GBAC® STAR Overview
Prepare. Strengthen. Sustain.
GBAC STAR stands as the premier answer in the cleaning industry, offering unparalleled preparedness for outbreaks, strengthening health and safety reinforcement, and continuing sustainable solutions.
With GBAC STAR, your business can demonstrate to customers, staff, and key stakeholders that it is committed to having:
- Established and maintained streamlined programs for cleaning, disinfection, and infectious disease prevention programs to minimize risks associated with infectious agents.
- Sustainable practices and the proper cleaning protocols, disinfection techniques, and work practices in place to combat biohazards and infectious disease.
- Resilient framework for training highly informed cleaning professionals for outbreak and infectious disease preparation and response.
- Access to continuous improvement programs.
What is Eligible to be Recognized by GBAC STAR?
Facilities?
Yes.
Office buildings, stadiums, schools and more can receive the GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation.
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People?
Not quite.
Cleaning professionals can become GBAC-Trained Technicians® through online and in-person training.
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What Does Achieving GBAC STAR Mean?
It means implementing the industry’s highest standards for cleaning and disinfection of infectious agents.
Proper Procedures
Proper Training
Chemistry
Equipment
Tools
PPE
Infection Control
What Are the Benefits of GBAC STAR?
With GBAC STAR, you are:
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Equipped with streamlined programs for effective outbreak response
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Prepared with a resilient framework for training
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Armed with effective, sustainable practices
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Provided access to continuous improvement programs
With GBAC STAR, your cleaning staff is:
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Highly informed for infectious disease response.
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Empowered to do their jobs safely and effectively.
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Trained to follow the right practices to keep themselves safe from disease.
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Bringing value to their communities and contributing to public health.
With GBAC STAR, your customers have:
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The assurance that the facility has been disinfected to the highest standards.
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Renewed trust in building cleanliness and safety.
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Increased confidence to enter and feel comfortable inside the building.
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Peace of mind that proper cleaning is an ongoing facility management priority.
What People are Saying about GBAC STAR:
“I highly encourage [other facilities] to pursue the [GBAC STAR] accreditation, notwithstanding the fact that a lot of our venues are suffering through the expense of containment activities or lack of activities in their venue. But as we get through this as an industry, we’re collectively embracing a sanitation hygiene protocol process that will make us much stronger as an industry in partnership with the customers that we’re going to expect to see come back into our venues soon.”
Frank PoeExecutive Director, Georgia Worldwide Congress Center
“I want all facilities to get GBAC [accreditation] so that we are demonstrating that our industry understands the issues at hand, has addressed them, and should make our customer feels safe and want to come to a face-to-face meeting in Chicago or anywhere else in the U.S.”
David CaustonGeneral Manager, McCormick Place
“LAFC and the Banc of California Stadium are committed to being a force for good. And recognizing the emphasis that’s being placed on health and safety in today’s climate, we found that it was our responsibility to deliver industry-leading protocols, specifically as it relates to all staff and guests entering our building. We felt that GBAC STAR was was imperative for us to go after to provide that level of comfort.”
Mike AlpersteinGeneral Manager, Banc of California Stadium
“The GBAC STAR accreditation confirms that we’re adhering to the highest known standards for cleaning, disinfection, and disease prevention. Coming out of this, that is going to be critical for all of our fans that are coming to Chase Center.”
Kim StoneGeneral Manager, Chase Center
“It’s really important for us that we’re able to enhance our business operation and practices with [GBAC STAR], and really reassure our guests that Grand Hyatt Hong Kong is a safe place to go to and that we’re taking all measures very seriously and looking at the implementation a proper way. When people now check in, there’s a lot of questions... ‘How do you clean? How do you disinfect? What’s the frequency?’ Things we never really had to worry about in the past. So, by doing all of this and documenting it in this 20-step program, that really helped because it trained our people on how to answer as well and reassuring our customers.”
Rike ErdbrinkManager, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
“We wanted to be able to demonstrate to our stakeholders – our guests, our employees, our partners – that we had best in class sanitation and cleanliness programs in place. We liked the rigor of the [GBAC STAR] program… We’re very grateful for the work we’ve done with GBAC STAR so far. Cleanliness is the new luxury in hospitality.”
Sean ClancyGeneral Manager, Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
“[GBAC STAR accreditation] is going to ensure safety for our workers and our customers that come in every week, but also peace of mind. Customers need to feel safe coming in every week to pick up food, and our workers definitely need to feel safe coming in every day to work, and that’s very important for a healthy business.”
Nick WalkerTraining Manager, Dinner in a Dash
“Throughout this pandemic, we have gone to great lengths to make health and safety our highest priority. That includes enhanced sanitation efforts. The GBAC STAR [program] was a no brainer for us. It helped us check the boxes on proper cleaning protocols, combat biohazards and infectious diseases. Pandemic or not, that was our goal.”
Tim AllenManager of the Custodial Services and Operations, Columbus Regional Airport Authority
“We’re in this pandemic together, and it will take all of us and the efforts of all of our airports to ensure that the traveling public is comfortable traveling again. That’s the ultimate goal.”
Ken BuchananDFW International Airport
“We’re the first person that really gets to look them in the eye and say, ‘Everything’s going to be okay.’ Accreditation like [GBAC STAR] lets you look at your employees and tell them the same thing. That regardless what happens, be it pandemic, active shooter, disaster, we’ve got you and everything’s going to be okay. If you’re prepared, you don’t have to be afraid. And that’s really one of the big things that we have to tell our employees, our customers, our visitors, and the families of all of those people, that everything’s okay and we’ve got your back.”
Tim BauerAllied Restoration
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