Ecolab Clean Hands(TM) Program Helps Customers Polish up on Handwashing Compliance.Hand Hygiene Education is Key to Preventing Spread of Illness ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. -- Ecolab Inc. today announced its new Clean Hands[TM] initiative to raise awareness of the importance of hand washing; promote staff compliance with CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation and FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. guidelines in the foodservice, hospitality and healthcare industries; and reduce the spread of infection from unclean hands unclean hands n. a legal doctrine which is a defense to a complaint, which states that a party who is asking for a judgment cannot have the help of the court if he/she has done anything unethical in relation to the subject of the lawsuit. . The program was announced today at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show being held in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , November 12-14, 2006. "Each year, more than 76 million people are affected by foodborne illnesses, nearly half of which are due to poor hand hygiene," said Colleen Dillon, vice president of hospitality and healthcare marketing at Ecolab. "We are committed to helping our customers improve the health and safety of their organizations by providing the tools they need to educate staff regarding effective hand hygiene." Available now to all Ecolab customers at no charge, the Clean Hands[TM] awareness and compliance tools include a manager training guide, posters for sinks and employee areas, as well as forms that employers can use to gain employees' agreement to meet hand hygiene standards. These materials, which also include a hand washing timer that rings an alarm after 15 seconds of washing, can be used in customers' facilities as friendly, encouraging reminders for employees. They are designed to make hand washing compliance a natural part of every employee's daily routine. The Clean Hands initiative is a new component of Ecolab's 360[bar] of Protection[TM] program, which helps businesses identify critical risk factors that could result in health code violations. Customers can learn more about the Clean Hands program by contacting Ecolab at 1-800-35-CLEAN. With 2005 sales of $4.5 billion, Ecolab is the leading global developer and marketer of premium cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination, maintenance and repair products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare and industrial markets. Ecolab shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol ECL (Emitter-Coupled Logic) A digital circuit composed of bipolar transistors in which the emitter ends are wired together. ECL gates switch faster than TTL gates, but consume more power. See TTL, I2L and bipolar. 1. . Ecolab news releases and other investor information are available on the Internet at http://www.ecolab.com. (ECL-P) |
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