Members of the CLEANpHIRST™ team are dedicated to helping you create the cleanest environment in which you live. Our goal is for our products and cleaning information to minimize the health risks posed by unwelcome allergens, bacteria, germs and viruses in your home, school, workplace or other location by equipping you with first-in-category cleaning solutions.
1. Develop policies that encourage ill workers to stay at home without fear of any reprisals.
2. Develop other flexible policies to allow workers to telecommute (if feasible) and create other leave policies to allow workers to stay home to care for sick family members or care for children if schools close.
3. Provide resources and a work environment that promotes personal hygiene. For example, provide tissues, no-touch trash cans, hand soap, hand sanitizer, disinfectants and disposable towels for workers to clean their work surfaces.
4. Provide education and training materials in an easy to understand format and in the appropriate language and literacy level for all employees.
5. Instruct employees who are well but who have an ill family member at home with the flu that they can go to work as usual. These employees should monitor their health every day, and notify their supervisor and stay home if they become ill. Employees who have a certain underlying medical condition or who are pregnant should promptly call their health care provider for advice if they become ill.
6. Encourage workers to obtain a seasonal influenza vaccine, if it is appropriate for them according to CDC recommendations. This helps to prevent illness from seasonal influenza strains that may circulate at the same time as the 2009 H1N1 flu.
7. Encourage employees to get the 2009 H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available (expected in October) if they are in a priority group according to CDC recommendations. Consider granting employees time off from work to get vaccinated when the vaccine is available in your community.
8. Provide workers with up-to-date information on influenza risk factors , protective behaviors, and instruction on proper behaviors (for example, cough etiquette; avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth; and hand hygiene).
9. Plan to implement practices to minimize face-to-face contact between workers if advised by the local health department. Consider the use of such strategies as extended use of e-mail, websites and teleconferences, encouraging flexible work arrangements (for example, telecommuting or flexible work hours) to reduce the number of workers who must be at the work site at the same time or in one specific location.
10. If an employee does become sick while at work , place the employee in a separate room or area until they can go home, away from other workers. If the employee needs to go into a common area prior to leaving, he or she should cover coughs/sneezes with a tissue or wear a face mask if available and tolerable. Ask the employee to go home as soon as possible.
If something in item #3 above jumped out at you, perhaps you need to get your hands onan extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Perhaps, you needAlcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
If you're a mobile employee or employ people who travel a lot, you might want to purchase our hand sanitizer in convenient,1.7-oz. travel-size dispensers like the ones shown above. Each provides 125 applications. [Note: Compare that to only 39 applications from a 2-oz. dispenser of the leading alcohol-based gels.] If you need wall-mounted dispensers for your office, warehouse or other work area(s), you can purchase wall-mounted dispensers (right) that deliver a whopping 2,375 applications per bladder.
Does CLEANpHIRST work as well as the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers? And how!
CLEANpHIRST kills well beyond the level of the leading brands (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) and is the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., “The Cruise Ship Virus”), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, in nursing homes and in other high-density people centers. Best of all, it provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin — compared to only 10 seconds for alcohol-based products. To learn more about Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer or to place an order, click here.
Is it possible that the mother in the video above used Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer in place of one of the leading alcohol-based brands? Seems plausible.
If you're a mom who's looking foran extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer, look no further than CLEANpHIRST™.
Right now, CLEANpHIRST™ is offering a six-month supply of Hand Sanitizer for only $30, and that includes free shipping on orders shipped to customers anywhere in the continental United States.
When you order, you’ll receive six 1.7-oz. dispensers of Hand Sanitizer, each of which provides 125 applications. That’s 750 applications in all — enough to last a mom, dad and four babies quite a while, especially when compared to similar-size dispensers (2 ounce) of the leading alcohol-based gels which provide only 39 applications.
To place an order before the babies wake from their nap, click here.
Looking foran extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer? Look no further than Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Right now, CLEANpHIRST™ is offering a six-month supply of Alcohol-Free Foan Hand Sanitizer for only $30, and that includes free shipping on orders shipped to customers anywhere in the continental United States.
When you order, you'll receive six 1.7-oz. dispensers of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, each of which provides 125 applications. That’s 750 applications in all — enough to last a person almost six months at a rate of 5 applications per day.[Note: Compare that to what you get from six 2-oz. dispensers of the leading alcohol-based gels (i.e., 39 applications per dispenser x six = 234 applications.)]
Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading brands (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) and is the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., “The Cruise Ship Virus”), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, in nursing homes and in other high-density people centers. Best of all, it provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin — compared to 10 seconds for alcohol-based products.
If you're like most Americans, the only person you allow to stick fingers inside your mouth on a regular basis is your dentist. Amidst fears of an H1N1 (a.k.a., "Swine Flu") pandemic, I thought it might be interesting to share the results of a survey in which 352 dentists were asked what they did with their hands before sticking them inside their patients.
Published in the July 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Dental Association, the survey produced one result in particular that made me stand up and take notice:
71 percent of general practice dentists never or almostnever disinfected with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Forever the optimists, I would like to think that all of the dentists who "almost never disinfected with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer" are using Aloe Up® Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer. Of course, they're not -- yet. But give it time. Give it time.If you're a dentist who's tired of alcohol-based hand sanitizer irritating your skin, order a six-pack of Aloe Up® for only $30 and we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free!If you know a dentist and want to make sure he's keeping his hands clean BEFORE they go in your mouth, order a supply of Aloe Up® for yourself.
It’s a question to which many parents and caregivers have given little thought: Do alcohol-based hand sanitizers pose an unnecessary risk to children? To help answer that question, the CLEANpHIRST™ staff came up with the following three scenarios involving a 12-year-old boy with $25 to spend:
In the first scenario, he walks into a store where beer is sold and tries to buy a six pack. After placing it on the counter, he’s told, “Sorry, son, you’re too young for that.” Why? Because the law prohibits minors from purchasing the adult beverage products that contain, on average, 5 percent alcohol by volume.
In the second scenario, the same youngster walks into a store where so-called “hard liquor” is sold and tries to buy a pint of 120-proof scotch. After placing it on the counter, he hears the same refrain: “Sorry, son, you’re too young for that.” Why? Because, again, the law prohibits minors from purchasing adult beverage products that contain, on average, 23 percent alcohol by volume.
Finally, the boy walks into a store where hand sanitizer is sold and tries to buy a 16-oz. bottle with built-in moisturizer. After placing it on the counter, he hears something different from the store clerk: “Did you find everything you need, young man?” In response, the boy says, “Yes,” completes the transaction and walks out the door with a bottle of hand sanitizer.
What’s the big deal? Like the vast majority of hand sanitizers on the market today, the hand sanitizer he purchased contained more than 62 percent alcohol by volume. Moreover, the boy’s $25 could have netted him two bottles and left him with change to spare.
Now, perhaps you’re thinking, “Children don’t drink hand sanitizer.” In response, I’d say, “Think again.”
As highlighted in a Jan. 20, 2007, report from WCCO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis, hand sanitizer contains such a high alcohol content that even a couple of teaspoons can be harmful to a small, curious child who ingests it.
Finally, a poison control center official in Arizona shared some insight about the dangers posed by alcohol-based hand sanitizers in a June 9, 2009, Examiner.com article. Most importantly, he pointed out the differences between the types of alcohol used in so-called “hard liquor” versus that used in alcohol-based hand sanitizers:
Alcoholic beverages contain a type of alcohol that is 60- to 70-proof versus the isopropyl alcohol in alcohol-based hand sanitizers which is 120- to 140 proof; and
If ingested, the isopropyl alcohol in alcohol-based hand sanitizers is more likely to cause nausea, vomiting and bleeding than the alcohol in alcoholic beverages.
He added that isopropyl alcohol is “more inebriating” before pointing out that “Kids have been known to eat the (alcohol-based hand) sanitizer, typically unintentionally.” He followed that comment with some words of advice:
“If this occurs, it’s best to call the local poison center hotline.”
Beyond accidents resulting from youthful curiosity, the intentional abuse/misuse of alcohol-based hand sanitizers has become the subject of many YouTube videos. Type “hand sanitizer fire” in the search bar at YouTube, and you’ll find hundreds of videos featuring teenagers -- and even some adults! -- applying the alcohol-based product to their hands and then setting their hands on fire (something we strongly discourage).
Accidents will happen around the home, and CLEANpHIRST™ offers a means to prevent at last some of them: Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Offering unprecedented Log 5 efficacy (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate on Staphylococcus aureus), it kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizer products on the market and has been proven proven effective against Norovirus, MRSA and Clostridium difficile ("C. diff."). Best of all, it works in a manner that’s safe, effective and non-toxic.
While a CDC-conducted survey of cruise ship passengers concluded that identification of public hand sanitizer dispensing locations could help reduce the number of people impacted by Norovirus, the best thing a seafaring vacationer can do in an effort to avoid the gastrointestinal bug known as “the Cruise Ship Virus” is to pack a supply of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
The only hand sanitizer on the market proven to kill both strains of Norovirus, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer is an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizers. In addition, it kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate and without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer today for only $30, and we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day.
Reducing employee absenteeism by as little as one to five percent could make it possible for companies to avoid laying off workers, closing divisions and worse. Moreover, an effective way to reduce absenteeism seems to have been uncovered through research conducted in schools across the United States.
Studies in recent years have shown that rates of absenteeism among both adults and children can be reduced through simple hand hygiene programs that involves the use of hand sanitizer. For instance:
In one study (pdf),, University of Pennsylvania researchers concluded that a simple education program about hand washing, combined with the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, resulted in 50.6 percent lower absenteeism among elementary school students; and
Another study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, revealed that the combination of hand washing and the use of hand sanitizer decreased student absenteeism by 19.8 percent and teacher absenteeism by 10.1 percent in a school with 246 teachers on staff.
It stands to reason then that, if schools can reduce absenteeism through simple hand hygiene programs that involve the use of hand sanitizer, businesses should be able to do the same.
A 2008 survey conducted by Mercer for the workforce management company Kronos® revealed that a company with a $50 million payroll (i.e., 1,000 employees earning average annual salaries of $50,000 each) will spend $4.5 million annually - or 9 percent of payroll - on unplanned incidental and extended employee absences. As the chart above indicates, even a one-percent reduction in absenteeism can have a sizable impact on a company’s bottom line.
The easiest way for a company to begin striving for such results is by making Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer available to its employees.
Offering unprecedented Log 5 efficacy (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate on Staphylococcus aureus), it kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizer products on the market and has been proven proven effective against Norovirus, MRSA and Clostridium difficile ("C. diff."). Best of all, it works in a manner that’s safe, effective and non-toxic.
University of Pennsylvania researchers concluded in a study (pdf) seven years ago that a simple education program about hand washing, combined with the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, resulted in 50.6 percent lower absenteeism among elementary school studentsand couldsave a school $167 per student per year.
In light of the fact that his company offers an alcohol-free hand sanitizer product proven three times more effective than other products now on the market and far more advanced than products on the market at the time the study was conducted, numbers like those cited above keep Lance Albritton motivated. A father of two youngsters and president and founder of St. Louis-based CLEANpHIRST™, Albritton cites them each time he visits with school officials about the values and benefits of products offered by his company, CLEANpHIRST™.
‘While it comes as no surprise to most people that researchers determined hand washing to be one of the most important factors in controlling the spread of diseases which lead to absenteeism,” Albritton said, “the role hand sanitizers can play in reducing absenteeism and lowering expenses comes as more of a shock.
“While $167 a day was a lot of money in 2002, it’s still a lot of money today, Albritton noted, “and I’m willing to bet that the per-student per-day figures cited in the study would increase if a new study was conducted today.”
Another study published in the American Journal of Infection Control revealed that the combination of hand washing and the use of hand sanitizer decreased teacher absenteeism by 10.1 percent in a school with 246 teachers on staff.
Is Albritton willing to say that, because his company’s Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer more effective than alcohol-based hand sanitizers, that schools deploying it for use in classrooms, cafeterias and athletic facilities will see absenteeism plummet? Not quite, but he does point out some key benefits many studies miss.
“While many studies highlight the benefits of hand sanitizer use,” Albritton said, “they don’t point out one of the most-important differences between alcohol-based hand sanitizers like the one used in the study and alcohol-free products like the one we offer at CLEANpHIRST™ — safety.”
Albritton went on to share some interesting facts about alcohol:
Your average beer contains 4 to 8 percent alcohol by volume;
Your average hard liquor contains 40 percent alcohol by volume; and
Your average alcohol-based hand sanitizer contains somewhere between 62 and 95 percent alcohol by volume and, unlike beer and liquor, can be purchased by children of any age.
“Alcohol-based hand sanitizers like the product used in the study pose not only a serious health risk to students who might accidentally or intentionally ingest them because they contain a minimum of 62 percent alcohol,” Albritton explained, adding “In addition, they pose fire risks so great that some municipal fire codes do not allow wall-mounted dispensers containing alcohol-based hand sanitizer near egress pathways in public buildings.”
Recently, the staff at CLEANpHIRST™ reached out to mommy bloggers across the country, seeking feedback about one of our most-popular products, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer. One of those who agreed to try it out was Pamela Berube at FrugalCatholicMommy.com in Columbus, Ohio. In a post published Thursday, Pamela wrote a review which included the following comments:
Two things especially impressed me. One–the formula keeps working to kill germs for 3o minutes after application (wow!), and two–there is no chance of accidental alcohol poisoning in my kids.
Although I will still continue to keep this hand sanitizer out of reach, I will be much less concerned when I squirt some onto the palms of my kids. I appreciate companies like CLEANpHIRST trying to reformulate products to make them safer for families.
Orders of hand sanitizer products may almost triple in the coming months if a new outbreak of swine flu sweeps the U.S., according one industry professional cited in a Bloomberg report today. While some of the leading manufacturers of alcohol-based product are said to be six weeks behind on production, we're reassuring worried consumers by telling them we do not anticipate any shortages of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer at CLEANpHIRST™.
Our not-so-bold prediction should come as good news to most Americans, especially those people in search of an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) -- in search of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Available in convenient, travel-sized dispensers (above left) and in wall-mounted dispensers (below right), Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizermeets a variety of needs while providing up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin -- compared to 10 seconds for alcohol-based products.
The only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., “The Cruise Ship Virus”), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, CLEANpHIRST™ is also economical. A 1.7-oz. dispenser of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizerprovides 125 applications while a 2-oz. dispenser of the leading alcohol-based brand delivers only 39, meaning you won’t have to buy hand sanitizer as often.
In place of alcohol, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study. According to people like the Michigan State Fire Marshal and officials at the University of Michigan, it's safer than alcohol-based products, too.
Perhaps best of all, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free when you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30! That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day.
If you believe alcohol-based hand sanitizer is your only viable option when it comes to trying to prevent yourself and your loved ones from contracting potentially-deadly viruses, you might want to listen to a group of doctors and reconsider your options.
During a program that aired March 9 on the nationally-syndicated television show, “The Doctors”, the show’s four physician-hosts — Dr. Jim Sears, Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Lisa Masterson and Dr. Drew Ordon — explained some of the dangers associated with alcohol-based hand sanitizer. After discussing the dangers drugs pose to teens, the segment about hand sanitizer-related dangers begins at the 1:30 mark.
Among the doctors’ warnings contained in the video are the following:
12,000 kids in 2006 were poisoned by ingesting hand sanitize
Some teenagers are using hand sanitizer to get “high”
60 percent alcohol is equal to 120-proof alcohol (alcohol-based hand sanitizers must contain at least
62 percent alcohol to be deemed “effective”)
Two ounces of alcohol-based hand sanitizer is equivalent to four shots of vodka.
Fortunately, Aloe Up® Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer is available today as a safe, effective, non-toxic and alcohol-free alternative.
Available from CLEANpHIRST™, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers products on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus), and is three times more effective than the leading brands against Norovirus. In fact, it’s the only formula proven effective against both strains of Norovirus.
It achieves such high levels of effectiveness through the use of a key ingredient, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), that was proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted in Japan two years ago. Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
The new CLEANpHIRST™ video above offers a lot of valuable information for parents and school officials as they begin the 2009-2010 school year. For instance:
It highlights the dangers of alcohol that are found in the leading brands of hand sanitizer and, in turn, in classrooms across the country
It points out the fact that superbugs such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Norovirus and the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”) pose statistically-greater risks to faculty, staff and students than gun violence on campus
It points parents and teachers in the right direction — to CLEANpHIRST™ — for help.
Reuters published an article today about the first-year results of a flu study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Released in October 2008, the results of the study are both encouraging and conflicting -- especially if you attend school in Ann Arbor:
Encouraging about the study is the fact that researchers determined that wearing masks and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers may prevent the spread of flu symptoms by as much as 50 percent; and
Conflicting about the study, and not mentioned in the article, is the fact that only last month officials at the University of Michigan placed tight new restrictions on the installation of dispensers containing alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Explained in an Aug. 20 memo distributed throughout the university, the restrictions are based largely on a state fire marshal’s bulletin limiting where alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers can be placed because of liability and risk management concerns about the product’s flammability (See this post for more details).
If you live and/or work on campus at the University of Michigan, don't fret. In the aforementioned memo, university officials directed their procurement officials to purchase alcohol-free hand sanitizer for use in dispensers on campus. Moreover, they specified the purchase of products containing benzalkonium chloride (BZK) instead of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Though they didn’t recommend our product by name, they basically directed university purchasing officials to purchase Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, a product available in both wall-mounted dispensers and 1.7-oz. personal-size bottles from CLEANpHIRST™.
As fears of an H1N1 (a.k.a., "Swine Flu") pandemic rise, some in the airline industry are reportedly afraid of losing highly-profitable first-class fliers to charter services, according to an article published today. At the same time, many frequent fliers cannot afford charter travel. Regardless of where you find yourself in this equation, CLEANpHIRST™ stands ready to rescue the airline industry with Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer in convenient, travel-sized, 1.7-oz. dispensers.
CLEANpHIRST™is the only hand sanitizer on the market proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., "The Cruise Ship Virus"), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, in nursing homes and other densely-populated environments. In addition:
CLEANpHIRST™ stands as an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus);
CLEANpHIRST™provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin, and that compares to alcohol, the active ingredient in the 21-year-old technology of the leading products, which evaporates from the skin within 10 seconds of application;
A 1.7-oz. dispenser of CLEANpHIRST™ provides 125 applications while a 2-oz. dispenser of the leading alcohol-based brand delivers only 39, meaning you won't have to buy travel-size containers as often;
The active ingredient in CLEANpHIRST™, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study; and
Unlike the leading alcohol-based products, CLEANpHIRST™has not had tight new restrictions placed on it by state fire marshals and, in turn, at places like the University of Michigan.
MARCHING ORDERS
Now that you know the facts, here are your marching orders:
AIRLINE EXECUTIVES:As an alternative to losing passengers to charters, you can offer each passenger who purchases a ticket on your airline a free supply of convenient, travel-sized 1.7-oz. dispenser of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer;
EMPLOYERS OF FREQUENT FLIERS: As the employer of a work force that includes frequent fliers, you can offer each employee who must travel a free supply of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer;
AIRLINE EMPLOYEES:Many airlines provide their air crew members (i.e., pilots, flight attendants, first officer, etc.) with antibacterial wipes for in-flight use. In most cases, however, those wipes kill only 99.9% or 99.99 percent of the microbes you don't want around. Conversely, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer delivers efficacy of 99.999% and does it without the alcohol that dries your skin -- especially at altitude! So you should get some Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, too!
As a special bonus when you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day.
"Any environment in which people are crowded together with compromised hygiene carries a heightened risk." That opinion, offered by Dr. Dean Blumberg, appeared today in a U.S. News & World Report article, Swine Flu Loves a Crowd.
Blumberg, an associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of California-Davis Children's Hospital, went on to describe that type of environment as follows: "It's when people don't have access to hand washing or shower facilities."
Ever find yourself in a heightened-risk environment without access to hand washing or shower facilities? Below are five reasons why you should take steps to lower your risk with Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer from CLEANpHIRST™:
1. Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer is an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
3. The active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study. Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
4. Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin, and that compares to alcohol, the active ingredient in the 21-year-old technology of the leading products, which evaporates from the skin within 10 seconds of application.
As you might imagine, everyone at CLEANpHIRST™ is excited about International Clean Hands Week, Sept. 20-26.
During the week, we're encouraging everyone to focus on keeping their hands clean. That means washing your hands with soap and water several times each day. When soap and water isn't available, use Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Below are some of the reasons why you should keep our hands clean:
According to CDC, the single most important thing we can do to keep from getting sick and spreading illness to others is to clean our hands;
Nearly 22 million school days are lost due to the common cold alone. Some viruses and bacteria can live from 20 minutes up to 2 hours or more on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks. (CDC);
52.2 million cases of the common cold affect Americans under the age of 17 each year. (CDC, 1996);
Students don't wash their hands often or well. In one study, only 58% of female and 48% of male middle and high school students washed their hands after using the bathroom. (American Journal of Infection Control, 1997); and
A study of Detroit school children showed that scheduled hand washing, at least four times a day, can reduce gastrointestinal illness and related absences by more than 50%. (Family Medicine, 1997).
BIG NEWS:CLEANpHIRST™ is making free samples of a brand-new skin sanitizer product available to the first 100 coaches -- high school, college and club wrestling -- in the continental United States who contact us during a special pre-launch promotion [For details, see "FREE OFFER GUIDELINES" at end of post].
The new product, Take Down Alcohol-Free Skin Sanitizer, was developed especially for wrestlers and stands as an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable, non-staining alternative to alcohol-based skin sanitizer products.
Take Down not only kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based skin sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus), but it’s also effective against MRSA and E. coli. In addition, it's the only formula on the market proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus, and the active ingredient in TD (benzalkonium chloride) has been proven effective against the H1N1 virus (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study.
Unlike other skin sanitizer products containing BZK, Take Down maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that evaporates within 10-15 seconds, dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
We look forward to finding out how excited you become about Take Down and to introducing you to other CLEANpHIRST™ products that can make wrestling a "cleaner" sport for everyone.
~FREE OFFER GUIDELINES~
Are you the coach or manager of a high school or college wrestling program in the continental United States who’s interested in receiving a free sample of Take Down? If so, please send an e-mail to info (at) CLEANpHIRST (dot) com with “Free Skin Sanitizer” in the subject line and including the following information in the body of the message:
Your Name
Name of School/Program/Club
Physical Address
City State Zip Code
Best Phone Number to Reach You
Best E-mail Address to Reach You
Please know that none of the information you supply will be shared with any third parties outside of the parcel delivery service we use to ship the product to you.
The video above highlights one of the many reasons why you should keep bottles of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer handy wherever you go: Some people do not wash their hands after using the restroom. If you don't believe it, read this post, You Wash Your Hands, But Does Everyone Else?, for some gruesome details.
In almost every recent news story about combating the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., "Swine Flu"), a health care professional (a.k.a., "the expert") is interviewed and asked to offer advice. In turn, the expert offers little more than a recap of CDC guidelines, including the recommendation that alcohol-based hand sanitizer should be used when soap and water is not available. While everyone at CLEANpHIRST™ agrees with the soap-and-water part, we take issue with the advice to use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Why? Because that recommendation is not based on the latest scientific data. Instead, it stems from the CDC's own failure to develop/select a sporicidal protocol for measuring the effectiveness of the alcohol-free foam hand sanitizer available from CLEANpHIRST™.
If the CDC would develop and/or select a sporicidal protocol for measuring the effectiveness of hand sanitizer, they would find Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer more effective than the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizer products in several ways.
For instance, they would find hand sanitizer to be an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
Furthermore, they would find the following statements to be true:
hand sanitizer is the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus;
The active ingredient in hand sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study;
hand sanitizer provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin, and that compares to alcohol, the active ingredient in the 21-year-old technology of the leading products, which evaporates from the skin within 10 seconds of application; and
Unlike the leading alcohol-based products, hand sanitizer has not had tight new restrictions placed on it by state fire marshals and, in turn, at places like the University of Michigan.
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Are you one of those people who doesn't think he needs to keep hand sanitizer handy (i.e., in your coat pocket, in your car or at your workplace)? If so, I ask you to reconsider by examining events that might take place in a relatively typical week in the life of an American:
If you're like about 40 percent of Americas, you attend church on a regular basis. While there, do you shake hands with your fellow churchgoers? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
If you're like almost 40 million other Americans with children of preschool age, chances are high that you take them to a child care facility of one kind or another on a daily basis. While there, do you touch any door handles, counters or other surfaces inside that child care facility? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
If you're like the vast majority of Americans who work outside the home, studies show that a large percentage of the people you work with don't wash their hands after using the restroom. While you're at work, do you ever handle items previously handled by coworkers or touch surfaces coworkers have touched? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
If you are like most Americans, you visit a grocery store at least once a week to stock up on food. While there, do you ever use a shopping cart that's already been handled by dozens of people? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
As you might imagine, I could provide hundreds of other examples of daily activities that warrant keeping hand sanitizer handy. I cannot, however, provide more than one recommendation of a hand sanitizer best able to meet your needs: Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
An extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer, CLEANpHIRST kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). Plus, it's the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus. Perhaps best of all, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Make sure you have enough CLEANpHIRST for everyone in your family. When you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! To order, click here.
Have you made a decision to increase the use and availability of alcohol-based hand sanitizer at the hospital, school, business or other location where you work? If so, it's time to rethink that decision.
Why? Because the Office of the State Fire Marshal in Michigan recently issued a bulletin that limits where alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers can be placed because of liability and risk management concerns about the product’s flammability.
Has anyone acted on the guidance in that bulletin? Yes.
Officials at the University of Michigan placed tight new restrictions on the installation of dispensers containing alcohol-based hand sanitizer, according to an Aug. 20 memo distributed throughout the university's campuses.
The new guidelines were, according to the memo, issued jointly by the university’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, the chief health officer, Operational Safety and Community Health, Fire Safety Services and the Office of Risk Management.
In the same memo, university officials recommended procurement officials purchase hand sanitizer dispensers containing benzalkonium chloride (BZK) instead of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Though they didn’t recommend it by name, they basically directed their purchasing officials to purchase Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, the most-effective BZK-based formula available, in wall-mounted dispensers.
October is National Cruise Vacation Month and millions of Americans are planning to take cruise vacations to the Caribbean, the Mediterranean or Alaska. If you're among them, CLEANpHIRST™ recommends you follow three steps below to ensure you have an enjoyable cruise vacation:
1) Choose your cruise line and destination;
2) Find out what kind of hand sanitizer your cruise line plans to coat you with -- and they will coat you with it, ask anyone -- while you're on board [Note: If It's an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, proceed to the next step]; and
Available from CLEANpHIRST™, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer stands as the only hand sanitizer formula on the market today that's been proven effective against both strains of Norovirus, the flu-like intestinal virus that became known as "The Cruise Ship Virus" a few years back after so many cruise ship passengers contracted it.
An extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
When you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! To order, click here.
A recent decision by officials at the University of Michigan should prompt others who own and manage work and living spaces -- both in academia and elsewhere -- to reconsider their policies when it comes to installation of alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers in their facilities at Ann Arbor and several regional campuses.
University officials placed tight new restrictions on the installation of such dispensers in an Aug. 20 memo distributed throughout the university. The restrictions are based largely on a state fire marshal’s bulletin limiting where alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers can be placed because of liability and risk management concerns about the product’s flammability.
The new guidelines were, according to the memo, issued jointly by the university's Office of Emergency Preparedness, the chief health officer, Operational Safety and Community Health, Fire Safety Services and the Office of Risk Management. Perhaps, that's a signal to building owners and property managers everywhere that they should reconsider their own policies regarding hand sanitizer dispensers.
In the same memo, university officials recommended procurement officials purchase hand sanitizer dispensers containing benzalkonium chloride (BZK) instead of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Though they didn't recommend it by name, they basically directed their purchasing officials to purchase Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer in wall-mounted dispensers.
The active ingredient in CLEANpHIRST,BZK, has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in a scientific study conducted two years ago. Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, however,CLEANpHIRST maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
What else makes CLEANpHIRST so special? Unlike the leading alcohol-based products whose active ingredient, alcohol, evaporates within 10 seconds of application, CLEANpHIRST protects your skin for 30 minutes after application. As a result, CLEANpHIRSTkills well beyond the level of those leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). It’s also the only formula on the market proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus.
Why? Because that recommendation is not based on the latest scientific data. Instead, it stems from the CDC's own failure to develop/select a sporicidal protocol for measuring the effectiveness of the alcohol-free foam hand sanitizer available from 
