industry news ISSA Innovation Award Voting Still Open Voting for the 2013 ISSA Innovation Award Program is open until November 15, and 10 winning entries will be announced during ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America 2013, according to a press release. The award program lets distributors and end-users determine the most innovative products and services in the market by vot-ing at www.ISSA.com/vote, and this year’s program includes 44 product and service entries from different industry manufacturers and service providers. Eligible online voters will also be entered into monthly drawings for tablet computers. “Distributors, wholesalers and cleaning service providers not only have the oppor-tunity to determine the winners, they have a chance to win too,” Anthony Trombetta, ISSA director of sales, said in the release. In addition, ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America 2013 attendees will be able to see the entries first hand on the tradeshow floor, and those who are eligible can cast votes for five additional Visitors’ Choice awards. trict met challenges to achieve success, the release stated. Study: Poor Hand Hygiene Could Stunt Children’s Growth A scientific review indicated that simply providing children with soap and clean water could actually help them grow taller, accord-ing to the European Cleaning Journal . The study, conducted by the Cochrane Review by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the char-ity WaterAid, found that “improving hand hygiene in a community could add an aver-age of half a centimeter to the height of children under five.” The study concluded that dirty water and poor hygiene can increase the risk of infection in a child’s gut, which is said to reduce the amount of nutrients that can be absorbed. “Providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene is an effective way to reduce the incidence and associated deaths from dis-eases such as diarrhea — which remains the third biggest killer of under-fives world-wide,” said Dr. Alan Dangour, lead author of the study. “For the first time our analysis suggests that better access to these services may also have a small but important impact on the growth of young children,” Dangour added. 2005, and February 2010. Then, as now, the information does not reflect the body of knowledge and majority opinions of those in the field of safety and health,” Kendzior said. In the response, Kendzior worked his way through the CSPA study and put together a list of technical errors made. “Slips and falls are a leading cause of injury in the U.S. and top the list of reasons for seeking emergency room visits. This year more than 24,000 American’s will lose their lives as a result of an accidental fall, many of which take place on retail floors,” Kendzior concluded. “People slip and fall most often on wet, poorly maintained floors, which is why the safety community unreserv-edly supports testing of traction on wet floor surfaces.” Guardian Mourns The Passing Of A Leader On August 29, 2013, Guardian Service Industries Inc. (Guardian) announced the passing of Harold Bressler, Chairman Emeritus, at the age of 91, of natural causes, according to a press release. Bressler served as chairman of the Harold Bressler board of the com-pany since 1945, remaining actively involved in the company until his passing, the release stated. “Dad’s foresight and business acumen were recognized throughout the industry. He was very well liked and respected by all that knew him,” said Alan Bressler, chief operat-ing officer (COO). “Harold will long be remembered as a man of great vision. He had great success in business, while always maintaining his civic and charitable endeavors, but more impor-tantly, he will be remembered as a man of wonderful competitive spirit, generosity, and absolute integrity,” said Sandy Herzfeld, chief executive officer (CEO). CM PC4HS To Be Featured At ISSA Event Rex Morrison and Bill Blumenthal will explain the benefits of process cleaning in the pro-gram A New Process to Cleaning for Health on Monday, November 18 from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the ISSA/INTERCLEAN Event North America 2013, according to a press release. The session will help participants: ■ Analyze facility needs and select tasks to meet those needs ■ Determine the best methods, equip-ment and application of labor ■ Put it together in a systematic cleaning program that runs like a finely crafted watch. Morrison will provide an overview of the PC4HS system and Blumenthal — custo-dial supervisor for Douglas County School District in Nevada — will share how his dis-NFSI Refutes Claims Made In Recent CSPA Study Russell Kendzior, president of the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), submitted a rebuttal to the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) study, Measuring the Slip Resistance of Wet Floors. In the rebuttal, Kendzior stated that the study “represents outdated, erroneous and very old information from a floor-finish mak-ers’ advocacy group.” “Although the CSPA claims this paper … is new, it is most certainly not new, or even accurate. 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