Health and Safety, Customer Experience

Enhancing Restroom Experience: Benefits of Single-Use Paper Towels

Looking to enhance the restroom experience? Uncover why single-use paper towels outshine jet air dryers and how prioritizing hygiene excellence can improve customer satisfaction.

Health and Safety, Customer Experience

Smart Restrooms for High-Traffic Venues: Helping Reduce Germ Transmission with Cutting Edge Solutions

There’s nothing more powerful than a first impression. In high-traffic venues, every visit to a restroom is a judgement on the entire operation. Restrooms silently communicate a company’s commitment to reducing germ transmission and, in turn, the value they place on guests. The careful planning and hard work of a Facility Manager and their team is the invisible force that helps ensure a positive experience.

Environment

10 Trends in Sustainability and How They Could Impact
Your Business

Climate change is one of the biggest public health crises we're facing. But what does that mean for your business and how can you adapt?

Explore 10 sustainability trends impacting businesses globally and opportunities for change – from adopting a circular economy mindset to changing investor attitudes.

Health and Safety

A Guide to Keeping Students Safe from the Spread of Germs

Learn how to combat the spread of illnesses in schools during the cold and flu season. Use this guide as a checklist to effectively clean around school grounds and select the best products during the procurement process that help to minimize the spread of germs.

Health and Safety

How to Prepare Your Facility for Cold and Flu Season: Essential Hygiene Practices

Discover how proactive hygiene strategies can safeguard your facility during cold and flu season. Learn essential tips for maintaining cleanliness, boosting employee health and enhancing your facility's reputation

Health and Safety

6 Tips to Improve Hygiene in the Workplace

Learn how to elevate workplace hygiene with 6 actionable strategies to promote cleanliness, help reduce the risk of illness spread and improve productivity. Keep hygiene front and center in your workspace.

Health and Safety

10 Workplace Hygiene Tips to Reduce the Spread of Germs

Did you know that workplaces with higher hygiene standards experience up to 80% fewer instances of productivity loss from illness? Dive into this article to gain actionable insights every business should implement and transform your facility into a healthier, more productive space.

Health and Safety

12-Step Handwashing Guide: Improve Workplace Hygiene

Discover why proper handwashing is essential for preventing illness and maintaining hygiene in high-traffic environments. This guide covers the science behind effective handwashing, key tips for improving hygiene and insights into how it can boost productivity and reduce absenteeism in workplaces.

Health and Safety

Norovirus FAQ

Learn about norovirus, a highly contagious virus that causes stomach and intestinal inflammation. Our FAQ cover symptoms, prevention, and treatment options to keep you and your workplace healthy. Stay informed with Kimberly-Clark Professional.

Health and Safety

FAQs for Facility Managers and Procurement Managers

Get your cleaning questions answered to enhance the hygiene standards of your facility, help minimize the risk of germ spread and create a welcoming environment that prioritizes the well-being of everyone who enters.

Health and Safety

Hygiene in the Workspace: The Unseen Pillar of Employee Health and Productivity

A clean workspace is intrinsically linked to employee health and productivity. Discover how maintaining spotless restrooms and effective hygiene practices can prevent illness, boost morale and enhance overall performance.

Customer Experience, Health and Safety

The Future of Facility Management and Smart Restroom Technology

Unlock the power of smart restroom technology in facility management. Learn how it enhances hygiene, reduces waste and elevates tenant satisfaction. Explore why integrating it into your smart building strategy is crucial for modern facilities.

Health and Safety

Jet Air Dryers vs. Single-Use Paper Towels: Which is More Effective for Restroom Hygiene?

Uncover the surprising truth: single-use paper towels outshine jet air dryers as a more effective method of drying hands and helping to reduce germ transmission. Explore the science, convenience and sustainability factors behind their effectiveness. Discover why paper towels are the champions of restroom hygiene.

Health and Safety

Smart, Clean Restrooms Can Help Reduce Germ Transmission in Healthcare Facilities

Even before the pandemic, unsanitary restroom conditions were bothersome and often included smelly odors, splattered surfaces, and no toilet paper or soap. The goal is often to get in and get out as quickly and with as little contact as possible. As visitation restrictions loosen and foot traffic increases in hospitals and healthcare facilities, the odds are stacking up for increased healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs). In fact, according to the National Library of Medicine, multiple research studies have found that poor cleaning of surfaces within health care facilities is a major source of HAIs because of the transmission of microorganisms, like MRSA[1]

Environment

The RightCycle™ Program: Pioneering Sustainability Through Recycling

A Conversation with Lisa Charles, RightCycle^™ Specialist

Explore The RightCycle™ Program, the first of its kind in recycling non-hazardous personal protective equipment (PPE) and polypropylene wipes. Learn how this manufacturer-led initiative can empower your business to make a substantial impact on sustainability goals and streamline your waste management efforts.

Health and Safety, Customer Experience

Cleaning vs. Sanitizing vs. Disinfecting

Knowing the difference when it comes to cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting can help keep surfaces and objects clean and germ-free, while ensuring the health and safety of ourselves and everyone around us.

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Understanding the whys of hand hygiene

Washing your hands is something you’ve probably known how to do for practically your entire life, but have you ever stopped to think about the process? Or have you ever wondered if the types of products used really matter? Hot water or cold? Antimicrobial soap or regular? Paper towels or air? This resource will help to demystify the process and allow you to make better decisions about the products and protocols you use to wash your hands in the future.

Health and Safety

The Power of KleenGuard® Apparel

Does your PPE power your productivity? In this video we put athletes through a physical workout to test their productivity while wearing PPE. KleenGuard apparel with reflex design is 7.5 times less likely to tear. Human-centric engineering and comfort is what separates KleenGuard protective clothing from other PPE.

Health and Safety

The KleenGuard® G29 Chemical Glove

The balance between safety and productivity is important. This video shows how KleenGuard® G29 chemical glove with Dual-Dex technology performs better than a competitor’s glove when it comes to chemical resistance.

Health and Safety

The 5 Dirtiest Places in Your Office Might Surprise You

Dirt can sometimes hide in the most obvious places. Collaboration and teamwork are the norm in today’s modern offices, but as co-workers meet in crowded conference rooms and huddle over computers exchanging ideas, they’re also sharing something else, germs.

Health and Safety

Reusable Cleanroom Apparel and the Contamination Risks

Based on a recent study, the Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE) of reusable cleanroom apparel degrades significantly after the garment has gone through wash and irradiation cycles. This poses a real yet invisible contamination risk to aseptic manufacturing environments.

Health and Safety, Customer Experience

Protective Eyewear that Performs and Looks Great

The world of manufacturing is tough on PPE. That’s why KleenGuard’s® Nemesis™ protective eyewear comes in a wide variety of styles for varying light conditions, head sizes and magnification needs.

Health and Safety

Proper Cleanroom Gowning Can Minimize Contamination Risk

Keeping the operator’s dirt and germs out of the sterile cleanroom environment is the main objective of the sterile cleanroom suit. It’s critical for cleanroom operators to select cleanroom suits that provide the highest levels of inherent sterility that can be maintained during the gowning process.

Health and Safety

Office Building Germ Hot Spots

Office surfaces and objects that are touched by lots of people throughout the day should be cleaned and disinfected daily in order to help break the chain of germ transmission. This article explains how targeting “hot spots” with hand and surface hygiene, is a key step toward reducing the spread of germs.

Health and Safety

Not All Coveralls Are Cut from the Same Cloth

Think your coverall is tough? Watch this video to see how we test our KleenGuard® A45 coverall with reflex design to make sure they’re durable, and flexible enough to protect workers.

Health and Safety

Looking Ahead with a COVID-19 Crisis Management Leader

As part of Kimberly-Clark Professional’s response to COVID-19, we quickly formed a crisis response team tasked with managing the business through the pandemic and communicating changes to the company. Tracy Doucet was appointed to lead this team.

Health and Safety

KleenGuard® - Perform with Distinction

KleenGuard’s approach to human-centric design starts with the end-user in mind. This video explains how they choose to not only deliver products that are safe, but products that deliver improved performance and productivity.