http://www.icsmag.com/articles/91691-atp-testing-determining-conditions-and-verifying-cleanliness?v=previewHowever, why it is only about water damage contamination clarifications. Proving that you have sanitized or removed the organic material be it bacteria and/or fungal growth or testing the environment to see if supports potential for additional growth.
But why not for carpet cleaning?
BEM and NASA has already set the protocols and sampling standards.
Bio-revealŪ testing system can provide quality assurance to the cleaning of carpeting or restoration process as well as post restoration verification testing for carpet decontamination or cleaning.
This carpet testing guideline was developed by BEM Corp. with the cooperation of and field tested use by NASA at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Ohio.
Bio-reveal is a registered trademark of Building Environmental Management Corporation, Tel: 866-989-5567, Fax: 651-286-2665
www.bio-reveal.com Interpretation of Bio-reveal Sampling Results
BIO-REVEAL INTERPRETATION
FOR CARPET TESTING
Guideline for Surface Sampling of Carpet Building Materials
Includes Initial Assessments, Cleaning & Post Restoration Verification Testing
of Carpet Building Materials
(Surface samples are collected using the Bio-reveal Ultrasnap swab from indoor environmental carpet building materials)
Sampled Surface Condition
(Biological Contamination) Bio-reveal Surface
Sampling Result
(RLU)* Interpretation
Result
Relatively Clean or
Uncompromised Carpet Materials < 100 PASS
(ACCEPTABLE)
Moderately Soiled or
Potentially Contaminated Carpet Materials > 101 and < 300 CAUTION
(PASSING BUT DIRTY)
Heavily Soiled or
Likely Compromised Carpet Materials > 300 FAIL
(NOT ACCEPTABLE)
We have completed 13 tests so far, using different types of pads, products and even cleaning with just plain water, the tests are very consistent and give us hope for how to rate the extent of "clean" a company is providing.
I will tell you this, when doing the testing and videoing of it, the people we very interested and impressed. "IF" this works out to be as accurate as it appears to be at this point, this could be huge on securing large commercial contracts.