Cintas Offers Tips to Help Reduce the Spread of Germs During National Handwashing Awareness Week
December 03 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Tips focus on promoting healthy hand hygiene
and maintaining a clean workplace this cold and flu season
Many experts have warned of a potential severe flu season now
that children are back in school, employees have returned to the
office and more people are traveling for the holidays1. To help
reduce the spread of germs, Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS)
offers tips for promoting healthy hand hygiene and maintaining a
clean workplace during National Handwashing Awareness Week.
National Handwashing Awareness Week takes place Dec. 5 – 11 to
promote the importance of hand hygiene.
“Businesses must remain vigilant to promote healthy hand hygiene
and keep their facilities clean to help prevent outbreaks,” said
John Engel, Director of Marketing, Cintas. “Making hand hygiene
product readily available and implementing a coordinated cleaning
program can help reduce the spread of germs.”
Cintas offers the following tips:
- Promote Healthy Hand Hygiene: Regular handwashing
is one of the best ways to remove germs, avoid getting sick and
prevent the spread of germs to others2. Place signage in restroom
and kitchen areas regarding the importance of handwashing and
encourage patrons to wash with soap and water for at least 20
seconds3. Offer hand sanitizer throughout the facility at
entrances, restrooms, common areas and cafeterias. Choose hand
sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol,4 and avoid sanitizers
on the FDA’s “bad sanitizer” list.5
- Keep Supplies Stocked: Ensure your facility is stocked
with an ample amount of hand hygiene products, toilet tissue, trash
bags, cleaning chemicals and microfiber cleaning tools to keep up
with the increased amount of cleaning required. Provide disposable
wipes and encourage employees to clean their workspaces and cell
phones regularly.
- Clean and Disinfect High-Touchpoint Surfaces Often:
Assign staff to clean common touchpoints such as door handles,
elevator buttons, light switches, phones and stair rails at least
once per day or as often as determined necessary6. Additionally,
consider a disinfectant spray service where a professional
technician applies a disinfectant that kills germs, bacteria and
viruses on common surfaces and touchpoints.
- Deep Clean Restrooms: Professional deep cleaning on a
routine basis using high-pressure removes build-up, soil and
bacteria that daily cleaning can’t reach. It also helps prevent
cross-contamination and odor-causing bacteria.
For more information about Cintas facility services, visit
cintas.com/facilityservices.
About Cintas
Cintas Corporation helps more than one million businesses of all
types and sizes get Ready™ to open their doors with
confidence every day by providing products and services that help
keep their customers’ facilities and employees clean, safe, and
looking their best. With offerings including uniforms, mats, mops,
restroom supplies, first aid and safety products, safety training,
fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm service, Cintas
helps customers get Ready for the Workday®. The company is
also the creator of the Total Clean Program™ — a first-of-its-kind
service that includes scheduled delivery of essential cleaning
supplies, hygienically clean laundering, and sanitizing and
disinfecting products and services. Headquartered in Cincinnati,
Cintas is a publicly held Fortune 500 company traded over the
Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a
component of both the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and
Nasdaq-100 Index.
1
https://www.livescience.com/flu-season-comeback-covid-2021-2022.html
2
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/actions-prevent-flu.htm
3
https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/when-how-handwashing.html
4
https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/hand-sanitizer-use.html
5
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use
6
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/disinfecting-building-facility.html
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Matt Serra Mulberry Marketing Communications 312-664-1532
mserra@mulberrymc.com
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