Mattress Cleaning
Why should you let Pearson Carpet Care
clean your mattresses? There is a growing amount of scientific data that reveals better environmental hygiene improves health.
So what are the indoor pollutants that can negatively affect our health? They include outdoor pollutants brought inside, combustion products, contamination from chemical products used by the consumer, and biological contamination. This is why EPA statistics show that levels of many airborne pollutants can be 100 to 500 percent higher indoors than outdoors.
Bio-pollutants include dog and cat dander, dust mites, and cockroach allergens. These indoor pollutants act as triggers for asthma and other respiratory ailments. Over 40 million Americans suffer from allergies due to these pollutants. Children are the most at risk, as their lungs are still in the developmental stage.
The No.1 indoor allergen source is the common house dust mite. Dust mites are microscopic, eight-legged arachnids (not insects) 0.3mm in, length. They are invisible to the human eye, so small they can crawl through the weave of bedding fabrics.
Dust mites feed on tiny flakes of shed human skin cells. The average adult sheds about 2 pounds of skin per year. This will feed millions of dust mites. The dust mite is not what causes the problem; this lies with a protein found in the fecal matter called Der pl. The fecal mater is lighter than air and becomes airborne when disturbed by activity like fluffing pillows and tossing and turning during the night. The allergens enter the body and cause an overreaction of the human immune system. According to a study published by The National Institute of Environmental Health, 46 percent of North American homes have bedding with enough dust mite allergens to cause allergies.
So what about mattresses? For allergy sufferers, the bedroom is the primary source of dust mite exposure in the home. About 60 percent of mites in the home are found in the mattress, as we spend one third of our life in bed - shedding skin and feeding dust mites.
The mattress will first be vacuumed, with our Butler truckmounted cleaning unit, so the allergens are vented outside. After vacuuming, the trained technicians at Pearson Carpet Care will clean the top and sides of the mattress, with a non-allergenic product. At this point a dust mite-neutralizing product will be sprayed on the surface. This will control the mite allergens between regular cleanings. To effectively control dust mite allergens, the mattress should be regularly cleaned, about every 6 months for allergy sufferers.
We won't forget the pillows either. An old pillow can contain up to 20 percent of its weight in dead dust mites, dust mite body parts and their fecal matter. Pillows will be cleaned and treated with a dust mite-neutralizing product. After the mattress and pillows are cleaned then make sure to have the Pearson Carpet Care technician clean the carpet in the room with the same dust-mite neutralizing product.
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