At GOJO Industries, Inc., we know that the smartest technologies are only as powerful as the people behind them. That’s especially true in healthcare, where hand hygiene is critical to patient outcomes, and where every data point counts if it can be applied to helping practitioners improve compliance.

For this edition of GOJO Forward: Industry Interviews – our ongoing series of casual coffee chats with the experts shaping the future of well-being – we’re welcoming not one, but two guests to the conversation.

Joining us is Dana Piatek, MPH, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, and Maria Thompson, MBA, SSBB, RRT, CPPS, both Clinical Consultants at GOJO and seasoned healthcare professionals with decades of experience in infection prevention, hand hygiene, and outcome improvement. Today, they apply that deep clinical insight to help our healthcare partners harness smart solutions that seek to enable their teams to unlock their full potential.

In this conversation, we’ll explore what it means to pair technology with real clinical expertise, including an exclusive look at the PURELL SMARTLINK® Hand Hygiene System. In the process of taking a close exploration of this technology, the most complete hand hygiene solution, we’ll get a behind-the-scenes peak at the human heartbeat that powers it.

At GOJO Industries, Inc., well-being is a universal language — we’re all connected, hand-in-hand, around the globe. We’re even working toward a bold goal: helping one billion people each day confidently gather, work, travel, and play through trusted well-being solutions.

For this edition of GOJO Forward: Industry Interviews—our series of casual coffee chats with the experts shaping the future of well-being — we’re taking a world tour in honor of May’s celebration of World Hand Hygiene Day.

To do that, I’m joined by Maki Sakamoto, Senior Marketing Manager at GOJO Japan, to explore how hand hygiene is practiced in one of the most famously clean cultures in the world. We chat about hand hygiene cultural differences and shared values, what it’s like working at GOJO Japan, and how PURELL® products fit into life in their country.

Most importantly, we talk about what we can learn from each other.

At GOJO Industries, Inc., sustainability isn’t just something we celebrate on April 22 — AKA Earth Day — it’s embedded into every decision we make, every day of the year.

From the way we formulate our products to how we design packaging and power our facilities, sustainability is central to how we deliver on our Purpose: Saving Lives and Making Life Better Through Well-Being Solutions.

Still, as we’re in the season of recognizing Earth Day, it’s the perfect time to dig deeper and plant the seeds for a broader understanding of some key topics.

In this edition of GOJO Forward: Industry Interviews — a series of casual conversations over a cup of coffee with the experts shaping the future of health and well-being — I’m joined by Antonio Quiñones-Rivera, Ph.D., Product Safety and Sustainability Senior Manager at GOJO.

Together, we explore what Clean Chemistry means, how it helps us to create Sustainable Value, and the ways good science can impact the planet – and people like you.

At GOJO Industries, Inc., we believe that greater well-being isn’t just about innovative solutions—it’s about the people behind them.

That’s why we’re launching GOJO Forward: Industry Interviews, a new series that brings direct insights from the experts shaping the future of well-being through casual chats over a cup of coffee. Through these conversations, we’ll explore timely topics with scientists, engineers, and market thought leaders, uncovering the facts, trends, current thinking, and what’s ahead, as it pertains to some of the day’s most relevant topics in our space of health and well-being.

To kick off the series, we’re talking about winter well-being—and, more specifically, norovirus, one of the most persistent and contagious viruses that makes its mark during the colder months. Norovirus outbreaks can cause serious disruptions (or worse) in schools, workplaces, foodservice establishments, healthcare facilities, and really anywhere, including homes.

How does it spread, and what can facilities do to be proactive about preventing the chain of transmission? To help answer those questions, we sat down with Dawn Yeomans, Ph.D., Research Principal – New Products Innovation at GOJO.