Departmental Collaboration: “What’s in it for me?” Investing to lower operator risk of foodborne outbreaks and recalls is simplified with data. In the case of enhancing handwashing, operators are advised to first conduct a small scale internal test to facilitate the necessary cross-departmental collaboration. Initial data on actual handwashing rates converts otherwise nebulous discussions into […]
Handwash Training Breakthrough
QualifEYE™ takes rookies from probation to professionalThe newly available QualifEYE Handwash Learning System is designed for new foodservice employees in both restaurants and healthcare facilities. Its creation was inspired by the principle of apprenticeship and the need for new foodservice workers to be safe hand washers from the start. Day One training is an especially […]
Leadership Handwashing
Peppermill Casino Chooses Handwashing For Life’s New Pledge & Verify Framework Handwashing and temperature control are the two mega-pillars of food safety both at home and away-from-home. At the Peppermill Casino in Reno Nevada, temperature control is on display 24/7 with the latest in Sous Vide cooking. It is the poster child for process control. […]
Handwashing’s Risk-Based Behavior Change
Facing the culture trap Handwashing behaviors are primarily driven by an assessment of risk. The Administration starts near the top of this pyramid, looking first to change the behaviors of caregivers via Nursing, Quality Assurance and Training. The C-Suite representatives are disengaged as there are no handwashing compliance reports to look at. They are content […]
Assumicide
Risks rise as immune systems fall Too many healthcare risk managers are basing today’s risks on yesterday’s threats. Missed hand washes have new and costly consequences yet equipping caregivers with electronically assisted compliance systems is dangerously unhurried. Observational monitoring techniques are too expensive to reach statistical significance. Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring, EHHM, compliments direct observation […]
Handwashing’s Corrective Action Shortfall
Electronic Monitoring Fills the Gap of Complacency The diligent foodservice operators are the majority but their years of collectively working without handwashing standards have left a scar of complacency. They see themselves as doing everything possible regarding handwashing and have a track record to prove it. We have inservice training using the best available materials. […]
Handwashing’s Risk-Based Behavior Change
Facing the Culture Trap Handwashing behaviors are primarily driven by a firm’s assessment of risk. The Operations department starts near the top of this pyramid, looking first to change the behaviors of prep and waitstaff via Quality Assurance and Training. Ownership and their C-Suite representatives are disengaged as there are no handwashing compliance reports to […]
Risk-Based Handwashing
Process Control Answers the Rising Risk Years of poor handwashing has resulted in it becoming the default standard in foodservice across the country. The management complacency that followed blocks out the visibility of the rising risks. Converting handwashing from a random act to one of a process with standards, controls and behavior-changing reporting answers the […]
Handwashing: Culinary vs. Nursing
Winners have the data Handwashing in nursing home and hospital kitchens is often better in terms of compliance than that in Nursing areas. Surprised? Not surprised? How do we know? Data. It is not all good news for Culinary in that Nursing regularly reports a 90% handwashing compliance rate based on their admittedly flawed secret […]
Surface Cleaning Advances at ISSA 2016
Options grow for TouchReady® Surfaces The annual ISSA meeting continues to demonstrate its leadership in surface cleanliness advances. Some high-tech options this year were in the Generate-On-Site category, including the stabilized ozone from Tersano. Variations of electrolyzed water were represented. Tenant has harnessed the chemistry for floor machines and Geneon has optimized its engineered water […]
