the continued growth of the company’s SPC spill control and containment product lines. The new facility began shipping orders on May 14, 2012. HFI And GRS Announce Partnership The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) have announced a partnership for the 2012-13 school year to help make schools healthier through education and participation in healthy practices among stakeholders including stu-dents, teachers, parents and school staff. Both organizations will cross-promote one another’s initiatives, including Green Ribbon Schools’ Healthivores initiative designed to help kids get smart about health, and the HFI-related program Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools (PCHS), an innovative meth-od of cleaning schools for health. CM NCL University’s newest class. Kimberly-Clark Professional Launches The Healthy Schools Project To help schools reduce absenteeism and transform into optimally healthy learning envi-ronments, Kimberly-Clark Professional has launched The Healthy Schools Project, a new program that delivers effective solu-tions designed to break the cycle of illness in schools, encouraging students, teachers and staff to practice good hand hygiene. The Healthy Schools Project offers a simple-to-implement curriculum with unique materials and product solutions designed for each education level, including Super Germ Fighters, an interactive program for K-5 students. Program at the company’s training center in Philadelphia. The participants learned about the broad range of NCL products, with classroom and “hands-on” sessions being conducted for hard surface floors, stone and ceramic tile, as well as NCL’s recently introduced Wood Care program. Brady Opens New Distribution Center Brady Corporation has opened a new distri-bution center in Houston, Texas, to support To have your News and/or People item con-sidered for CM e-News Daily and “Around the Industry,” please e-mail your release to Managing Editor Aaron Baunee at [email protected]. Rich Content Update Cleaning & Maintenance Management has been striving to provide you with the most relevant information in intriguing, interactive formats. Here is a teaser of what’s new in the CMM Community. Be sure to bookmark CMMOnline.com/Blogs/CMM and CMMOnline.com/Podcasts. Blogs: Podcast: ■ Six Steps To Clostridium difficile Prevention According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) March 2012 Vital Signs report, Clostridium diffcile (C. diff) infections remain at historically high levels whereas most other types of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are declining. ■ America’s Best Restroom John Engel, senior marketing manager of Facility Services for Cintas Corporation, speaks about balancing design, cleanli-ness and customer awareness to reward those that provide the ultimate restroom experience. ■ Break The Chain Of Transmission Brad Reynolds, of Kimberly-Clark Professional, and Jim Mann, executive director and chief science officer of the Handwashing for Life Institute, speak about the interconnectedness of hand hygiene. CM Have something of merit to share in a blog post or podcast? Contact Managing Editor Aaron Baunee at [email protected]. www.cmmonline.com 7
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