Healthier hotel rooms: Training procedures for hotel guestroom sanitation

The focus of this project was to close the existing gap between current hotel cleaning standards and sanitization levels. In conjunction with a thorough content analysis of industry cleaning procedures, this study aimed to determine effective and efficient cleaning procedures currently used in the lodging industry by sampling 23 locations within hotel rooms using aerobic plate counts (APC) and adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence (ATP-B). Implementing correction action procedures and factsheet information into the housekeeping cleanliness routine effectively altered the level of cleanliness present in hotel guestrooms. The results demonstrated that focusing on specific areas during cleaning effectively reduced the presence of contamination in guestrooms. When ATP-B and APC measurements reduced, the possibility of guests and employees contacting an illness reduced as well.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Hospitality Management

Grantor

University of Houston

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Kirkwood, Kristen Leigh

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Neal, Jack A.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Sirsat, Sujata A.
• Dawson, Mary

• Hotel Guestrooms
• Cleanliness
• Training
• ATP-B
• APC

Statement dc:rights

• The author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10657/1796

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uh-ir.tdl.org:10657/1796