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, […]
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 […]
SaniTwice® Celebrating 10th Anniversary
The Celebration “Bookend” posters have been created to mark two important milestones. In 2006 a new hand hygiene protocol came onto the USA food safety scene from its original military use in the Middle-East, Jordan to be specific. http://handwashingforlife.com/handsonsystem/sanitwice In 2016, after garnering another research accolade, the innovation team will again look to the CFP […]
Handwashing: Data to the Rescue
Electronic monitoring of handwashing reveals the risky reality. Suspected low handwashing rates are increasingly being confirmed with the aid of electronics. Potential brand-damaging outbreaks threaten restaurants and healthcare foodservice but this recurring under-washed condition is rarely the topic of C-Suite discussions. Foodservice and Healthcare share a concern about handwashing and both consistently look to in-service training to […]
Support for SaniTwice Protocol
Fight Bac! webinar carries efficacy message to consumers Hand Hygiene: Efficacy Update and Educator Tools was the title of Fight Bac!’s webinar where academia checked in on the value of SaniTwice® in water-scarce situations commonly facing the away-from-home public. These include outdoor fairs, sporting events and petting zoos. Dr. Don Schaffner, a Distinguished Professor at […]
