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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 […]

The nursing student was searching for a formula that could provide near instantaneous cleansing of an environment where there is no time to find a sink and wash with soap and warm water. The young aspiring RN knew that such a solution could be a lifeline for hospitals and doctor’s office, where 24/7, non-stop caring […]

The hands that feed America are the hands that bacteria loves to cling to. And in America’s fruit and vegetable fields, orchards and packing facilities, produce farmers are turning to hand sanitizer to defeat dangerous bacteria. Already a trusted weapon in America’s schools, healthcare centers, work and social places, alcohol-based hand sanitizers are now working […]

2016 Healthy Hands Survey shows more people than ever practicing smart hand hygiene. We all know that clean hands save lives, but many of us don’t take seriously just how many lives dirty hands take each year. The Centers For Disease Control estimates 1.8 million children under the age of 5 die each year from […]

If only respiratory viruses had an off season. Alas, even the healthiest kids and families who survived the flu season unscathed have to be aware and on alert for the viral infections of spring. The changing of the seasons ushers in a new flock of unpleasant viruses into the mainstream, including many which take direct […]