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Jim Interviewed on News/Talk 760 WJR
Jim talks to Paul W. Smith’s listeners about the Core Handwash for International Clean Hands Week. Listen at: http://wjr.com/Article.asp?id=1509892&spid=6551
Mission-Critical Hand Hygiene
Creating enduring hand hygiene habits start with “Mom” but typically end with the daily bad examples from those around us. The connection between clean hands and good health is soon eroded. Then an employee starts a new career in foodservice and the cycle is repeated. Why wash? When? How and how often should I wash? […]
How Many Lives Will You Touch Today?
The “Dominos” Poster
H1N1/Swine Flu: Handwashing, Hand Cleansing, Hand Sanitizing & …
Keeping clean hands clean with a documented surface cleanliness system. H1N1 has moved quickly around the world earning the designation of pandemic. Clean hands are once again the primary protection as North America braces for outbreaks in schools and the many away-from-home environments. An effective defense against H1N1 starts with an assessment of your facility […]
Winners Wash
Norovirus Risks Reduced by ServeReady® Hands
How three new standards, a new practice and a new product gang up on norovirus. Las Vegas, the world capital of risk & reward, served as a metaphor for Norovirus Summit II where food safety executives and researchers shared the news on norovirus and the risks of poor hand hygiene. The event was created by […]
Handwashing Coverage at NAFEM
Foodservice Equipment & Supply has coverage of NAFEM with focus on handwashing: Attendees passing by the Handwashing For Life exhibit were advised to not touch an object affectionately named “Sally Salmonella.” Naturally, Handwashing For Life’s Jim Mann made Sally irresistible to mere mortals. So once an attendee interacted with Sally, Jim used that opportunity to […]
Protecting Food Safety During the Economic Pinch
Caution! Ill advised savings can be a short cut to outbreaks. One of the risks of economic downturns is outbreak upturns. Restaurants cut the immeasurable first. Handwashing may well be as the CDC indicates “the single most important means of preventing the spread of infection” but it is easily compromised because so few operators have […]
New Skin Friendly Hand Sanitizer
A killer that’s kind. This summarizes two pieces of important news where a single alcohol hand sanitizer formulation kills norovirus quicker and is milder than baby oil. This seemingly contradictory result is a breakthrough on both counts. We have previously posted the Purell VF481 lab results from the Emory University research. This companion skin irritation […]
