A recent spike in reported cases of monkeypox infections across the United States has several health officials warning of the potential for the virus to advance to outbreak status.
Monkeypox Outbreak in the U.S.
Recently, a spate of reported monkeypox infections has come in from around the globe, originating from countries not commonly associated with the transmission of the virus.
As the COVID-19 pandemic transitions into an endemic, many child care facilities and the parents of young children are facing significant challenges.
Post-COVID Endemic Challenges Confronting Parents and Child Care Facilities
For many, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over.
In-person office work is critical to the financial success of many businesses, and enhanced cleaning and infection control policies are crucial to ensuring the health and safety of facility occupants.
Highlighting the Financial Importance of In-Person Working
The pandemic shifted many conventional in-person work configurations into work-from-home or hybrid models.
The last few years have underscored the criticality of promoting workplace health and safety through high-outcome cleaning and hand hygiene programs.
The Need for Good Hand Hygiene in Public Facilities
It is well documented that humans spend approximately 90% of their time indoors.
A recent spike in reported Candida auris cases in the United States has led to a clinical alert being issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Candida Auris Health Alert
C. auris is a multi-drug resistant yeast with high morbidity and mortality rates and has a demonstrated potential for rapidly spreading into outbreaks in healthcare facilities.
Several cleaning challenges have arisen for educational facilities--spurned by the effects of the pandemic, decreased funding, and staffing issues--resulting in lower quality cleaning outcomes.
The Biggest Cleaning Challenges Facing Educational Facilities Today
The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way facilities are cleaned and disinfected.
Commercial cleaning products and processes have a direct impact on environmental health, sustainability, and climate change.
The Impact of Commercial Cleaning on Climate Change
Commercial cleaning has a significant impact on the health and safety of the natural environment and facility occupants.
Office cleaning practices will increasingly focus on facility and occupant hygiene to thwart the spread of infection and increase organizational and operational efficiency.
Targeting Office Hygiene
Post-pandemic, most office workers expect their workplace to be clean and safe.
The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently released independent health alerts after numerous unexplained hepatitis infections were reported.
Adenovirus, Hepatitis Outbreak
In early April, the WHO issued a health alert regarding reports of acute hepatitis infections among young children with no known origin.
The focus of this year's World Hand Hygiene Day, which falls on May 5th, 2022, is the establishment of an Institutional Safety Climate in healthcare facilities and other public organizations around the world.
Celebrating World Hand Hygiene Day, 2022
This year's World Hand Hygiene Day focuses on the World Health Organization's (WHO) fifth pillar of Multimodal Strategy for Hand Hygiene Compliance.