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The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) submitted in-depth data and information to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update the agency’s review of germ-killing antiseptic hand cleaning products that are widely used in commercial food handling settings. ACI recommended that the agency align the scope of its review with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)…

The importance of proper chemical handling was unfortunately highlighted by a recent event in which two cleaning employees were hospitalized following a spill. The Park City Fire Department in Park City, Utah responded to a call at a resort Monday following a report that an employee had misused a container of drain cleaner, reports KPCW.…

It’s well known that clean facilities have a positive impact on physical health, but as it turns out, the act of cleaning itself can benefit a person’s mental health, too. By cleaning an area, a person gains a greater sense of their control over an environment, which in turn makes them feel better, Vicky Motley,…

It seems that the older I get, the easier it is for my sleep to be disrupted. I find myself waking up in the middle of the night, tossing and turning, thinking about the events of the day and the worries of tomorrow. The next thing I know, the alarm goes off and … ugh,…

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 30 second application of a six-step hand washing and hand rub regimen that could keep infections away. New research titled, ‘Simplifying the WHO protocol for hand hygiene, three steps and 15 seconds: a randomized crossover trial’ and presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases…

Practical pointers for your cleaning customers during the long, hot, humid days of summer A neighbor of mine came back from a 10-day vacation to discover she had left a load of laundry in her washer before she’d gone. The clothes were so severely mildewed they were damaged beyond repair. She had to throw them…

There’s no time like the New Year to jump into action and recommit to better health. But leading a healthy lifestyle isn’t just a matter of making big, sweeping resolutions at the beginning of the year to eat better, exercise more, or lose weight. It’s really about the little things we do and the choices…

This new study evaluates whether daily use of a peracetic acid/hydrogen peroxide pre-impregnated wipe in place of the existing standard practice (detergent cleaning with cloth soaked in a bucket containing 1,000 ppm chlorine) led to a significant reduction in microbial contaminants on high frequency hand contact surfaces. The wipe was a dry preimpregnated (sporicidal) wipe…

Families seeking to cool off don’t expect to pick up a nasty infection. Yet, outbreaks of a diarrhea-causing parasitic infection have doubled in recent years at swimming pools and water playgrounds in the United States, health officials warn. At least 32 outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis were reported in 2016, compared with 16 outbreaks in 2014, according…

The Royal Society for Public Health have published a new report which calls for an end to the myth that people are being too hygienic for their own good. The RSPH call to action is in line with government health policy which increasingly recognises that getting the public to practice good hygiene is vital for…