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 […]
Kick the Sanitizer Bucket
Misunderstanding of regulations perpetuates poor cleaning Many operators and even regulators continue to use and recommend cleaning restaurant tables and other high-touch surfaces with a reusable rag stored in a bucket of sanitizing solution. This solution is easily degraded and difficult to maintain. It is also a poor cleaner allowing contamination buildups capable of harboring […]
Scheduled Restaurant Inspections
Olmsted County, MN continues to lead the way This email, submitted to Handwashing For Life by Olmsted County’s environmental health manager, Mike Melius, serves as a more meaningful update on Scheduled Inspections than anyone at Handwashing For Life Institute could offer. We have experienced that scheduled assessments (inspections) serve an important purpose in “Establishing an […]
The New Legal Look at Handwashing
“quality controls … to safeguard consumer and employee health.” 2016 is starting out as a potential watershed for hospital, nursing home, and foodservice handwashing. Two high profile Norovirus outbreaks at Chipotle restaurants in 2015 were followed by two legal actions and a 35% drop in Chipotle’s stock price. Controlling Norovirus is highly dependent on good […]
Ultraviolet Cleaning for Large Venue Food Service and Processing
Time saving and improved efficacy are the drivers UV success as a cleaning protocol in hospitals now helps define foodservice and food processing niches for potential applications. Hospital experience has outlined where to use and how often. It is not used everyday and doesn’t eliminate manual cleaning of some areas. The bottomline is that UV […]
