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As we return to school, especially during times when hygiene is a significant concern, it’s essential to focus on maintaining good hand hygiene practices to prevent the spread of germs. Here are some tips and ideas to promote hand hygiene in a school setting: Frequent Handwashing: Encourage students and staff to wash their hands regularly […]

Updated: April 27, 2023 No disposable protective glove offers the exact same level of protection. In this dangerous public health age when superb hand hygiene and protection is essential, healthcare, industrial and food service workers can’t trust their hands and patients’ and customers’ health to just any disposable glove. All workers, no matter their industry […]

In a day and age when we’re most always on the move, the temptation to wash our hands on the go is real: Rinse and run, air dry on the go. But if you don’t dry your hands after washing them, did you really wash them at all? Unfortunately, the statistics say no. “Wet hands […]

Sadly, Influenza is writing Iowa’s worst comeback story of the year. After lying mostly dormant for the last two seasons, the flu is roaring both across the state and the nation during what has been an alarming and extremely sickly start to the 2023-23 cold and flu season. Arriving earlier than usual, Influenza has already […]

In 1847, a Hungarian obstetrician by the name of Ignaz P. Semmelweiss showed that hand washing greatly reduced infections in newborns. Dr. Semmelweiss attempted to promote hand washing and cleanliness among his colleagues, who were so offended that they committed him to an insane asylum. That was 150 years ago and times have changed. Semmelweiss’s […]

For U.S. children this flu season, there’s no scarier letters than RSV. After two years of lying relatively dormant thanks to COVID-19 social distancing and prevention measures, Respiratory Syncytial Virus has been storming the country coast to coast. RSV, which affects the nose, throat and lungs, is the leading cause of hospitalizations among babies. This […]

Friends, welcome back to the season of traveling armed against all viral bacteria threats, both seen, and especially, unseen. Masks? Hand Sanitizer? Kleenex? Many Iowans are checking all the boxes this season as a third straight vacation from a serious influenza season seems highly unlikely. As we bravely venture into an Iowa winter and a […]

As we’ve learned from recent worldwide health epidemics, diseases can spread across the globe as fast as transcontinental 747 flight from Beijing to Boston. One easy daily exercise can go a long way to stopping the spread of dangerous viruses. We all have the power in our own hands to help prevent diseases. We all […]

Hands + Soap & Water = Clean, Healthy Hands. The world’s most powerful, proven formula for strong hand hygiene has gained even more strength in the age of the Coronavirus. From Denmark to Chile, New York City to New Guinea, regular handwashing across the planet is saving numerous lives every day. The theme for Global […]

In the age of the coronavirus, there are seemingly a million germ and virial threats awaiting America’s school kids as they return to class this fall. Thankfully, the nation’s health experts don’t believe the dangerous new Monkeypox virus will be one of them. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention classifies monkeypox as a […]