Eight Cleaning Tasks Necessary to Prevent a Norovirus Outbreak

Most prevalent in the winter months, norovirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in the United States resulting in as many as 21 million cases each year and 1.9 million hospital visits. To help reduce the spread of flu within businesses this season, Cintas Corporationoffers a checklist of commonly overlooked “hot spots”…

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CDC Warns of the Rise of ‘Phantom Menace’ Superbug

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently announced the rise of a dangerous superbug, which scientists are calling the “phantom menace.” The strains of this bug stem from a family of antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Because of their resistance to antibiotics, infections can be very difficult to treat and the…

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