by admin | Jun 10, 2024 | Disinfecting
Originally Published by Reader’s Digest There are a lot of things to know about household disinfectant sprays—such as, what’s the difference between cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting? It’s easy to think that spraying a surface means you’re instantly killing...
by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | Viruses
Originally Published by Infection Control Today As most health care professionals know, norovirus, or the stomach flu, consists of viruses that irritate and inflame the stomach and intestine linings. Highly contagious, norovirus can cause days of nausea, vomiting,...
by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | Germs
Originally Published by New York Post If you want your health to be shipshape this summer — you should be aware of the dangerous germs you could be exposed to at the beach. As oceans begin heating up during the summer months, the water can become a breeding ground for...
by admin | May 28, 2024 | Day care centers
Originally Published by Cleveland Clinic It’s just a fact of life that kids are germy… and that groups of kids are bound to bring (and spread) germs. Even at the cleanest of daycare centers, kids inevitably put dirty hands and toys in their mouths, and then they rub...
by admin | May 28, 2024 | Day care centers
Originally Published by Everyday Health Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that infects most children by the time they turn 2. Although RSV is harmless in most cases, it can lead to serious illness in babies 12 months and younger (especially those...
by admin | May 20, 2024 | Skin infections
Originally Published by Gizmodo Earlier this month, South Carolina resident Brent Norman had an especially unlucky time at the beach. As reported by local outlet ABCNews4 last week, Norman stepped and cut his foot on several seashells while taking a barefoot walk on...
by admin | May 20, 2024 | Germs
Originally Published by MSN When Shanina Knighton began pursuing her doctorate in nursing in 2013, she set out to prove a theory. She’d noticed that, during the H1N1 pandemic, patient hand hygiene wasn’t prioritized the same way it was for health care...
by admin | May 13, 2024 | Restaurants
Originally Published by The Healthy Chances are, you’ve already heard that the menu is the dirtiest item in a restaurant—harboring about 185,000 bacteria, which is just one of the many everyday items that are dirtier than a toilet seat. Surprisingly, the second...
by admin | May 6, 2024 | Restaurants
Originally Published by Reader’s Digest What’s going on back there? Keep your budget and health in check with these insider secret restaurant tips from the other side of the kitchen doors. Our waiters don’t wipe down the menus between customers… …or salt...
by admin | Apr 30, 2024 | Day care centers, Schools
Are you tired of the constant cycle of sickness circulating in your school? Do you worry about the health and well-being of teachers, students, and staff members? It’s time to put an end to the spread of infectious microbes with the help of the Germ Police....
