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Accident at Work: as any unwanted or unwanted abnormal event that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly at work, which interrupts the normal continuity of work and can cause injury to people.
Additive: [chem]. Substance that, without influencing the efficacy of biocides, is used in their preparation in order to comply with regulatory requirements or for other purposes. The function of additives is to make their application safer. Some additives are: colorant (substance with which some biocides are dyed to differentiate them from water or feed and food); repellent (avoids the danger of ingestion such as denatonium benzoate known by the trade name Bitrex); irritant (serves as a warning to alert of the presence of a biocide in the environment); emetic (causes vomiting in case of accidental ingestion and thus minimizes the amount of product absorbed by the body); odorant (substance with an unpleasant odor added to certain biocides to warn when it is).
ANAB: is a non-governmental organization that provides accreditation and training services to public and private sector organizations, serving the global market. ANAB is the largest accreditation body in North America and provides services in more than 75 countries.
ANSI: The American National Standards Institute is a non-profit organization that oversees the development of standards for products, services, processes, and systems in the United States.
API: American Petroleum Institute, is the leading trade association in the US, representing nearly 400 corporations involved in the production, refining, distribution, and many other aspects of the oil and gas industry. natural.
Application: Any action carried out by qualified personnel linked or not to a company, aimed at eliminating pests with chemical or biological substances officially registered and authorized for use, using techniques, equipment and utensils approved by the Health Authorities.
ASHI: American Society of Home Inspectors is committed to advancing the home inspection profession and providing resources to promote healthy home ownership practices
ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It is an association of professionals, which has generated a code of design, construction, inspection and testing for equipment, among others, boilers and vessels subject to pressure.
Aspersión: application of the solution by dispersion on a surface. A portable or fixed unit can be used. If the product and the surface allow it, you can use a spray with hot water or steam.
ASTM: American Materials Testing Association. This association based in the United States is in charge of testing the strength of materials for the construction of goods.
ATP + ADP + AMP: They are molecules that are present in bacteria and food remains. ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) is the main molecule involved in the metabolism of all living organisms. ADP (Adenosine Diphosphate) and AMP (Adenosine Monophosphate) are released from ATP during processing by heat treatment or fermentation.

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Bactericide: Product or procedure with the property of eliminating bacteria under defined conditions.
Biodegradability: susceptibility of a compound or chemical substance to being decomposed by microorganisms. An important factor is the speed with which bacteria and / or natural factors in the environment can chemically decompose said compounds or chemical substances.
Bioluminescence: is a technology based on the detection of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), an energetic molecule present in cells and organic residues that produce light, resulting in a biochemical reaction in which an enzyme called luciferase commonly intervenes .
Biotechnology: It is the set of techniques, processes and methods that use living organisms or their parts to produce a wide variety of products.
BPA: are procedures that are applied in primary production and include the use and selection of production areas, the control of pollutants, pests and diseases of animals and plants and the adoption of practices and measures to ensure that the food is produced under appropriate hygienic conditions.
BPM: Good Manufacturing Practices, They are essential for the application of the HACCP System . They are procedures that are applied in food processing and their usefulness lies in that they allow us to properly design the plant and facilities, effectively carry out the food processing, storage, transportation and distribution processes and operations .
BSCAI: The Building Services Contractors Association International (BSCAI) has been the business resource for Contractors ™. BSCAI represents a global network of more than 1,000 member companies from the United States and 15 countries worldwide that provide cleaning, facility maintenance, security, landscaping and other related services to building owners and managers.

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Calibration: Set of operations intended to establish the relationship, under specified conditions, between the values indicated by a measuring instrument or values represented by a material measurement and the corresponding known values of a measured.
CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention): Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services whose responsibility at the national level lies in the development and implementation of disease prevention and control, health environmental and health education and promotion activities.
Certification: It is the activity of accreditation, which allows establishing the conformity of a certain company, product, process or service with the requirements defined in standards or technical specifications.
Chemical agent: Agent of a physical, chemical or biological nature that, being present in the work environment, can cause, depending on the characteristics of exposure to it, harmful effects on the health of workers.
Chemical product: It is formed by one or more chemical compounds that allow it to fulfill a certain function. It is formed by an active component, which is the substance that allows it to develop its function, and by various excipients, which improve
Cleaning: Removal of dirt such as dust, dirt, and debris. Can often provide a 90% reduction in disease-causing germs. Cleaning prepares a surface or item for disinfection.
Contact Time: Length of time in which a substance is in contact with a surface, before being removed by the presence of a chemical change or by destruction of microorganisms present.
Containment: physical procedure that consists in preventing a body or that a chemical or biological substance does not leave a limit or does not escape from a certain area.
Contaminated: is the introduction of substances or other physical elements into an environment or a medical device, causing it to be unsafe or unfit for use.

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Damage derived from work: these are the illnesses, pathologies or injuries suffered as a result of the work.
Desinsection: Chemical, physical or biological process to exterminate or eliminate arthropods or any type of insect, whether crawling or flying.
Desratization: Physical or chemical process to exterminate or eliminate rodents.
Detergent: Synthetic agent used for the cleaning process, capable of emulsifying grease. Detergents contain surfactants that do not precipitate in hard water and may contain enzymes (proteases / lipases / amylases) and bleaches.
Dilution: Adding one substance to another to decrease its concentration. The universal diluent is water.
Dirt: All undesirable food residue, both organic and inorganic in nature that remains on surfaces, equipment or utensils.
Disability: Any restriction or absence (due to a deficiency) of the ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.
Disinfectant: They are agents with the ability to destroy different microorganisms. They are only applied to inanimate objects. The compatibility with the equipment should be reviewed in detail and for this it is important to know the manufacturer's recommendations.
Disinfection: Disinfection The destruction, inactivation or removal of those microorganisms that can cause infection or cause other undesirable effects; disinfection does not necessarily imply sterilization.
Disinsectation: From the way the word is formed that it was about getting rid of an insecticide, that is, disinsectation is an insect control or elimination treatment.

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E-SM: Engineering & Services Maintenance. It is the heavy or Industrial Services line of TLBS Corporation, in which we offer Engineering and Industrial Maintenance Services for factories in general, manufacturing plants, metalworking, refineries, petrochemicals, processing plants of food and beverages, oil fields and mining, among others.
Emergency: A situation that is serious enough to cause damage to people, facilities, property and the environment.
Environment: Refers to the environment, including water, air, soil and their interrelationship, as well as the relationships between these elements and any living organisms.
Environmental Aspersion: It consists of a fine' rain or light'spray of antibacterial liquid that deposits the disinfectant solution in a very thin film, reaching places that are difficult to access (sky lamps, ceiling, walls, etc.). This sprinkler system saves work time since it requires 8 - 15 minutes. It is done by means of a sprinkler pump which mimics a fumigation pump system.
Environmental Disinfection: It is one that is carried out with on environmental surfaces that have been powdered (floors, countertops, furniture, etc.) and must be cleaned and disinfected using any cleaning or disinfectant agent that is intended for environmental use. In addition, disinfection Environmental can be supplemented with the use of a sprinkler system or Aero solution.
EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency, has prepared to respond to, prevent and mitigate natural and man-made disasters and has supported the response efforts of federal, state and local governments and tribes. The agency is highlighting the progress made in planning to prevent and prepare for hazardous and chemical releases and oil spills.
EPPs: Personal protection devices Used during the handling of chemical products, in order to avoid direct contact with skin, mucous membranes and eyes and prevent accidents.
Exclusion: Preventing the entry of pests by changing the conditions of the facility. One way to accomplish this is to make physical or mechanical changes that will make the site less attractive or less accessible to pests.
Extinguishing agents: are those substances that, thanks to their physical or chemical properties, are used to put out the fire.

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F-SM: Facilities & Services Maintenance. Represents the line of Light Services for facilities of TLBS Corporation, for which we offer Services and Maintenance to residential facilities, houses and residential complexes, commercial facilities such as hotels, churches, schools, hospitals, franchises , shops, restaurants, department stores, shopping centers, offices and administrative facilities of the industrial sector.
Fall of People to Different Levels: Fall to a plane lower than that of sustenance. It includes both falls from heights (buildings, scaffolding, trees, machines, vehicles) and falls from depths (bridges, excavations, openings in the ground, etc.)
FDA: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
Fire Detector: A device usually located in the ceiling or false floor and that has, at least, a sensor that continuously or at regular intervals controls the presence of one or more symptoms indicative of the presence of fire, sending a signal to an alarm and control center to which it is connected.
Fire Extinguisher: Is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations.
Food Safety: The assurance that food will not cause harm to the consumer when consumed in accordance with its intended use. It is the acceptable level of risk.
Fumigation: Fumigation is actually a pest control treatment using fumigants, although colloquially used as a synonym for pest control. It is not entirely correct because not all treatments use fumigants, but well, it is understood.

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HACCP: It is a system in which food safety is addressed through the identification, analysis and control of physical, chemical, biological and ultimately radiological hazards, ranging from raw materials and the stages of the manufacturing process , until the distribution and consumption of the finished product.
Hazardous Waste: It is that waste or waste that due to its corrosive, reactive, explosive, toxic, flammable, infectious or radioactive characteristics can cause risk or damage to human health and the environment.
Hazardous Waste or Waste: Containers or packages that have contained pesticides, remnants, leftovers or by-products of these; pesticides that for any reason cannot be used; or the product of washing and cleaning objects or elements that have been in contact with pesticides, such as: work clothes, application equipment, process equipment, among others.
Hydrolimperator or Hydrolavadora: is a machine that transmits the kinetic energy of a drive to a fluid, commonly water or water-based soap solution, to accelerate it, and perform a job, usually cleaning or mechanical removal of various materials.

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IADC: is a non-profit trade association that is a world leader in advancing the drilling industry. We are recognized around the world for our accreditation programs, conferences, promotional efforts and news from the industry.
Immersion: Term that refers to the action or act of putting, introducing or immersing something (Instrument. Device) in a liquid or mainly in water.
Industrial Cleanliness: It is summarized in the set of actions and procedures aimed at controlling environmental factors that may affect industrial production and healthiness in the work environment.
Integrated Pest Management: It is a management system that involves the evaluation of the population dynamics of pest organisms and their relationship with the associated environment. It uses all necessary resources, through standardized operational procedures, to keep them at levels below those that are detrimental to human health, welfare and economy. It is a proactive system that anticipates the impact of pests on production processes. It is also an ecological method that aims to reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides and minimize the impact on the environment.
Integrsted Pest Management Program: Process where chemical treatments are combined with physical systems, ecological methods and biological control techniques, together with environmental sanitation measures, in order to avoid the appearance of pests and their proliferation in the facilities, products and food.
IPMC: Integrated Pest Management and Control.
IQNET: It is a certifying entity of international scope that groups more than 40 certification and standardization entities from different countries and that has more than 200 branches around the world. Each of the organizations that are part of this group are the main leader of his country or region, which forms a network with a great reputation and experience.
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISO / IEC 27001: It is widely known and provides requirements for an information security management system (ISMS), although there are more than a dozen standards in the ISO / IEC 27000 family. Its use allows organizations of any type manage the security of assets such as financial information, intellectual property, employee data or information trusted by third parties.
ISO-14001: 2015:: specifies the requirements for an environmental management system that an organization can use to improve its environmental performance. It is applicable to any organization, regardless of its size, type and nature, and it applies to the environmental aspects of its activities , products and services that the organization determines it can control or influence considering a life cycle perspective.
ISO-22000: 2018: The consequences of unsafe food can be serious. ISO food safety management standards help organizations identify and control food safety hazards, while working in conjunction with other management standards of ISO, such as ISO 9001. Applicable to all types of producers, ISO 22000 provides a layer of peace of mind within the global food supply chain, helping products cross borders and bringing people food in which they can trust.
ISO-31000: 2018: Provides guidelines on risk management faced by organizations. The application of these guidelines can be adapted to any organization and its context. It can be used throughout the life of the organization and can be applied to any activity, including decision-making at all levels.
ISO-9001: 2015: specifies the requirements for a quality management system when an organization: a) Needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet the customer's and applicable legal and regulatory requirements, and b) aims to improve customer satisfaction through effective system application, including processes for system improvement and customer compliance assurance and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. All requirements are generic and are intended to be applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size, or the products and services it provides.
ISSA: World Association of the cleaning industry.

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Labor Law: Systematic set of rules that, in accordance with the social idea of justice, regulates social relations that have their budget in the provision of private professional services for others.
Luciferase: It is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin, a protein that emits light.

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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS): Documents of external origin supplied by the suppliers of the chemical products used in cleaning and disinfection, which contain the information regarding components, physical and chemical properties of materials and the measures to be taken in case of an emergency due to ingestion, burn, fire etc.
Monitoring: Corresponds to the supervision or control carried out on a procedure through measurement, verification and validation instruments. This action consists of observing the procedure, determining parameters that allow detecting eventual anomalies or deviations from it.
Monitoring: The process by which information is routinely collected and recorded from surveys, verification, monitoring or other procedures related to the presence or absence of a pest, weed or disease, for use in the Control Program through the use of monitors.
Monitoring Station: Any type of device that allows for the capture or monitoring of pests and is identified on the facility's pest infestation map.

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Nanotechnology: Technology that is dedicated to the design and manipulation of matter at the level of atoms or molecules, for industrial or medical purposes, among others.
Nasocomial Pathogens: A nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection is one contracted by Contact with a colony of pathogenic microorganisms rooted in a hospital facility.
NFPA: National Association for Fire Protection, is an organization founded in the United States in 1896, responsible for creating and maintaining standards and minimum requirements for fire prevention, training, installation and use of fire protection means, used by both firefighters and security personnel .

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OSHA: It is a federal agency of the US Department of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). OSHA's responsibility is to protect the safety and health of workers.
OSHA 18001: 2015: The OHSAS 18001 standard establishes the necessary tools to implement an Occupational Health and Safety Management System, giving the ability to an organization to formulate a policy and specific objectives associated with the subject, legal requirements must be considered and information on the risks of their activity The OHSAS 18001 standard applies to occupational health and safety risks and risks associated with the management of organizations that may generate some type of impact on their operation and that are also can easily control.

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Pest: Any species of the animal kingdom that causes disturbance, nuisance or harm to the health of people, as well as damage to property or risk of accident can be defined as a PEST.
Pesticide: Any agent of a chemical, physical or biological nature that, alone or in combination, is used for the prevention, repression, attraction or control of insects, mites, pathogens, nematodes, weeds, rodents or other organisms harmful to animals, plants, their by-products, health or beneficial fauna.
Physical Agent: These are the different forms of energy (noise, heat, vibrations, lighting, radiation, etc.) that affect the worker and that, depending on their nature, their intensity and their way of interacting with the organism can cause alterations in his health when the dose received is higher than the tolerable one.
Polluting Agent: Agent a physical, chemical or biological, being present in the work environment, can cause harmful effects on the health of workers.
Pollution: Alteration of the purity or quality of air, water, soil or products, due to accidental or intentional addition or contact of pesticides.
Prevention: Is the set of activities or measures adopted or planned in all phases of the company's activity in order to avoid or reduce risks arising from work.
Professional illness: can be technically defined as: any alteration or loss of health experienced by the worker and which has its origin in the environmental conditions to which he or she is continuously exposed in his or her workplace.
Protective Device: A device (other than a guard) that eliminates or reduces risk, alone or associated with a guard.

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Radon: Is a naturally occurring radioactive gas with no odor, color or taste, formed from the decay of uranium and thorium. Exposure to high levels results in an increased risk of lung cancer.
Rat extermination: Rat extermination is a treatment to control rodents, whether they are rats or mice.
Residual Effect: Effectiveness over time.
Rinse or Rinse: Process of removing dirt and detergents through the use of water.
Rinsing: The process of removing dirt and detergents through the use of water.
Risk: Probability that a pesticide will cause a harmful effect under the conditions in which it is used.
Risk Control: Through the information obtained in the evaluation of risks, it is the process of decision making to treat and/or reduce the risks, to implement the corrective measures, to demand its fulfillment and the periodic evaluation of its effectiveness.
RLUs: Are the units used for luminescence measurements.

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Safety Data Sheet (SDS): Document provides basic information about a specific material or chemical. This includes, among other aspects, the properties and risks of the material, how to use it safely and what to do in case of an emergency.
Safety Distance: Geometric measurement established from the anthropometric data of the population and that aims to prevent access to a part of the body or its entirety to an area where there is risk, especially if it is mechanical (crushing, impact, trapping drag).
Same Level Fall: A fall that occurs on the same plane of support. It includes falls in places of passage or work surfaces and falls on or against objects.
SBS: Sick Building Syndrome
Scheme: Scheme with distribution of the establishment's environments, elaborated by the interested party without necessarily involving a licensed professional; where the location of devices used in Integrated Pest Management is included.
Sick Building Syndrome: Is the name given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the set of diverse symptoms presented by building occupants, who experience acute health symptoms and discomfort that appear to be related to the time spent in the building, without being able to identify other specific causes or diseases.
SMRP: It is a non-profit professional society formed by professionals to promote the profession of maintenance, reliability and management of physical assets.
SPE: It is the largest Association serving managers, engineers, scientists and other professionals from around the world in the oil and gas industry.
Spill: The portion of a liquid, semi-solid or solid (arid) that spills, is wasted by measuring or handling, or that leaks from the container that contains it.
Sterilization: A process that destroys all forms of microbial life. A sterile object (in the microbiological sense) is free of living microorganisms.

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Technical Sheet: Document in summary form that contains the description of the technical characteristics of an object, material, product, or in detail.
Temperature: Temperature is a physical quantity that indicates the intensity of heat or cold of a body, an object or the environment, generally measured by a thermometer.
Termite Control: Termites are a very resistant pest, therefore, in order to put an end to them, it is normal to carry out a long-term treatment which will gradually put an end to them. This is why we do not speak of ´eliminating termites´ but rather of controlling termites, controlling the pest little by little and reducing it until it is possible to put an end to them.
Test of ATP: is a process for the rapid measurement of actively growing microorganisms by detecting adenosine triphosphate or ATP.
TLBS Corporation: Technologies Link Business and Services Corporation. Company created in 2016 in the United States of America. States of Florida and Texas. General Contractor specialized in engineering, consulting and maintenance projects for all types of facilities.
Toxicity: The physiological or biological property that determines the ability of a chemical to produce harm or cause damage to a living organism by non-mechanical means.
Treatment of the wood: The term treatment of the wood groups all the treatments whose objective is to protect the wood of the plagues that attack it, either woodworm, termites.

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U-Rides: Utilities Roadmap Interface Event-Driven Services. It is the Fleet Services division of TLBS Corporation created for Land Fleet Logistics Services for door-to-door delivery of goods and merchandise, equipment, industrial consumables, travel mobilization and transfers . As well as trips, transfers, car rental.
Ultraviolet sterilization: It is the process of destruction of all microbial life by means of ultraviolet radiation. This simple and safe technology is convenient since up to 99.9% is eliminated through the application of short wave ultraviolet rays (UV-C ).

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Validation: It is a method used to confirm that a performed procedure is suitable for its intended use. Validation methods used in cleaning and disinfection provide verification results as a complement to checklists, in order to objectively judge, the quality, reliability, and concordance of observational results performed as an integral part of any safe practice.
Vector: Any pest or contaminating agent carrying an infectious germ that threatens human health, such as a crawling or flying insect, bird, rodent, domestic animal, virus or bacterium. The agent can develop, spread or multiply within the vector.
Verification: Confirmation, by providing objective evidence, that the requirements specified in the procedure have been met.

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WHO: World Health Organization. Governments have a responsibility for the health of their peoples, which can only be fulfilled by providing adequate health and social measures.
Work: Any productive activity carried out by man that transforms the environment to satisfy his interests and needs.
Working condition: working condition is defined as any characteristic of the work, including those related to its organization that can significantly influence the generation of risks for the safety and health of workers.

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