The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased hygiene requirements in many facilities and institutions. Cleaning teams are working around the clock in hospitals, carehomes, and even supermarkets, where they’re sanitising trolleys after every use. When activities like dining out and travel resume, enhanced cleaning in areas such as restaurants, airports, hotel rooms, and retail spaces will also be necessary to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from resurging.

There are multiple ways to tackle these cleaning challenges. In many cases, the best solution is a simple one that has been around for decades: steam.

Steam cleaners work by heating water to a very high temperature (typically in the range of 100-150°C). When you spray this superheated water onto a surface, it penetrates even stubborn materials like grease and biofilms, reaching into cracks and crevices that even many chemical sanitisers can’t access. Because it can eliminate most pathogens without chemicals – or with fewer chemicals, in the event that they are used – steam is not only a highly effective cleaning solution, but a sustainable one, as well.