Creating a More Hygienic Workplace

There are no shortcuts to workplace hygiene. Kimberly Clark Professional helps you cover every angle.

Placing hand sanitizer and signage in common areas and breakrooms is a step in the right direction. However, studies indicate it simply isn't enough to make a real impact. Targeting "hot spots" with hand and surface hygiene is a key step toward reducing the spread of germs. Objects that are touched by many people throughout the day - such as elevator buttons, door knobs and copiers - should be cleaned and disinfected daily in order to help break the chain of germ transmission. Following proper hand washing techniques and the use of disposable paper towels can help in lowering the risk of cross-contamination.

Every 24 hours, we touch 7,200 surfaces.¹ You also touch your face 522 times a day.²

The average desk has 400x more bacteria than a toilet seat.³

The average mobile phone harbors over 6,300 bacteria.⁴

Water fountain spigots have 19x as much bacteria as a toilet seat.⁵

Touchless Dispensers and Paper Towels

Paper towels are critical to proper hand hygiene as they can remove up to 77% of bacteria that remains on hands after washing. Jet Air Dryers can harbor 48x more bacteria than found on a toilet seat.

Kimtech™ WetTask® Wipers

Create your own pre-saturated single use disposable wipes with the chemical solution of your choice from disinfectants to sanitizers. Using this system also eliminates the need for laundering dirty, contaminated towels and cloth rags. It’s simple, hygienic and safe.

Soaps & Dispensers

Hand washing has never been more important. Cross-contamination can happen when proper hand washing is not followed, making people sick. Choose Scott® foam skin cleanser and soap dispensers for a hygienic workplace.

Single-use WypAll® Wipers

Rags and laundered shop towels can oftentimes lead to wasted time and energy. Single-use WypAll® Wipers offer strength and absorbency and because they are disposable, can minimize the risk of cross-contamination.

Documents

12 Steps for Proper Hand Washing

10-Step Building Hygiene Checklist

1, 2 Zhang, N., Li, Y. and Huang, H., 2018. Surface touch and its network growth in a graduate student office. Indoor air, 28(6), pp.963-972
3 U. of Arizona study by Gerba, C. 2002. First In-Office Study Dishes The Dirt on Desks
4 Martínez-Gonzáles, N.E., Solorzano-Ibarra, F., Cabrera-Díaz, E., Gutiérrez-González, P., Martínez-Chávez, L., Pérez-Montaño, J.A. and Martínez-Cárdenas, C., 2017. Microbial contamination on cell phones used by undergraduate students. Canadian Journal of Infection Control, 32(4)
5 NSF International

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