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Improving Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities
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The new antimicrobial wipes from Kleenhanz provide better protection than hand sanitizing gels and foams. Kleenhanz is placed on every food tray at the Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital.
Germs are everywhere, so deal with it
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Kimberly-Clark's test of everyday objects in six cities puts gas-pump handles at the top of the contamination list. Hygienists found 71 percent of gas-pump handles that were swabbed tripped the ATP (adenosine triphosphate) meter, a device used to monitor sanitary conditions.
Germs and Thanksgiving Travel
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Next week at this time, many of us will be on our way to visit family for the Thanksgiving weekend. Many of us worry about getting sick when flying. However, a study called the Healthy Workplace study would suggest that if you want to stay healthy, the places that germs actually lurk involve everyday activities.
Henry the Hand urges hand-washing
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The Gates Elementary School fifth-graders likely didn't know it's International Clean Hands Week. Likely, they didn't care. But they seemed to thoroughly enjoy the fact that there was a giant, yellow, inflatable mascot called “Henry the Hand” to greet them in their morning gym class. “He's cool,” Paul Delgado said when asked what he thought of Henry.
Hand-washing at School
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Well, my youngest child made it through two days of kindergarten before she got sick. (Many common cold viruses or gastrointestinal bugs only need 36 to 96 hours to incubate.) And, no, this was not her first time ever being in school. She had been in preschool for two years before this.
Public Health System Must be Prepared for Lethal Disease Outbreak
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Infectious disease and disaster preparedness experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine say the premise of the soon-to- be-released Hollywood movie Contagion, in which a lethal airborne virus spreads quickly around the globe, is realistic and should serve as a reminder that the United States has much work to do to prepare for a serious national emergency posed by a deadly virus that spreads quickly.
San Antonio Business Journal: "Firm is cleaning up in hand-sanitizing market"
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Stay Bacteria Free At Your Next BBQ
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Don't Let Bugs Ruin Your Summer Vacation
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Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer when millions of families and friends plan to take a summer vacation. Despite soaring gas prices, and an economy that is far from recovered, a recent survey by Home Away Inc. found that the majority of Americans still plan to travel. Most will vacation in the United States but about one out of 10 will venture abroad, despite energy costs and the weak dollar.
Whether you fly, drive or cruise the seas, vacations are expensive and your time away from the stress of the normal routine is precious. Therefore, you can’t afford to let germs ruin the time away for you or your loved ones.
Doctors say four-year-old girl got drunk on hand sanitizer
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A four-year-old Clarksville girl was taken to the hospital Monday night with what her mother thought might have been a head injury.
Doctors instead discovered the little girl was drunk and had a blood alcohol level of 0.14.