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Workplace Skincare Programs help prevent the spread of disease.

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Workplace Skincare Programs help prevent the spread of disease

BY ELISE SOMMERFELDT

Lather, rinse, repeat: It's a well-known set of directions that many Americans routinely follow. Personal hygiene companies have printed this easy-to-remember set of steps on shampoo and body cleanser bottles for decades, making the process so engraved in our brains that one nearly never has to stop and think about how to wash their hair in the morning.

Industrial skincare product manufacturers, whose mission is to keep the workforce and American public healthy, hope that someday workers will adopt a similar instinct when it comes to washing, sanitizing and moisturizing, hands while on the job.

Several highly publicized MRSA outbreaks over the past few years have made it clearer than ever that hospital, clinic and nursing home employees must diligently follow hand-washing and sanitation protocol. But the emergence of community-associated (CA-) MRSA has made it evident that similar procedures should be followed in other workplaces like banks, offices and manufacturing lines, not only to prevent the spread of CA-MRSA but also more common illnesses like the flu and cold.

Three industry leading skincare companies have developed their own convenient programs to help employers address the threat of disease and illness.

Easy as 1-2-3

Stoko Skincare is a company that strives to literally clean up the workforce. Armand A. Coppotelli, senior technical manager of Stoko Skincare, says that protecting hands from...

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