I love spring, but not because trees are budding, flowers
are blooming and the weather is warmer.
I love spring because it signifies the time of year for two of the
leading infection prevention conferences: IPAC-Canada and APIC.
Not only do I get the opportunity to participate
in the amazing education line up and talk with like-minded people who get as excited
as I over a really interesting research study, but it also means that I get to
unveil a new education campaign that our team has developed via the Talk Clean
To Me blog!
We LOVE to educate, and we also LOVE to have fun finding
unique campaigns that provide clear, compelling and memorable messages; and I
think this year’s Disinfection
Dysfunction campaign does just that!
Let’s be completely truthful, not everyone finds cleaning and
disinfection as exciting as I do. Nor
does everyone understand the intricacies of choosing a disinfectant. It’s not just what it kills or how fast it
kills – there is so much more, and that’s what we’ve tried to capture with our
Disinfection Dysfunction campaign, including key attributes of a disinfectant,
by asking you 4 simple questions:
- Is your disinfectant safe for users and the
environment?
- Does your disinfectant’s label have misleading
claims?
- Does your disinfectant cause cross contamination?
- Does your disinfectant dry before it’s time?
By the way…..if you answered yes to any of these
questions, your disinfectant product just might have Disinfection Dysfunction and you need to
determine how to treat your Dwell Time Disease, Label Deficit Disorder, Safety
Indifference Syndrome, and/or Cross Contamination Conundrum. I could go into more detail into each of
these disinfectant “diseases”, but I’m hoping that you’ll take the bait the
check out our resource page – if only to check out our REALLY cute monsters and
download our colouring page! As we
found out at IPAC-Canada last week, EVERYONE loves to
colour!
If you’re attending APIC in a couple of weeks we
hope you’ll drop by our both to learn more about Disinfectant Dysfunction and spend some time
colouring with us!
Bugging Off!
Nicole
