If you work in an environment where you might encounter some pathogenic microbes (a doctor's office, a hospital, a lab, or if you regularly take your work into the bathroom -eew!), you should consider adding a few antimicrobial items to your list.

From antimicrobial binders which prevent growth of bacteria, mold and fungus to filing supplies, writing instruments and cleaning and disinfectant products - medicalsupplies.indoff.com has all the items you need to keep your workplace safe.

In today's acute care facilities, compliance with recommended hand hygiene practices has been universally low.  Why?  Most commonly and simply due to demanding workloads and the intensity of patient care.

The average 62 seconds required for a nurse to leave a patient's bedside, go to a sink and wash their hands before attending the next patient has been identified as a deterrent to frequent handwashing.

What to do about it?
Provide easy access to hand hygiene materials.  These studies have also shown that the accessibility to hand hygiene stations has directly impacted the nurses' compliance with proper hand hygiene. 

What's more, it has been proven that increased hand hygiene compliance results in a decrease in hospital-related infection rates.

The CDC recommends that HCW's are provided with readily accessible, alcohol-based hand sanitizers in the following locations:

• entrance to patients' rooms
• patient's bedside
• pocket-sized containers to be carried by HCW's
• other convenient locations

Now to "show you the money", as it were....

Scrubs Rapidly Kills in Seconds:

• Candida Albicans:  (10 seconds)
• Escherichia Coli:  (20 seconds)
• Pseudomonas Aeruginosa:  (10 seconds)
• Salmonella Choleraesuis:  (10 seconds)
• Staphylococcus Aureus:  (10 seconds)
• Streptococcus Pyogenes:  (10 seconds)
  

 SCRUBS also remove Bio-film (and if you're in medical field, I won't have to explain that one to you!)

If you'd like to know more, view this PDF file brochure for Antimicrobial SCRUBS.

If you'd like a quick and easy way to look over their product line, you may download their Preventa Antimicrobial line of products.

You may also browse through the catalog of their items.

Take advantage of these high quality binders with built-in protection from germs and bacteria.

Keep kids engaged and quiet is always a worthwhile investment.

Lovely thought, isn't it?  That information, according to a study reported by Gojo, is a very good reason to clean your hands after handling money.

There are many times to wash your hands.  The list of obvious ones I won't bore you with.  But do you ever think about taking 30 seconds to use an antimicrobial towelette after checking through the mail?  Who knows how many hands have touched it and what germs have collected on it!

If you are serious about promoting good hand hygiene as part of your Workplace Wellness program, you might like to print out and use Gojo's color brochure about when and how to wash your hands.

If you are in the planning stages of incorporating a Wellness Program for your company, here is a good list of resources to get you started from the Wellness Councils of America.  Their site also contains an e-store to purchase materials as well.

Awareness of both the revolting amounts of bacteria on the things we come in contact with on a daily basis and the new antimicrobial products available in the market place is growing rapidly.

AgION, just one company who produces antimicrobial additives for end-user products, has a long list of recognizable companies using their products.  It's worth a look.  You may be surprised by some you see on this list.

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