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Chuck Crawford, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer, GOJO Industries
Dr. Chuck Crawford is Chief Innovation Officer at GOJO Industries. He leads Research & Development of Formulations and Dispensing Systems, New Technologies Evaluation, Regulatory Affairs, and Product Safety and Public Health Advancements. Dr. Crawford is actively engaged in commercialization of innovative skin care and surface disinfection programs designed to save lives and make lives better through well-being solutions. He holds a B.A. in Chemistry from the College of Wooster (Wooster, OH) and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN). Dr. Crawford concluded his academic career as an NIH Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA).
Formulation Counts When It Comes to Surface Sanitizers and Disinfectants
4/3/2023
By Chuck Crawford, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer, GOJO Industries
From our more than 75 years of innovating hygiene products, we know there are fundamental elements that deliver effective and worry-free hand and surface hygiene products that people want to use. At GOJO, we refer to this idea as "Formulation Counts," and it's at the core of every product we develop. I've covered how formulation counts for alcohol-based hand sanitizer in a previous blog this blog post will go into that story for surface sanitizers and disinfectants.
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Formulation Counts: Not All Hand Sanitizer is the Same
7/28/2020
By Chuck Crawford, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer, GOJO Industries
This pandemic has transformed how we think about hand hygiene – both our handwashing and hand sanitizing practices. In 1988, our Family Enterprise, GOJO, invented PURELL® Hand Sanitizer, creating a new way for employees, patrons, students, teachers, and everyone else to clean their hands away from the sink to help reduce germs that can cause illness.
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