Jani-King International, the world’s largest commercial cleaning franchise company, announced its latest community awareness program today at the 2007 American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services Convention and Tradeshow. The program, titled Clean Hands. Clean Surfaces., was developed to provide information and awareness about the importance of proper hand washing and surface disinfecting in all workplaces including hospitals.
“In a healthcare environment it is critical to follow all necessary procedures in order to reduce the spread of disease and illness, thus resulting in less deaths from infections,” said Mark Regna, Director of Healthcare for Jani-King International. “But this program is not exclusively for saving lives in hospitals. Clean Hands. Clean Surfaces. also educates business owners and facility managers on how to drop the number of employee sick days by decreasing the spread of germs in the workplace.”
Each and every day, individuals become sick from poor hand washing and poor surface disinfecting, according to Regna. “Because our company provides cleaning services to all types of facilities, we have the ability and resources to make our client’s facilities a healthier place to work and visit,” said Regna. “This program may seem like a common sense approach, but not everyone washes their hands after leaving the restroom. Each year, unnecessary illness and death occurs as a result of poor hand washing and inadequate surface disinfecting.”
Although Jani-King is launching Clean Hands. Clean Surfaces., the company encourages all business to adapt the program and commit to keeping their facility clean and healthy. “We have created information packages that can be sent, at no charge, to any company wanting to find out how this program can benefit them,” said Regna. “Business can request a package from us, and then use it as a model for creating their branded message.”
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