GOJO evolved its pandemic response several weeks ago, in line with direction from government officials, prioritising shipping PURELL® products to hospitals, first responders and critical infrastructure providers, including grocery stores and the military. GOJO team members have been working around the clock, seven days a week, producing PURELL® products and shipping them to where they are needed most.
Hospitals across the USA and Europe are in various phases of the pandemic, with many hospitals in the hardest hit areas already reporting hand sanitiser usage of 3-4X normal levels, but most hospitals still expecting the largest influx of patients over the next 30-60 days. In light of this, GOJO is extending its focus on priority markets to ensure enough PURELL® hand sanitiser, soap, and surface disinfectant is available to front line workers during the height of the crisis.
In public health institutions, more than in any other field, there is a great need to ensure that respiratory masks are worn and intensive hand hygiene is practiced. In addition to hand washing, the WHO explicitly recommends hand sanitisation in hospitals. Sanitisers that contain at least 60 percent ethanol are most effective, as the alcohol destroys the proteins of enveloped viruses, to which the COVID-19 belongs. The viruses then become ineffective within seconds.
Continuing to focus on these critical markets does mean that PURELL® products are temporarily less available in other places, including online. GOJO has received tremendous support for prioritising those who on the front lines, caring for all of us, during this difficult time. GOJO is not only responding to the immediate crisis, but is also continuing to add substantially more production capacity so that PURELL® products will be available in public spaces like office buildings, airports, restaurants and schools to help people go ‘back to work’ and ‘back to life’ with confidence.
These efforts to increase capacity include working with federal, state and local elected officials, engaging with other like-minded, purpose-driven companies to increase supply of alcohol, bottles, and pumps, and investing in substantial expansion of manufacturing operations – ensuring GOJO capacity can meet major increases in demand in the future. These steps will enable GOJO to deliver more PURELL® hand sanitiser, soap, and surface disinfectant in the near term, and also to continue to play its role as a leader in public health.
On our own behalf
Despite the increase in our production volumes, we cannot meet current demand from new customers. Therefore, we can only supply registered users, primarily from the health care, elderly care and public service sectors. If you belong to one of these groups, please use our registration form and we will activate your account.
