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[camas chris]

Hi All,

 

Does anyone know of an effective sanitizing procedure for shoes in a dry clean environment? Would it be best to require shoes to never leave the production area? 

 

Thanks for the input,

 

[Chippy]

We have that policy also, but do they change shoes before and after breaks and bathroom trips? Our break room is where they keep their coats, etc. The bathrooms are in a hallway between the break room and production area. Visitors also use that bathroom. Also, if required our employees need to go to the receiving area cooler and freezer for ingredients, so the entrances for the production area is a wise choice.

We have been talking about a dry shoe sanitizer at the entrances to the production areas.

[SQFconsultant]

Good day,

 

Many of our clients have switched over from a sanitizing program to a "Captive Shoe" program in that they has a contract with a supplier of shoes (in the states such as Shoes for Crews) and the shoes stay in the designated areas - this requires a shoe change each time the employee enters to leave the designated areas.

 

We do have one company that is still using a dry powder that requires the employee to walk thru two mats that have this white sanitizing powder in them, however it sure can create a messy situation and the stuff gets tracked if you know what I mean.

 

On the Captive Shoe program most companies are either paying the entire cost of 2 sets of shoes per year or doing a 50/50 with the employee.

 

Hope that helps.

 

 

[Parkz58]

My previous gig was in a dry processing facility, and we had a captive shoe program...but we also had blue crystal mats (blue crystals available from EcoLab), which employees had to walk through.  We kept the mats at entrances into the plant (so that their street shoes would be sanitized before going into the locker room), and also outside of all locker rooms and rest rooms (so that employees had to walk through them before going into production areas).

 

Even with over 100 employees, we only had one issue with a Listeria positive swab in the two years that I was there...and it was at the employee entrance, not in any production area.  So, it appears to have been a successful program.

 

Brian

[Kay Airey]

Brian

 

I have tried to track down these mats through Ecolab but no luck.  Can you remember the trade name please?  Very interested in sourcing.

 

Regards

Kay

[Parkz58]

I found them here:  http://www.kelleysup...6_Sani-Step.pdf

 

I believe my former employer bought normal floor mats that have bristles in a shallow mat, kind of like this one:  http://www.globalind...nce-mat-24x32-1

 

Then they put the Sani-Step crystals on the mat so that they worked down between the bristles.

 

Note that it takes water to activate them, so you may need to mist them lightly with a water bottle after putting the crystals in the mat?  Not sure how my former employer handled that aspect, because we were a dry facility.