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Using Social and Behavioral Science to Make Better Decisions About Dispenser Placement
11/2/2022
By Carol Wilson, Ph.D.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Senior Scientist, GOJO Industries
My colleague and I recently visited a Big Ten university to evaluate the placement of their hand sanitizer dispensers. Dispensers lined both sides of hallways in the typical classroom building we visited, stationed outside the door to each lecture hall, classroom, and lab. The facilities director worried that providing hand sanitizer outside every doorway seemed excessive, yet he wanted to provide a safe, germ-free learning environment for students and faculty. Redistributing an overabundance of dispensers to additional campus locations might be possible, but whether and how to make those decisions without impairing health and well-being wasn’t clear. His question for us was evident – How many dispensers do I need in a given location to create a safe and healthy educational space?
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Top 5 Moments for Students to Clean Their Hands
8/9/2022
By Dawn Yeomans, Ph.D.
Research Principal, GOJO Industries
Back to school often means back to germs. All the hard surfaces that students touch every school day – like door handles, railings, shared electronic devices, water fountains, sports equipment, and other common high-touch surfaces – are potential sources of contamination. So, it’s vital that students clean their hands at key moments throughout their school day.
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Any Weather. Anywhere. All-New PURELL® Outdoor Dispenser is Here!
5/17/2022
By Stephen Wagner
Senior Total Solutions Manager, GOJO Industries
When you're away from home, often a sink isn't readily accessible to clean your hands before or after those key everyday moments, like before eating or after pumping gas. Over the past two years, many business owners and facility operators began offering hand sanitizer to help make their patrons, employees, and guests feel safe while they're visiting. Now, 84% of people expect hand sanitizer to be offered in public places.
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Keeping Outdoor Germs Outside of Your Facility
5/4/2022
By Dawn Yeomans, Ph.D.
Research Principal, GOJO Industries
It’s no surprise that as the weather improves, students and staff are spending more time outdoors taking advantage of playgrounds, outdoor seating, dining areas, and athletic and sports fields. Many campuses, additionally, have begun to utilize temporary or even permanent outdoor learning spaces. While the outdoors is a great place to play and learn, unfortunately, it can also be a major source of illness-causing germs.
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The PURELL® Story – Our 10-Year Overnight Success
4/4/2022
By Beth Beddow
Former, Internal Communications Specialist, GOJO Industries
The PURELL® brand has become a cornerstone of our 75-year-old Family Enterprise. While PURELL® Instant Hand Sanitizer was not developed until 42 years after our founding, it has changed our business and our world. Our innovation has grown from just one product – PURELL Hand Sanitizer – to a Total Solution for away-from-home and at-home germ management. While it’s been said that PURELL Hand Sanitizer was an overnight success, the story of how our PURELL brand became America’s most popular hand sanitizer is one that took years of unwavering vision, grit, and resilience with many learnings along the way.
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Study Shows Potential Health Risks Associated with Refilling Dispensers and Using Inferior Products
3/18/2022
By Chip Manuel, Ph.D.
Food Safety Science Advisor, GOJO Industries
Also By Dawn Yeomans, Ph.D.
Research Principal, GOJO Industries
Germs are everywhere, so it also seems everywhere you go – schools, public buildings, fitness centers, restaurants, and shops – you can find hand sanitizer dispensers. Now a daily essential, consumers expect to find alcohol-based hand sanitizer available for use in public settings. In fact, 84% of people expect hand sanitizer to be offered in public places.
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Hand Hygiene Now and Forever
11/30/2021
By Jim Arbogast, Ph.D.
Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements Vice President, GOJO Industries
Handwashing Awareness Week is a good time to reflect on how our hand hygiene habits have changed since the pandemic began. You may have been negligent about keeping your hands clean pre-pandemic, but one of many things the pandemic has taught us is the importance of hand hygiene and infection prevention best practices. Experts globally, from the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), strongly agree that promoting – and practicing – good hand hygiene is an incredibly effective way to wash away or kill germs that may cause illness. Even after this pandemic passes, we should all continue practicing proper hand hygiene.
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Celebrating Global Handwashing Day and the Moments When Hygiene Matters Most
10/15/2021
By Elizabeth Scott, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Professor, Simmons University
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Forum on Home Hygiene
Today is Global Handwashing Day – an annual global advocacy day to recognize the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. With the increased attention on clean hands during the pandemic, it is a good time to review best hygiene practices for both hand hygiene and surface hygiene, as they are linked together.
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The Role of IoT in Hand Hygiene Dispensers
8/31/2021
By Tamara Cross
Total Solutions Director, IoT Product Category
Hand sanitizer and soap dispensers have become ubiquitous. When you walk into a hospital, restaurant, airport, stadium, mall, or office building, hand sanitizer is welcoming you with an invitation to clean your hands as you transition into the facility. In fact, 84% of people expect hand sanitizer to be offered in public places. Business owners and facility operators began offering hand sanitizer to help make their patrons, employees, and guests feel safe while they’re visiting.
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Interactive Hand Hygiene Experiments for K-12 Students
8/10/2021
By Dawn Yeomans, Ph.D.
Research Principal, GOJO Industries
Schools are germy settings. As students go about their day at school, they touch shared objects like computer mice, water fountains, gym equipment, or the lunch checkout keypad, which contains thousands of germs. Some of those germs will hang out on their hands and can be introduced into their bodies when they touch their eyes, nose, and mouth.
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