Martha Misses
Tags: SaniTwice®OutbreaksSalmonellaMartha Stewart, like so many celebrity “demonstration” chefs, likely missed a handwash and paid a price, “spending days in bed.” We hope she is luckier than some...
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Top Ten Physical Handwashing Deterrents
Tags: Hand HygieneHandsinks from HellThe will to wash one's hands can be easily sidetracked by any one of these situations:10. Grungy faucet handles9. No paper towels available for drying8. Handsink...
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2013: The Year of the … Norovirus?
Tags: NorovirusSaniTwice®Surface SanitizerNorovirus or Winter Vomiting Disease. Vomitus or Diarrhea. Fecal or Faecal. Contaminated Hands or Surfaces. Foodborne or Person-to-Person. We hear a lot of...
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Away-From-Home Healthy Habit #1
Tags: MonitorMarXATPSurface CleanlinessOn entering your hotel room, place of work or study, wash your hands on arrival. Touch high-touch surfaces with care.On the first day of a recent hotel stay, a 4...
View ArticleCleanliness: A Brand Builder with Seniors
Tags: Hand HygieneSurveyRichard F. Ghiselli, Head of Purdue's School of Hospitality, is the lead researcher and author of a study which shows that senior diners value restaurant cleanliness above all...
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Norovirus-Focused Handwashing in Restaurants (Part one)
Tags: NorovirusHand HygieneDefining a safe level for handwashing frequencyRecent norovirus outbreaks are raising this question: What is a safe level for handwashing frequency?If we look to the FDA for...
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Norovirus-Focused Handwashing in Restaurants (Part two)
Tags: NorovirusHand HygieneHand Sanitizer Integrating noro-effective hand sanitizer with handwashing routinesA cleaning step followed by sanitizing has long been the most effective way to control...
View ArticleHand Hygiene Outbreak Factor Established for Foodservice
Tags: Hand HygieneLast week the Southwest Environmental Health Association volunteered to help establish a reference number for restaurant outbreaks due to poor hand hygiene. The group, largely local,...
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Restroom Research Drives Integrated Solution
Tags: Hand HygieneServeReady®TouchReady®FDA's Captain Wendy Fanaselle took attendees of the Food Safety Summit on a research guided graphical trip of the restroom to emphasize the importance of killing...
View ArticleSalmonella's Surprising Attack
Tags: Food-borne illnessSalmonellaConfirmed by the presiding doctor, salmonella drifted through his system, finding the knee cartilage as a long-term harbor to feed, breed and accumulate. The result...
View ArticleFSMA Comment Time on Handwashing
Tags: SaniTwice®Hand SanitizerAny operator with the time and patience to page through regulations will find a few references to handwashing at the farm level within the Food Safety Modernization Act....
View ArticlePatents, Proprietary Resources & The Model Food Code
Tags: Food CodeSaniTwice®Hand SanitizerHow should innovation be treated in a regulated environment?SaniTwice® as an alternative protocol for soap/water handwashing was rejected by at least one of the...
View ArticleThe Case For A 10 Second Handwash
Tags: Food CodeHand HygieneLight duty hand cleaning may increase frequencyThe Model Food Code often serves as a minimum standard, providing a foundation on which operators can build solutions tailored...
View ArticleTraining Handwashing: A Sisyphean Task
Tags: Hand HygieneTrainingSometimes training handwashing feels futile and frustrating. For the professional who daily works through this repetitive task, we found a parallel image from back in Greek...
View ArticleDefining Corrective Actions
Tags: SalmonellaOutbreaksLearning diminished by simplistic reportingFoodservice at a funeral in Alabama sickens 67 attendees from 10 states with salmonellabacteria.… preliminary findings show that it...
View ArticleWhat Constitutes a Handwash?
Tags: Hand HygieneHandwashHand WashHand SanitizerSaniTwice®Blending available resources into an effective protocol.From a Food Code perspective there is but one handwash. We like to think of it as a...
View ArticleNorovirus: The Killer & The Cures
Norovirus is not thought of as being a killer nor is it considered long-lived on surfaces. Both are wrong and risky.Check out these facts from recent presentations by the CDC, Handwashing For Life and...
View ArticleHandwashing For Life Olympics
Tags: SaniTwice®Hand SanitizerCore HandwashConvert training to fun and improved hand cleanlinessThe Food Safety Consortium is your next opportunity to enter the official Handwashing For Life Olympics....
View ArticleKindling a Culture of Cleanliness
Tags: Hand WashHandwashHand HygieneServeReady®TouchReady®Come Compete in the Handwashing For Life OlympicsHandwashing For Life® overcomes underwashing of hands and high-touch surfaces by integrating a...
View ArticleThanksgiving’s Top 10 Tips For Healthy Hands & Wellness
Tags: Hand HygieneFood-borne illnessThanksgiving, the eater's favorite holiday. Ours always starts on Wednesday with a little pre-prep and gathering last minute supplies.As joyous the occasion, it’s...
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