What We Know About the hMPXV Virus Part III

By: Keith Schneringer |  August 8, 2022

To wrap up this three-part blog series we will be walking you through identifying disinfectants that can inactivate the hMPXV virus and disinfecting best practices to keep your facility safe against the hMPXV virus. In our previous two blogs we provided a hMPXV overview that includes important info relating to infection prevention protocols, history, symptoms, transmission, prevention, and effective infection control strategies. 

• What We Know About the hMPXV Virus (aka "monkeypox") Part I
• What We Know About the hMPXV Virus (aka "monkeypox") Part II

Topics: virus, workplace wellness, Health, Infection Prevention

What We Know About the hMPXV Virus (aka "monkeypox") Part II

By: Keith Schneringer |  July 26, 2022 

In this second article of this three-part blog series, we will be explaining infection prevention protocols, and effective disinfecting criteria you can use to combat the hMPXV virus. Before jumping into this second part, be sure to check out the first article that discussed the history, symptoms and methods of transmission of the virus.

Topics: virus, workplace wellness, Health, Infection Prevention

What We Know About the hMPXV Virus (aka "monkeypox")

By: Keith Schneringer |  July 13, 2022 

In this three part blog series, we will be discussing what we know so far about the hMPXV virus (aka "monkeypox"). The hMPXV virus has emerged in headlines on a global scale and it is important to understand the facts in order to prevent the spread of this virus. The main purpose of this blog is to provide useful information about the virus such as its history, symptoms, transmission, prevention, and effective infection control strategies.

Topics: virus, workplace wellness, Health, Infection Prevention

Impacts of Supply Chain Issues on Facility Supplies & Foodservice Disposable Products

By: Keith Schneringer  |  August 11, 2021

Part three of a series analyzing the continued impact of COVID-19 on the facility supplies and foodservice disposables industries

• Part One: Global Supply Chain Disruptions & Shortages in 2021
  
  
• Part Two: Key Factors Responsible for Supply Shortages in 2021
  
  
• Part Three: Impacts of Supply Chain Issues on Facility Supplies & Foodservice Disposable Products
  
  
• Global Supply Chain Impacts of COVID-19

We've covered the current state of the worldwide supply chain and the elements that have led to the "perfect storm of ugliness"¹ we are encountering when trying to order our "stuff" in the first two articles.

Topics: industry news, COVID-19, Supply Chain

Key Factors Responsible for Supply Shortages in 2021

By: Keith Schneringer  |  August 4, 2021

Part two of a series analyzing the continued impact of COVID-19 on the facility supplies and foodservice disposables industries

• Part One: Global Supply Chain Disruptions & Shortages in 2021
  
  
• Part Two: Key Factors Responsible for Supply Shortages in 2021
  
  
• Part Three: Impacts of Supply Chain Issues on Facility Supplies & Foodservice Disposable Products
  
  
• Global Supply Chain Impacts of COVID-19

So why can’t we all just get the stuff we are ordering right away for the price we are used to paying?

The following factors are key contributors to the overall “perfect storm of ugliness”² which is the state of the global supply chain in disruption at the moment.

Topics: industry news, COVID-19, Supply Chain

Global Supply Chain Disruptions & Shortages in 2021

By: Keith Schneringer  |  July 23, 2021

Part one of a series analyzing the continued impact of COVID-19 on the facility supplies and foodservice disposables industries

• Part One: Global Supply Chain Disruptions & Shortages in 2021
  
  
• Part Two: Key Factors Responsible for Supply Shortages in 2021
  
  
• Part Three: Impacts of Supply Chain Issues on Facility Supplies & Foodservice Disposable Products
  
  
• Global Supply Chain Impacts of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news and collective psyche of the world throughout 2020, and its spread and the resulting cascade of ramifications have led to a global crisis of unprecedented reach and proportion.¹ As was written in one of our articles on this topic last year,² it would be the height of understatement to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic and oversized impact on many of the facets of our everyday lives which we may have previously taken for granted.

Topics: industry news, COVID-19, Supply Chain

Can Bulk Soap Be Contaminated?

How Does it Happen? Bacteria from fecal matter & other sources can grow inside the dispenser.

By: Keith Schneringer  |  July 3, 2019

The sad truth is that soap from bulk soap dispensers is prone to becoming contaminated.

According to recent studies, contaminated soap may actually do the opposite of what they're supposed to do. Instead of removing germs, they may be adding some!

Think about it – in order to refill a bulk soap dispenser, the dispenser and the left over soap remaining inside of it are exposed to the environment. Airborne germs, foreign objects, and potential inadvertent hand contact from a janitor who may have just cleaned the toilets can all mix in to the bulk soap dispenser and contribute to possible contamination. Not to mention the more sinister prospect of contamination through intentional vandalism to the bulk soap as it sits in an “open” bulk soap dispenser.

Topics: Hand Hygiene, Health, Infection Prevention

Earth Day – How Would You Like To Celebrate?

By: Keith Schneringer  |  April 22, 2019

As has been written in previous articles about Earth Day on this blog, the first Earth Day celebration took place on April 22, 1970.

Since that first event, Earth Day celebrations in 2019 have now grown to include an estimated one billion people in 192 countries, according to the Earth Day Network.

Will this estimated total of one billion people include you?

If this estimated total of people won’t include you, and you would like it to, what should you do?

Topics: Earth Day, Recycling, Sustainability