Cold & flu season serves as a crucial reminder for businesses to evaluate how effectively their facilities are equipped to protect customers and employees from germs. By focusing on hygiene-forward products and dispensers—in restrooms, high-traffic areas, and café and break spaces—businesses can significantly minimize touchpoints and reduce cross-contamination, helping to ensure a safe and healthy environment. Here’s how your facility can step up its game with solutions available from GP PRO.
Consider Enclosed-System, High-Capacity Dispensers
One of the most effective ways to enhance hygiene is by investing in enclosed-system, high-capacity dispensers. Products such as Pacific Blue Ultra® High-Capacity Paper Towel Dispensers are designed to handle large volumes of usage while ensuring consistent availability of hygienic products. Enclosed systems reduce exposure to the external environment, helping to reduce cross-contamination within the dispenser itself—making them an ideal choice for restrooms and high-traffic areas.
Prioritize “Touchless,” One-at-a-Time Dispensing
The less contact, the better. Touchless technology can be a game-changer in minimizing cross-contamination. Touchless dispensers allow users to access products without physically touching the unit, reducing cross-contamination risk. The enMotion® line of touchless-automated towel, soap, and sanitizer systems exemplifies this innovation, as does the Dixie Ultra® SmartStock® Cutlery Refill in the café setting. Such systems dispense one towel or unit of soap at a time, which not only maintains hygiene standards but also helps reduce waste. Implementing touchless options in all areas, from restrooms to break spaces, not only enhances user experience but also provides peace of mind knowing that your facility is committed to the health and safety.
Focus on Hand Hygiene and Surface Sanitizing
Hand hygiene remains a cornerstone of helping to prevent illness during the cold & flu season. Encourage frequent handwashing by ensuring that soap and sanitizer dispensers are always stocked and accessible. GP PRO offers a variety of dispensers—such as the enMotion® Automated Touchless Soap & Sanitizer Dispenser—that can be strategically placed throughout a facility to promote this vital practice. In addition, regular surface sanitizing is crucial. High-touch areas, such as door handles, elevator buttons, and shared equipment, should be regularly disinfected to further discourage the spread of germs.
Cold & flu season can be the perfect time to review your hygiene strategies, reassess your essential products, and demonstrate your commitment to health and wellness. Contact your SP Richard representative for more information or visit gppro.com.
