GoJo supports International Infection Prevention Week

AKRON, Ohio — GoJo, inventors of Purell Advanced Hand Sanitizer, on Monday announced its support of International Infection Prevention Week hosted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, which occurs globally Oct. 19 through 25, 2014. In light of recent events, IIPW will focus its attention on Ebola infection prevention and control guidance.  

 

"IIPW is addressing a topic that is top of mind in the healthcare industry today, and GoJo is pleased to be part of the discussion to help protect the health of healthcare workers, who according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are among those who have the highest risk of contracting the disease," stated David Mackay, VP sales and marketing, healthcare markets for GoJo.

 

The CDC and World Health Organization both recommend practicing careful hygiene — washing your hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer — as a preventive measure against Ebola. In order to raise further awareness for the importance of hand hygiene, GoJo is supplying more than 21,000 Purell Advanced Hand Sanitizer and hand hygiene materials to more than 100 facilities and providing complimentary hand hygiene infection prevention webinars and whitepapers educational tools on its website at Healthcare.gojo.com/education.