Facilities teams frequently use “clean,” “sanitize,” and “disinfect” interchangeably. In practice, these terms describe different objectives, processes, and controls. When they’re conflated, organizations get three predictable outcomes: (1) Misaligned expectations; (2) Inconsistent execution, and; (3) Avoidable cost and risk.misaligned expectations, 2) inconsistent execution, and 3) avoidable cost and risk.