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 […]
SaniTwice® – A Process Registration
Lesson learned from IAFP. Preparation for CFP. The SaniTwice® protocol is back in the news as the results of recent research in produce fields reaches farms, processors and restaurants. All markets are cleared and encouraged to use this process and its name without any royalties, much like the IAFP food safety icons are protected yet […]
Dashboard Update in Real-Time Reporting & Handwash Motivation
“How am I doing today?” Waisted staff training time and treasure can now be redirected to a sustainable handwashing solution. Data has been the missing link, rendering the having of standards for handwash frequency nearly impossible. Training on when to wash is important but is multiplied in value when staff can see how they are […]
Data-Driven Brand Protection From Norovirus
Workshop to raise handwashing standards to match menu risks Recent Norovirus driven legal issues have operators reassessing their standards and reviewing their Outbreak Readiness Plans. Ill employee exclusion is important but its frequent symptom-free profile raises handwashing to the primary intervention. Handwashing For Life’s research stretches from the watershed event of the early 1990s, the […]
