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• Flu

  IEHA and The Housekeeping Channel (HC) Promote Clean and Healthy Schools For Dummies Pocket Guide – Warding Off Cold and Flu Season Through Preventive Steps

  The International Executive Housekeepers Association (now “IEHA”) and The Housekeeping Channel (HC) are pleased to present free flu-prevention information for schools.
• Laundry

  Laundering of Clothing and Household Linens - Does It Kill Enough Germs?

  Is your clothing and bedding really clean? Find out if low temperature washings really get rid of the germs.
• Infection Prevention

  APIC Launches Consumer Awareness Campaign to Prevent Healthcare Infections

  A major educational campaign, launched June 23, 2011 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), informs the public of the infection preventionist’s role in healthcare settings and ways in which patients can stay safe from infections.
• Bathroom

  Clean Ideas: Keeping up with the Grime

  12 tips to help keep the bathroom clean and sparkling on a daily basis.
• Food Safety

  Spring Clean Your Kitchen to "Be Food Safe"

  Give a good spring cleaning to your kitchen, including refrigerators and freezers, to prevent foodborne illness.
• Sewer Back-up

  Clean-up After Sewage Back-up? Not for the Squeamish, But Important to Get Right

  Key facts homeowners should know about handling sewage back-ups.
• Odor Control

  Odor Control and Removal Made Easy

  Identify the source and attack it intelligently.
• Odor Control

  After the Water Recedes - Dealing Quickly with Water Damage

  As a result of a recent flooding disaster, your home may look like a river ran through it. Here's what to do right away.
• Healthcare

  RID's 15 Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk of a Hospital Infection

  Most of us will have to go into the hospital some day. Here are specific steps you can follow to protect yourself from hospital infections.
• House Cleaning Tips

  10 Tips to Keep Housework from Ruling Your Life

  Tara Aronson provides 10 easy steps to simplify housekeeping.
• Toilet Sneeze

  Do Toilets Sneeze?

  According to two studies, flushed toilets spew aerosolized plumes of moisture, bacteria and viruses over many bathroom surfaces.
• Swine Flu

  Swine Flu: Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home

  Swine flu presents a real and present danger to public health. The IEHA is pleased to provide this information from the CDC.
• Hospitals

  Dirty Hospital? Fight Back

  The hospital wasn't clean, or your meds were consistently screwed up? The place just isn't safe? Get mad! Complain! Here's how.
• Health

  Keeping Loved Ones Safe in Hospitals - Prevent Infections by Being a Good Visitor

  When a hospital becomes a 'Home Away from Home' for family members or significant others, help keep them safe by being a prepared visitor.
• Food Safety

  Cooking for Company - Keep it Sanitary!

  Entertaining is a great way to warm up the Winter weather, and everyone’s favorite part of get-togethers is often admittedly the food! However, no one’s cheer should be interrupted due to contracting foodborne illness.
• Antimicrobial

  Introduction to Antimicrobial Products or "Treated Articles"

  What kind of antimicrobial properties do they have?
• Wipes

  SDA Survey: Wipes Increasingly Work Their Way Around the House

  Wipe Usage is on the Rise Countrywide – 71% Say They Use Wipes.
• Green Cleaning

  Green Disinfection - Is It Possible?

  The EPA does not permit green certification of disinfectants by organizations such as Green Seal, so when disinfection is necessary and a “green” approach is desired, consider the following...
• House Cleaning Tips

  Cleanliness is Next to Disinfection

  While cleanliness may be next to godliness, it’s also very closely related to disinfection.
• Health

  How to Find a Clean and Healthy Hospital

  It’s easy to assume hospitals continuously sanitize or disinfect almost every square inch of space, but this isn’t necessarily so.

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