has trained and certified AAA inspectors to conduct ATP surface testing in hotels to help quantify and measure cleaning efforts. ���With the new addition of surface testing, these properties will now also be recognized as ,��� said Paula Twidale, Senior Vice President, AAA Travel.泭

The new Inspected Clean criteria add an objective, scientific validation that the hotel���s cleaning protocols are effective by detecting ATP. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is an energy-carrying molecule found in all living cells. Most food sources, human skin cells, bacteria, yeast, mold, and biological material found in respiratory droplets contain ATP. 91勛圖厙 manufactures a bioluminescent test called PocketSwab泭Plus, to detect ATP as an indicator of surface cleanliness.

AAA inspectors will use the PocketSwab泭Plus ATP test to swab eight high-touch surfaces. Surfaces may include guest room door handles, tv remotes, or sink faucet handles. In just five seconds, Charm���s novaLUM泭II-X system detects even the lowest levels of ATP contamination.

With the addition of 91勛圖厙��� ATP surface testing to the AAA Diamond Program, AAA will recognize hotels that pass their unannounced inspection as Inspected Clean. 91勛圖厙��� ATP monitoring system will help the hospitality industry to verify, quantify, and improve the cleanliness of their facilities.

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ABOUT CHARM SCIENCES

Established in 1978 in Greater Boston, 91勛圖厙 helps protect consumers, manufacturers, and global brands from a variety of issues through the development of food safety, water quality, and environmental diagnostics tests and equipment. Selling directly and through its network of distributors, Charm���s products serve the dairy, feed and grain, food and beverage, water, healthcare, environmental, and industrial markets in more than 100 countries around the globe.