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Healthy Schools, Healthy People is a joint initiative of the American Cleaning Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This program seeks to improve hand hygiene habits to help prevent the spread of infectious disease and reduce related absenteeism.
From 2003 until 2018, the initiative included a national award program.
Previous Award Recipients…
Q. What changes, if any, have you made to your hand hygiene practices since learning about the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak?
78% I wash my hands with soap and water more frequently.
58% I am more mindful about washing my hands for at least 20 seconds.
46% I use hand sanitizer more often.
10% I have not made any changes to my hand hygiene practices.
Q. What hygiene or cleaning…
ACI Features Safety Programs at the World’s Largest Meeting Dedicated to the Field of Unintentional Childhood Injury Prevention
ACI is Platinum Sponsor of #PrevCon2021
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is joining hundreds of top safety experts and partners virtually at the Safe Kids Worldwide Childhood Injury Prevention Convention (PrevCon) for a week of conversation focused on preventing unintentional childhood injuries.
As the Platinum Sponsor of PrevCon 2021 (July 12…
Am I cleaning too much? Is that a thing I should be worrying about?Setting and maintaining high hygiene standards is not cleaning too much. It is an important part of defending ourselves against infections and illnesses. You want to focus on cleaning regularly at key times for health. There may be different reasons why you worry about “cleaning too much.” It could be that you’re worried about cost, the amount of…
Q. How are your hand hygiene practices different now compared to before the spread of novel coronavirus or COVID-19?
64% I wash my hands with soap and water more frequently.
51% I am more mindful about washing my hands for at least 20 seconds.
62% I use hand sanitizer more often.
10% I have not made any changes to my hand hygiene practices.
Q. What hygiene or cleaning products are you using…
It only takes a second – one distraction, one step into the other room – for an accident to happen, for a child, elder person with dementia or a family pet to get a hold of something not meant for them. The American Cleaning Institute reminds parents and caregivers to keep all cleaning products up and out of reach.
Children
You’re changing diapers,…
Q. What are the moments and places where cleaning is most important?A. We clean for lots of reasons and health is certainly one of them, especially now. The good news is that you probably don’t need to pull the house apart for a full, deep clean (although you may still want to!). As we deal with a new normal when it comes to cleaning in the age of coronavirus, it’s more important than ever to focus your cleaning time on more frequent, specific…
Surfactants (yellow) cause water to lose surface tension, which is what keeps water separate from other materials
Have you ever seen a bead of water sitting on a surface? This is because water has a property called surface tension. This tension causes water to form a bead on the surface of things like glass or fabric. You can see surface tension at work by placing a drop of water onto a counter top. The drop will hold its shape and will not spread.
In order to clean the dirt on our clothes,…
Our scientific and research programs contribute to the tools, data and insight ACI member companies and legislators use to assess the safety and effectiveness of cleaning products and their ingredients.
Research
ACI and our members share detailed technical information with a variety of audiences as part of our commitment to transparency and product and ingredient stewardship.…