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When to Select Manual vs. Touch-Free Dispensers
7/24/2023
By Stephen Wagner
Senior Total Solutions Manager, GOJO Industries
Good hand hygiene is a fundamental daily practice, particularly in businesses and facilities where many people gather and where there are shared surfaces and common areas. Increasingly, there is an expectation that businesses and facilities offer hand sanitizer at key locations, in addition to soap at all sinks. In fact, three in four people expect hand sanitizer to be offered in public spaces – more than half of those expect that hand sanitizer to be the PURELL® brand. Rather than cluttering up a facility with tabletop bottles, dispensers are a natural solution that eases maintenance, reduces bottle theft, provides a portion-controlled amount of soap or hand sanitizer, improves aesthetics, and makes it easier for the user.
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Hospitality and Leisure Labor Shortages: 3 Simple Ways to Save Staff Time and Show Guests You Care
5/26/2023
By Michael Herbkersman
Market Development Manager, GOJO Industries
As the 2023 summer travel season rapidly approaches, the Travel, Hospitality, and Leisure industries are bracing for what might be a record year. It’s no secret that travel and leisure are back. Individuals and families are ready to get back to traveling to their favorite hotels, resorts, and attractions. The industry expects summer travel numbers to meet and likely exceed pre-pandemic levels.
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Promoting Wellness in the Workplace
3/3/2023
By Jim Arbogast, Ph.D.
Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements Vice President, GOJO Industries
Workplaces have evolved over the course of the pandemic. For some, what once was a daily commute to the office has shifted to hybrid and flexible work schedules. Over the past year, workers have been returning to their offices more frequently. Recently, Kastle Systems data passed 50% office occupancy in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began.
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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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Energy-on-the-Refill: A Touch-Free Solution with Labor and Waste in Mind
5/24/2022
By Stephen Wagner
Senior Total Solutions Manager, GOJO Industries
During the height of the pandemic, people everywhere were instructed to avoid making contact with commonly touched surfaces. This quickly increased demand for touch-free everyday products, like dispensers.
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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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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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3 Ways Hand Hygiene Dispensers Save Your Business Precious Time
3/11/2022
By Stephen Marks
Former Total Solutions Senior Director, GOJO Industries
We have heard a near unanimous message from our customers in the field: they are being asked to “do more with less.” Labor shortages, cost pressures, new safety requirements and added workflow are creating challenges across markets. Even within hand hygiene, you likely have far more hand sanitizer dispensers to maintain than ever before, and there is a good chance those dispensers are touch-free.
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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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Dispensers 101
4/12/2021
By Stephen Marks
Former Total Solutions Senior Director, GOJO Industries
With many businesses working around the clock to open safely and return to some form of a “new normal,” we are seeing many looking to offer PURELL® Hand Sanitizer for the first time as part of that effort. For many businesses, the most appropriate solution may be through a dispensing system. However, the world of dispensing can be overwhelming and confusing for someone offering it for the first time, so we are here to help simplify this for you.
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