Sanitization & Fogging community polls
See how other people handled the same decisions, then add your own answer.
Many people bought fogging and electrostatic disinfecting for the first time in a rush. Opinions formed under that pressure have stuck around. Some facility managers now see fogging as a must-have layer of protection. Others see it as a costly show that replaced the boring cleaning that really mattered. The polls on this page collect those views. They come from school leaders, gym owners, transit supervisors, office managers, and the workers who do the spraying. See how they split on value, safety, and how often to treat. That helps you learn whether your own view is common or unusual. That context is useful when you need to justify a budget, push back on a vendor, or explain a change to staff and the people who use the building.
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Every count is a real visitor vote; nothing is seeded or padded. One vote per poll per device, and you can change your answer.
A vendor offers to fog your classrooms at lunch while students are outside. What do you say?
How do you see repeat fogging contracts today?
For a bus with a short turnaround, which approach makes the most sense?
Who should control shutting off and restarting the air system during a fogging visit?
Have you ever asked a company to show the label wording that allows its spray method?
What would you consider a fair basis for the price of a disinfecting visit?
Why opinions matter in sanitization & fogging
The choices people face here are practical. Should a repeat fogging contract go on, be cut back to outbreaks only, or be replaced by a stronger wiping program? Is it OK to fog while part of a space is in use, if the vendor says the product is safe? How much detail should a service ticket have? Who is responsible for shutting off the air units and turning them back on? When a bus or locker room can only be out of use for a short time, which method fits? Each poll asks about one of those choices. The answers are written so that a budget-minded manager, a careful safety officer, and a skilled technician could each pick a different one without being plainly wrong.
Treat the results as a reading of how people feel, not as a standard to follow. Say most people say they would never allow fogging in a building that is partly in use. That is a strong signal about what the industry expects. But the real rule for your space comes from the product label and your local office. Say many admit they have never asked a vendor for the label wording that allows fogging. That tells you the question is worth asking, not that skipping it is fine. Poll totals depend on who chose to answer. Pair them with the study guide, the tools, and a direct talk with a company that can explain its method in writing. Feelings help you ask; checking the facts helps you decide.
How to read poll results
A poll result on this page shows what people believe or prefer about fogging and related methods. A number on another page shows what an agency measured or what a regulator decided. They can look the same in a chart and mean very different things. Say a poll shows most people think electrostatic spraying works better than wiping. That measures confidence, not how well it works. It still has value. It tells you how staff and building users may react to a change. It also shows where a vendor's marketing has been most convincing. But do not use it to pick a method for a school or gym as if it were test data.
Sourced numbers come with a citation and a clear scope. You can check what was measured, by whom, and under what conditions. Poll results come from people who chose to answer, and they may have read the question in different ways. When the two point in different directions, let the sourced number guide your planning. Let the poll guide how you talk to people. Look for places where opinion and evidence disagree. Those are where a building is most likely to overspend on showy treatments. They are also where it may underspend on the routine cleaning those treatments depend on. A few minutes with the study guide usually clears up the gap.
How voting works
One vote per poll per device; you can change your answer. Votes are stored as anonymous counts with a salted, hashed identifier and never linked to a name, email or form submission.
Opinion versus observation
Findings from published studies of people and properties in situations like this one. They describe what researchers observed in a specific group; they are not predictions for your case.
Some used wipes retained substantial viable bacteria.
Hydrogen-peroxide formulations were more sporicidal than the tested quaternary-ammonium formulations.
Sourced numbers next to the opinions
Polls show what visitors think. These figures come from published research and agency data, so you can compare perception with evidence.
- 39%
In a May 2020 CDC survey of 502 U.S. adults, 39% reported high-risk practices such as washing food with bleach or applying disinfectant to skin, and only 35% knew bleach should not be mixed with vinegar.
Read with care: Small opt-in panel during peak pandemic anxiety; behaviors may have since changed.
Source: CDC MMWR (2020)United States; opt-in internet panel of 502 adults weighted to be nationally representative; May 2020
- 1 in 38
On any given day in 2023 about 1 in 38 U.S. hospital patients had a healthcare-associated infection, an estimated 518,000 infections, and 61% were not linked to devices or procedures.
Read with care: Hospital-specific data; the share attributable to environmental surfaces is not stated.
Source: CDC (2026)United States; CDC Emerging Infections Program survey of 13,653 patients in 218 hospitals in 10 states; 2023
- 77%
In a September 2020 Ipsos poll of 1,005 U.S. adults, 77% expected businesses to wipe down surfaces frequently and 65% felt businesses were cleaning enough.
Read with care: Commissioned by a cleaning-products trade association during the pandemic; expectations may have eased since.
Source: American Cleaning Institute (2020)United States; Ipsos online poll of 1,005 adults; September 10-11, 2020; margin of error 3.5 points
- 19-21 million
Norovirus causes 19 to 21 million illnesses, about 2,500 reported outbreaks, 109,000 hospitalizations and 900 deaths in the United States each year.
Read with care: Estimates are modeled averages; norovirus is hard to kill and many quaternary ammonium products are not labeled for it.
Source: CDC (2024)United States; annual averages; CDC page reviewed May 2024
These figures are public research and agency data, not this network's own job records. Keep each number with its population, year and limits; none of them predicts cost, timing or outcome at a specific property.
Questions about sanitization & fogging polls
Who is answering these polls?
Visitors to this site answer the polls. That usually means facility and property managers, and school and childcare operators. It also means fitness and hotel staff, transit and fleet supervisors, cleaning contractors, and the workers who do disinfecting. No one is checked, and people answer only the polls that fit them. The audience leans toward people who have already thought about fogging, not the general public.
Can I cite poll results in a proposal to my board or leadership?
Only as a sign of how people feel. A board deciding on a disinfecting budget needs product labels, a written method plan, re-entry plans, and sourced facts on how germs spread and on cleaning. It does not need a chart of what strangers prefer. Polls can help you explain why building users may push back on or welcome a change. That is about how you talk to people, not about the technical choice.
Why is there no clearly correct option in most polls?
Because the point is to learn how people actually weigh cost, safety, disruption, and peace of mind against each other. If one answer were clearly right, everyone would choose it, and the poll would tell you nothing. The options are written so that sensible people in different roles, with different limits, could defend different choices.
Do the polls address vehicles and transit as well as buildings?
Yes. Several questions deal with buses, shuttles, rideshare cars, and fleet vans. Short turnaround times and closed cabins raise different trade-offs there than in an office or classroom. Other questions cover gyms, schools, restaurants, rental turnovers, and offices. Some apply to any setting. One example is whether you would ask a vendor for the label before signing.
Is my vote tied to my identity?
No. Votes are counted without names or accounts, and only totals are shown. If you are describing a real situation at your building, do not enter details that identify it anywhere on the page. The goal is to see patterns across many people, not to record any one building or contract. The count is the only thing that is kept.
Why do early results look lopsided?
A poll with only a few answers can swing sharply with each new vote. As more people answer, the split usually settles down. Give a new poll time before you treat its result as meaningful. Pay more attention to older polls with a steady split. Refreshing the page shows the current totals, so you can check back and watch how they change.
What if a poll makes me question my current contract?
That is a fair result. Use the vetting checklist to ask your company for things you may never have asked for. These include the label wording, the written method plan, the air system plan, and the re-entry times. If the answers are thin, think about whether a stronger cleaning program would serve the building better than routine fogging. That program would add disinfecting aimed at the spots that matter most.
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