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Floor Care Equipment for Nursing Homes
Nursing home floor care serves two purposes simultaneously: maintaining non-slip surfaces to prevent resident falls (the leading cause of injury in long-term care) and supporting infection control programs by removing biocontaminants from floors that residents contact. Low-moisture cleaning methods reduce wet floor hazards. Quiet operation below 70 dB allows cleaning during resident activity hours without disturbance. Powr-Flite, Nacecare, and Namco models for EVS teams in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.
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Hawk F40-01-PRO 20-Inch Brute Pro Severe Duty Floor Machine – 1.5 HP TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F40-01-PRO Brute Pro 20-Inch Severe Duty Floor Machine with Ballast Weights The Hawk F40-01-PRO Brute Pro delivers maximum pad pressure for he...
View full detailsHawk HD Deluxe 17" Floor Machine F17-01-DX – 175 RPM, 4-Gal Tank, 66 dB
Hawk Enterprises1.5 HP 17" Floor Machine with 4-Gallon Solution Tank, Splash Guard, and Chrome Package The Hawk Enterprises Heavy Duty Deluxe 17" (F17-01-DX) is th...
View full detailsHawk Enterprises F38-B Brute 360 Floor Machine – 165 RPM, Dust Pickup, 1.5 HP TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesDust-Free Concrete Surface Prep With the Hawk 17" Brute 360 The Hawk F38-B 17" Brute 360 Severe Duty Floor Machine with Dust Pickup is built for co...
View full detailsHawk F20-01 20-Inch Heavy Duty Floor Machine – 1.5 HP, 175 RPM, Triple-Planetary
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F20-01 20-Inch Heavy Duty Floor Machine with Triple-Planetary Drive The Hawk F20-01 HD runs a 1.5 HP dual capacitor motor through a triple-pla...
View full detailsHawk F20-01-DX 20-Inch Heavy Duty Deluxe Floor Machine – 1.5 HP, 175 RPM, 4-Gal Tank
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F20-01-DX Heavy Duty Deluxe 20-Inch Floor Machine with 4-Gallon Solution Tank The Hawk F20-01-DX Heavy Duty Deluxe combines the F20-01 HD floo...
View full detailsHawk F91-20-01 20-Inch Glide Freedom HD Floor Machine – 1.5 HP, 175 RPM, 10:1 Gear
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F91-20-01 Glide Freedom HD 20-Inch Floor Machine – Floating Head WD at 175 RPM The Hawk F91-20-01 Glide Freedom HD runs a 1.5 HP dual capacito...
View full detailsHawk F93-20-01 20-Inch Glide Freedom 2-Speed Floor Machine – 1.5 HP DC, 175/320 RPM
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F93-20-01 Glide Freedom 2-Speed Floor Machine – 175 and 320 RPM The Hawk F93-20-01 Glide Freedom 2-Speed combines the forward-motion control s...
View full detailsHawk F92-20-01 20-Inch Glide Freedom XHD Floor Machine – 1.5 HP, 165 RPM, 11:1 Gear
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F92-20-01 Glide Freedom XHD 20-Inch Floor Machine with Forward-Motion Control The Hawk F92-20-01 Glide Freedom XHD uses a forward-motion contr...
View full detailsHawk F95-20-SS 20-Inch Glide 360 Sanding Star Floor Machine – 1.0 HP, 6-Qt Vacuum
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F95-20-SS Glide 360 Sanding Star 20-Inch Floor Machine with Integrated Vacuum The Hawk F95-20-SS Glide 360 Sanding Star combines a 360-degree ...
View full detailsHawk F95-20-DB 20-Inch Glide 360 DBC/WD Floor Machine – 1.0 HP AC, 165 RPM
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F95-20-DB Glide 360 DBC/WD 20-Inch Professional Floor Machine The Hawk F95-20-DB Glide 360 DBC/WD uses a 360-degree rotating head that allows ...
View full detailsHawk F30-01 20-Inch Extra Heavy Duty Floor Machine – 1.5 HP Dual Cap, 165 RPM
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F30-01 20-Inch Extra Heavy Duty Floor Machine with Dual Capacitor Motor The Hawk F30-01 runs a 1.5 HP dual capacitor motor at 165 RPM through ...
View full detailsHawk F40-01-DX 20-Inch Brute Deluxe Severe Duty Floor Machine – 1.5 HP TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F40-01-DX Brute Deluxe 20-Inch Severe Duty Floor Machine The Hawk F40-01-DX Brute Deluxe is the fully equipped configuration of the Brute seri...
View full detailsHawk F41-B 20-Inch Brute 360 Floor Machine with Dust Pickup – 1.5 HP TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F41-B Brute 360 Severe Duty Floor Machine with 360-Degree Dust Pickup The Hawk F41-B Brute 360 adds a full 360-degree dust pickup skirt to the...
View full detailsHawk F03-20-01 20-Inch 2-Speed Floor Machine – 1.5 HP DC, 175/320 RPM
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F03-20-01 Heavy Duty 2-Speed Floor Machine – 175 and 320 RPM The Hawk F03-20-01 runs a 1.5 HP DC rectified motor at 175 RPM for stripping and ...
View full detailsHawk F04-20-01 20-Inch 2-Speed Floor Machine – 1.5 HP DC, 165/300 RPM
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F04-20-01 2-Speed Floor Machine for Stripping and Spray Buffing The Hawk F04-20-01 pairs a 1.5 HP DC rectified motor with two selectable speed...
View full detailsHawk F60-17-01 17-Inch Severe Duty Floor Machine – 1.0 HP, 165 RPM
Hawk EnterprisesHawk F60-17-01 17-Inch Severe Duty Buffer for Concrete and VCT The Hawk F60-17-01 runs a 1.0 HP motor at 165 RPM on a 17-inch pad to strip, scrub, ...
View full detailsHawk Merlin Severe-Duty WD 17" Floor Machine – 165 RPM, 1.5 HP TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesSingle-Speed 17" Severe-Duty Floating Head Machine with 60-Second Modular BreakdownThe Hawk Merlin Severe-Duty WD 17" (F70-17-01) is the single-spe...
View full detailsHawk Merlin 360 Severe-Duty 17" Floor Machine – 360° Dust, 1.5 HP TEFC
Hawk Enterprises360° Dust-Controlled 17" Severe-Duty Floor Machine for Concrete Resurfacing and Stone PolishingThe Hawk Merlin 360 Severe-Duty 17" (F75-17B) integr...
View full detailsHawk Merlin 2-Speed XHD WD 17" Floor Machine – 165/300 RPM, 1.5 HP DC
Hawk EnterprisesDual-Speed 17" Industrial Floor Machine with WD Floating Head, DC Rectified Motor, and 80 lb Weight KitThe Hawk Merlin 2-Speed XHD WD 17" (F71-17-0...
View full detailsHawk Heavy Duty 17" Floor Machine F17-01 – 175 RPM, 1.5 HP, 66 dB
Hawk Enterprises1.5 HP Commercial 17" Floor Machine at 175 RPM with XHD 11:1 Gears and Dual VoltageThe Hawk Enterprises Heavy Duty 17" (F17-01) is the standard-con...
View full detailsHawk Glide TE 17" Floor Machine – 1.0 HP, 165 RPM, Dual Voltage WD
Hawk Enterprises1.0 HP Floating Head 17" Floor Machine with Dual Voltage and 11:1 Industrial GearsThe Hawk Glide TE 17" (F95-17-01) uses a 1.0 HP TEFC dual-capacit...
View full detailsHawk Glide Freedom HD 17" Floor Machine – 175 RPM, 1.5 HP, 10:1 Gears
Hawk EnterprisesHeavy-Duty 17" Forward-Motion Floor Machine at 175 RPM with 10:1 Helical GearsThe Hawk Glide Freedom HD 17" (F91-17-01) applies the forward-motion ...
View full detailsHawk Glide Freedom XHD 17" Floor Machine – 165 RPM, 1.5 HP, Floating Head
Hawk EnterprisesExtra-Heavy-Duty 17" Forward-Motion Floor Machine with Floating WD Head at 165 RPMThe Hawk Glide Freedom XHD 17" (F92-17-01) runs a 1.5 HP dual-cap...
View full detailsHawk Glide Freedom 2-Speed 17" Floor Machine – 175 RPM, 1.5 HP, 66 dB
Hawk EnterprisesForward-Motion 17" Floor Machine with 1.5 HP Floating Head and 1/3 Less Power DrawThe Hawk Glide Freedom 2-Speed 17" (F93-17-01) replaces tradition...
View full detailsFloor Care Equipment for Nursing Homes
Fall Prevention: Why Floor Condition Is a Patient Safety Issue
Falls are the leading cause of injury among nursing home residents — the CDC's long-term care facility data estimates that nursing home residents experience 100–200 falls per bed per year, with floor conditions identified as a contributing factor in a significant portion of preventable falls. Proper floor maintenance addresses two specific fall risks: surface contamination (wet floors, tracked-in moisture, spilled substances) and finish degradation (worn VCT that loses the surface texture providing traction). Auto scrubbers with low-moisture output and effective squeegee recovery minimize wet floor dwell time after cleaning. Burnishers maintain the hard floor finishes that provide the intended slip resistance — restoring rather than replacing flooring investment when traction wears down from heavy traffic in high-use corridors and dining areas.
Infection Control and Hospital-Grade Disinfectant Compatibility
Nursing home infection control programs require floor cleaning with hospital-grade disinfectants — quaternary ammonium compounds, bleach solutions, and hydrogen peroxide-based products that are more chemically aggressive than standard commercial floor cleaners. Equipment used in long-term care must tolerate daily exposure to these chemicals without seal degradation, tank corrosion, or brush and pad dissolution. The CMS nursing home regulatory guidance under F880 (Infection Prevention and Control) requires facilities to implement infection control practices consistent with evidence-based guidelines — floor cleaning equipment that supports compliant disinfectant programs is part of that requirement. Powr-Flite and Nacecare auto scrubbers use stainless steel solution tanks and chemical-resistant squeegee blades rated for hospital cleaning chemistry.
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Quiet Operation for Occupied Resident Areas
Nursing homes operate 24 hours and residents spend most of their time in rooms and common areas that cannot be vacated for cleaning. Equipment noise above 70 dB disrupts sleep, interferes with resident communication, and creates agitation in residents with dementia — a significant portion of the nursing home population. Quiet walk-behind scrubbers in the 60–68 dB range allow EVS teams to maintain corridors and common areas during daytime resident activity hours without the scheduling restrictions that louder equipment would require. The productivity gain from cleaning during occupied hours — rather than restricting floor care to a narrow window when common areas are minimally occupied — typically offsets the cost premium of specifying quiet commercial equipment over standard models for a facility running two to three cleaning shifts per day.
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from 96 reviewsPerfect vacuum cleaner. Well made , goes around chair & table legs easily
Nice compact scrubber/vacume. Works very well.
Fast shipping Great Experience
Great product
This vacuum is very light and powerful
Gets the job done without hassle. This vacuum is powerful and reliable for everyday cleaning. Definitely recommend it.
we have three cats, and this purifier has done wonders in removing pet odors and dander
Located in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, we acquired our Brio Air Filter in mid-late Spring of this year (2023) when pollen count was high and we were beginning to experience the effects of Poor Air Quality Index as a result of smoke particulates from fires in Canada that caused the air in much of Minnesota to become hazy and simply dirty.
It is so easy to share our experience with the Brio Air Filter given how quickly and efficiently it removed pollen, dust, and smoke particles from the environment inside our home. Two people in our home who suffer from pollen-related allergies during the spring immediately experienced easier breathing and elimination of symptoms within the house. With respect to smoke particulates from Canada drifting into our environment, EVERYONE in our home experienced directly improved breathing and smell of the air when entering from outside.
An additional piece of information to account for is that we have always employed high grade furnace filters in our home’s central HVAC system. With that high grade filtration in place both prior to and after acquiring a Brio home air filter, we all quickly agreed that deploying the Brio in our home made an easily noticeable positive difference in breathing inside our home. Additionally, those of us who clean our home have observed that dust builds up slower on our floors and furniture than before we deployed the Brio unit.
We did note that the Brio is not as quiet as a few other brands/models on the market that we have tried in our home but the efficiency and quality of the filtration, along with the air turnover rate it provides,allows us to locate the Brio unit in central rooms away from the bedrooms. Since we made that change there has been no noise-related effect on our sleep, while the unit maintains the same level of air cleanliness throughout our home.
A last key point to make is how easy the Brio unit is to maintain. The simplicity of the modular construction of the Brio unit makes it very quick and easy to keep the filtration sections clean. We have not yet reached a point of filter replacement but it is obvious to us that the replacement will take a matter of seconds and can be executed by anyone in our home, including our 10-year-old son.
this bedroom purifier has transformed my sleep quality. the air is so much fresher and cleaner worth every penny
very customer friendly and professional design.
perfect for maneuvering in tight areas the HEPA filter is a huge bonus
It seems to help reduce my allergy issues. We're glad we bought it. The only problem I had was not seeing any cubic footage recommendations in the online description when purchasing the unit. Bedrooms vary widely in size!!
This vacuum has exceeded my expectations. It's super powerful and handles daily cleaning with ease. I recommend it to everyone.
really effective in sweeping up all kinds of debris from our warehouse floor