HandwashingForLife® is a nonprofit research entity dedicated to advancing the science of hand hygiene. Their goal is to reduce the incidence of foodborne outbreaks and nosocomial infections caused by poor hand hygiene. It is a global organization in support of solving the common hand hygiene challenges around the world.

Founder & Chairman
Jim Mann
Director of Science
Dr. James W. Arbogast
Director of Risk Assessment
Dr. Donald W. Schaffner
Director of Communications
Maureen L. Fiacco
Infectious Disease Advisor
Dr. Lee Adler
Emergency Room Advisor
Dr. Dan Perrault
Regulatory Advisors – USA:
Available on request
Outbreak Legal Advisor
Denis Stearns, Founding Partner – Marler Clark [Retired]
Risk Analyst
Russ Nassof, Esquire, RiskNomics
Facility Design Advisors
Cini Little


