Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 22nd September 2016 Issue no. 740
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 International News
Products Arrow's Chinese investment pays off with new contract wins
ACI issues statement on FDA's antibacterial soaps ruling The American Cleaning Institute released the following statement in response to a final rule issued by the US Food and Drug Administration concerning consumer antibacterial soaps and washes: Sustainable Cleaning Products Summit to tackle impacts
Bacteria at universities... but not as you know it!
Cleaning Products US 2016 Returns to Washington DC for the 10th Anniversary Edition
Truck-mount power in portable package: Endeavor tops international sales for Prochem Europe
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! Poor Hilary Clinton… she can’t win, can she? No – I don’t mean like that, but whatever she does, people are having a go and she can’t even command sympathy when she’s unwell. What has this to do with cleaning and hygiene, you may ask? Well – an opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post is slating her for bad hygiene at the Ohio rally, with the writer saying, “I cringed when I saw her poor cough hygiene. “Clinton may not be able to keep a secret, and may inadvertently (we hope) have spread sensitive, classified information to enemies of the US – but did she have to get up on national TV and show millions of people how to spread the plague? How can the American voter not cringe when sputum is flying into the microphone, into the air, into her hand which will shake a few hundred people’s hands only moments later? “Even the bottle of water that she will hand to her unwitting aide – who will then open a door, use a pen, a cell phone and then drive home to her family? Whatever Clinton has, now lots of other people have it too. Maybe they won’t get symptoms right away (but) if we hear about a flu or pneumonia outbreak in Ohio, epidemiologists should investigate whether Democrats are getting sick more than Republicans. People who attend her rallies and line up to shake her incubator hand may be the first to get sick. “Perhaps the better question is – where was Clinton’s hand sanitiser?” The author reminds us that portable sanitiser bottles need a wipe down too, since they will have been handled while our hands were contaminated. She also questions the teaching that we cough into our hands rather than into the air, saying we then transfer the germs on our hands to door handles, car doors, steering wheels, supermarket trollies and baskets, remote controls, phones, pens, food items, credit cards – and, of course, to those with whom we shake hands. She says that while coughing into a tissue is now more acceptable, moisture (and with it the germs) on the tissue, will spread to our hands and beyond, so coughing into our shoulder or sleeve is a better option, since this will hold the germs on a surface that’s rarely touched by other people. And with flu season about to hit, it’s a lesson worth remembering, isn’t it? Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
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     This Week's News
FSA chief scientific adviser outlines the challenges of antimicrobial resistance
The report is published as the President of the UN General Assembly convenes a one-day high-level meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York to discuss AMR. MEPs urge action against social dumping
With stubbornly low levels of growth and continued lack of competiveness in many European economies, social dumping is a burning issue. This is when enterprises undermine local traditional labour markets and their social levels by using cheaper, often migrant workers for production, or by moving production to a low-wage third country, then importing their products. Employees pay the price of certain governments' inaction in the face of needed structural reforms and the social dumping that unfortunately exists in Europe. CHSA Golf Day raises record breaking £6,500 for charity
The evening dinner was hosted by BBC TV's Dan Walker and its fund raising credentials attracted former Premier League and England footballer, Ian Wright. ODVF spells clean food service floors
Sustainable Dashboard tool adds Energy Star integration
Delta-Q Technologies introduces Lithium Charger Development Kit
Open Day next week celebrates major investment in cleaning business
"We have been operating from the site since October 2001 and when the option of acquiring the site next door became available in 2014, we decided that now was the right time to expand," says Jim Saunders, Whittlesey branch manager. All Care set for expansion into the UK
Mike Ziolek has been appointed to lead All Care in the UK and looks forward to bringing a highly respected brand into the UK. Britain seeks increased collaboration with Singapore to save lives at work
Kenya Ferry Services launches biannual cleaning exercise
Incentive QAS expands retail portfolio with £1m shopping centre contract
Under the terms of the agreement, the Incentive QAS team of 14 staff will be providing a 24/7 cleaning service at the centre, which attracts over 225,000 shoppers every week. Mitie helps Scottish Government achieve unique carbon status
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