Hand-washing continues to rapidly move from a tiring and trivial irritation to an existential threat. One restaurant operator faced a federal grand jury subpoena last year as part of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration criminal investigation regarding a major norovirus outbreak at the chain’s Simi Valley, Calif., store. The operator was accused of not […]
Anti-Bacterial Hand Soaps in Foodservice
Implications of new anti anti-bac FDA ruling To use or not to use anti-bac soaps is a very minor decision in foodservice compared to motivating staff to wash more often. The new FDA ruling is targeted, for now, on consumer products but will likely raise the topic in restaurants and by their local inspectors. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm517478.htm […]
The Outbreak Breakthrough of Whole Genome Sequencing
Whole genome sequencing, WGS, is a new motivator for enhanced high-touch surface cleaning and handwashing in all locations where people are preparing or serving food. More broadly, it is a robust laboratory procedure for the DNA fingerprinting of pathogens. This advancement provides the opportunity to stop outbreaks sooner and avoid additional illnesses by the rapid […]
A Deep Dive Into Sustainable Handwash Behavior Change
You are invited . . . Learn not only about the latest of technology choices in electronic handwash monitoring for Foodservice, but the path to secure the budget and C-Suite support. Where:The National Restaurant Association’s annual meeting of the Quality Assurance Executive Study Group, October 5-7, at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, http://www.restaurant.org/Events-Networking/Networking-Groups/Quality-Assurance Handwashing Workshop:Friday, […]
Innovation In Nursing Home Handwashing
Funding Enhanced Handwashing The funding step for enhanced hand hygiene proposals fill the waste baskets and shredding machines of USA nursing homes. Everyone agrees on the need, no one pulls out the checkbook. Catriona O’Connor, the Proprietor and Director of Care for a nursing home in Ireland has an answer that deserves a look. She […]
Nursing Home’s Person-Centered Handwashing
Leveraging handwashing to establish a culture of caring Our search for a nursing home that had control of their handwashing took us to Ireland, Tralee to be more specific. We had heard about its years of success in complimenting their observational handwash monitoring with electronics. This non-denominational facility, Cúil Díden, was built in 2002 and […]
Handwashing: “Not Observed”
Health Department Inspectors Feed Operator Complacency Handwashing is respected by most all restaurants and caregivers to some degree, whether in the kitchens, patient areas or resident rooms. Lip service is at 100% while compliance is more likely around 25%-40%. Check out this report sent our way from a Canadian experience that we believe may be […]
The Gambler’s Handwash vs. The Brand Protection Handwash
Norovirus control demands actual handwashing – not more handsinks, training nor restroom signage. Las Vegas casinos consider handwashing as brand protection, first for the global brand, “Las Vegas”, and second for their own as they vie for guests in a very competitive environment. Casinos understand risk better than most and the Handwashing For Life® Institute […]
Bill Marler Compares Today’s Risk Trends to 1993
Bill Marler, founder of the Marler-Clark legal firm, outlines the new food safety risk factors to Jim Mann, Executive Director of the Handwashing For Life Institute. New search technologies, like whole genome sequencing, multiply the effectiveness of the CDC’s Pulse-Net in tracking outbreaks back to their source. Coupled with this change, the government is amping […]
A New Handwash to Celebrate World Hand Hygiene Day
The SaniTwice® Protocol is a Special Friend of Bedridden Patients First developed for the military, this two-step, cleanse-sanitize, protocol has found many applications in water-scarce situations beyond the deserts of the Middle East where it was first deployed. The latest “desert” is the bed of the bedridden patient – at home, in hospitals, rehab centers, and nursing […]
