American’s students miss nearly 22 million days of school each year due to colds, flu and other infections and acquire and share an average of 6.5 colds per year.
Surveys sponsored by the American Medical Association indicate teachers average 5.3 sick days per school year and that nine out of 10 of teachers report sick students regularly attending class. Further, 70 %of teachers reported that janitorial staff did not regularly disinfect classrooms.
Educational environments at all levels represent a breeding ground for contagious microbes that disrupt the educational process and continually put students and faculty at increased risk. Most educators today are keenly aware of how sick students pass along their illnesses to others.
ICS can enable your facility to actively prevent illness and infection, reduce student absenteeism, reduce faculty illness, improve indoor air quality and even reduce energy costs.
Our Mission:
- Reduce Risks for Infectious Diseases in Educational Environments
- Reduce cost of Student Absenteeism and Faculty Leave
- Protect Students, Staff and Faculty from Infection
- Reduce Odors and VOCs
- Reduce Heating/Cooling and Maintenance Costs
Despite widespread Hand Sanitizer use, there is substantial documentation that Flu Microbes, Colds, and MRSA are often transferred by air and common surfaces as well as by epidermal contact. Many Flu microbes are actually incapable of surviving on human skin for more than a few seconds, while others can last hours and days on environmental surfaces like desks and chairs. Other organisms like MRSA can live on surfaces for up to several weeks at a time.
Recommended treatment areas include:
- Desks / Chairs / Tables
- Classrooms
- Lockers
- Bathroom Surfaces (comprehensive)
- Doors, Push Plates, Elevators and Stairwells
- Food Preparation Areas / Break Rooms / Cafeterias
- Sinks and Water Fountains
- Locker Rooms andSshowers (comprehensive)
- Sports equipment
- Hard Surface Flooring
- Faculty / Administration and Office areas
- Gym Equipment and Weights
- Athletic Mats
- Janitorial Areas
Continually Reduce and Destroy Infectious Pathogens
- MRSA and Staph
- Common Colds and Flu
- H1N1, H3N2, Avian Flu
- Rhino-, Noro- and Rotavirus
- E. Coli and Salmonella
- Streptococcus
- Molds, Fungus and VOCs
- Tinea Pedis (Athletes Foot)
- Hepatitis A, B, & C
- Herpes / HIV
- And Much More
I.C.S. also provides interactive infection control measures like Classroom Caddy, A self contained, wall mounted infection prevention kiosk, designed to be placed in classrooms and other areas where germs are prevalent.
- Proven to reduce student absenteeism due to illness by up to 50.6%. - Published in AJIC
- For less than 5 cents per day per student a school can get the best infection control available.
- Easily accessible antimicrobial wipes and instant hand sanitizer allow students to help themselves stay healthy everyday.
- Pays for itself when teachers are able to reduce their sick days by only 2 days per year.
- Made in the U.S.A with 100% recyclable materials.
The Caddy has everything the CDC recommends that are needed to stop the spread of these germs.
Its revolutionary design brings infection prevention to the classroom by encouraging and promoting good hand hygiene.
Be sure to ask your I.C.S. representative about the Classroom Caddy system.
Imagine, if just one of our products can cut student absenteeism by 50%, what can our whole system do!?