Hand Hygiene

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given alcohol-based hand sanitizer a fundamental vote of confidence in an April ruling deeming three crucial and debated ingredients safe for use. The FDA’s ruling allows three active ingredients – benzalkonium chloride, ethyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol – to remain in hand sanitizer formulas. While deferring them from […]

The Earth is flat, Big Foot is real, we never really landed on the moon, Elvis drives trucks these days incognito in Texas and eating two Big Macs a day can actually help you lose weight. The world is full of popular, but silly myths that have been debunked through science and research. With numerous […]

This Year’s Initiate Focuses On Reducing Hospital Infections Take a look at your hands. No matter how big or small, they have tremendous power. For with two hands comes great ability and great responsibility, especially if those hands belong to doctors and nurses. That’s the message the World Health Organization is sending with the theme […]

Hand Sanitizer No One-Hit Disinfectant Wonder The world’s No. 1 germ killer isn’t a one-hit wonder or a one-trick pony. Hand sanitizer is also a Swiss Army Knife in a bottle, a versatile cleansing agent that has more uses than Baskin Robbins has flavors. Killing 99 percent of all germs on contact is just the […]

The world is full of great rivalries: The Chicago Bears vs. the Green Bay Packers, Apollo Creed vs. Rocky Balboa, Pepsi vs. Coke, Democrats vs. Republicans, Chevy trucks vs. Ford trucks, Marvel vs. DC Comics. In the germ-fighting game, the No. 1 feud going today is the performance battle between antibacterial and antimicrobial substances. These […]

It’s August, the dog days of summer, and millions of American kids coast to coast are coming down with bad cases of BTSB: Back To School Germs. Unfortunately, America’s students aren’t the only ones headed back to class. Alas, germ class is back in session. When America’s students return to school this month, they will […]

At long last, we’ve made it. Finally, the sweetest season of the year has arrived. The sun is out, the grill’s warming up and the days are long and full of fun. If only sickly germs and bacteria took summer vacations. We now apologetically interrupt your summer vacation to bring you and your family this […]

By Clete Campbell Soap plus water equals clean hands is the world’s most important public health formula. For in our hands is the key to keeping millions of people worldwide healthy. In our hands is the key to our own hygiene wellness. In our hands is the key to stopping a life-threatening organ dysfunction. On […]

Every American schoolkid and their parents have their own Back to School Check List, but for the country’s education centers, there’s an essential learning tool no school should open its doors without a full semester’s stock on hand. Reusable Foam Soap and Hand Sanitizer Dispensers are a valuable ally for every school district fighting to […]

Fun in the summer sun comes with a scary disclaimer. Hiding in plain sight are dangerous summer germs and bacteria that can be a bigger bummer than a first-degree sun burn or rain on the Fourth of July. With Americans’ favorite time of the year finally here, so are the Germs of Summer, which are […]

Antibiotic resistant superbugs are a global health threat the world can’t sit on. That’s the powerful and alarming message the World Health Organization stressed in this year’s observance of World Hand Hygiene Day on Saturday, May 5. With super viruses, able to repel antibiotics on the rise, the WHO is challenging everyone to join the […]

First came the coughing, then the running nose, then the fever. Next, a lost appetite. What two-month-old gets tired of milk, I thought? Time to call our pediatrician. Just a day later, my wife Jill and I were writhing in emotional pain as our infant daughter Mackenzie screamed her lungs out in terrible pain while […]

As certain as death and taxes, dangerous contagious bacteria and pathogens will forever be a part of our lives. And in these scary days of evolving superbugs, we need to be vigilant 24/7 in our hand hygiene practices. The sun may be setting on the 2016-17 flu and cold season, but we can hardly sleep […]

More stealth than any fighter jet, more incognito than any spy, more invisible than H.G. Wells’s “The Invisible Man,” harmful germs and bacteria lie and live in plain sight during flu and influenza season. To put it bluntly, germs are everywhere, outnumbering 100 to one every single blade of grass in your yard and every […]

The 2016-17 flu storm is at its Apex, and sickening Americans at epidemic levels in many states. Alas, influenza has brought its ‘A’ game this year, and Americans need to be their own LeBron James while trying to win the fight against the flu, and stay healthy during the sickliest time of the year. This […]

In these sickliest days of the year, three words practiced daily can go a long way to keeping us free from catching the cold and flu blues.  Wash. Sanitize. Condition. In the germ fight, these words are pure gold. A daily routine of handwashing, using hand sanitizer when soap and water is not available, and […]

If there’s one place you don’t want to be trapped in during the heart of flu and cold season, it’s a sickly work, school or public restroom. Harmful microorganisms such as Shigella, Samonella, Hepatits A, E. coli and norovirus can be lurking in dirty restrooms with outbreaks of serious illnesses not far behind. Keeping ourselves, […]

Tis the season of family, friends, perpetual hope and, alas, the Grinchy germs of the holidays. Believe us, folks, nobody wants the “gifts” harmful germs and pathogens are serving up this season. This timely message from the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW) and the American Cleaning Institute reminds us that a simple, affordable way […]

Practicing Smart Keyboard Hygiene Is A Must During Flu Season As you feverishly work and focus on trying to meet your next work deadline, we interrupt to ask this alarming, but imperative question: Is your computer trying to kill you? Warning: This is not a wild movie plot and this is not the story line […]

Hands across the world will unite on Saturday, October 15 in a global mission to save lives. The beauty of Global Handwashing Day is how it brings together people of all backgrounds, ethnicities and nationalities together in an educational cause to protect the world’s people from the fury of infectious bacteria and germs. Founded by […]

Vaccinations Remain Our Best Defense Against Influenza Going outside in 10-degree weather without a coat.  Facing a 100-degree sun head-on without sun screen.  Taking an infant on a 10-hour drive without backup diapers. There are some scenarios where it just doesn’t make sense to go on without adequate protection. Add the wildly unpredictable 2016-17 United […]

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has benched over-the-counter consumer antiseptic hand wash products containing several potentially dangerous ingredients, hand sanitizer remains a trusted and reliable germ-killing option when soap and water are not readily available. The FDA ruled in early September companies can no longer market antibacterial soaps and body washes containing 19 […]

The alarm clock explodes, the school bell rings and families across the USA are wondering where summer went. It’s back to school time across the country, or as germs call it, Christmas time. Sniffles, sneezes and coughs – the soundtrack of America’s return to the classroom – can be heard, felt and transmitted from coast […]

Fighting influenza this upcoming flu season just got harder and more painful with the Centers for Disease Control’s recommendation of benching FluMist, the popular nasal spray influenza vaccine. The CDC’s Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices recommended on June 23 that people should not use FluMist due to its poor performance levels compared to the more […]