About Handwashing
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · n.d. · Hygiene
Scrub hands with soap for at least 20 seconds.
https://www.cdc.gov/clean-hands/about/index.html (opens in a new tab)
How Temperatures Affect Food
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service · n.d. · Hygiene
Danger Zone 40°F–140°F. Never leave perishable food out more than 2 hours; 1 hour if the air is above 90°F.
Health Problems Caused by Secondhand Smoke
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · n.d. · Hygiene
Secondhand smoke causes coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer in adults who do not smoke.
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand-smoke/health.html (opens in a new tab)
Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings (MMWR 51, RR-16)
CDC, MMWR Recommendations and Reports (John M. Boyce and Didier Pittet) · 2002-10-25 · History
In 1847 Semmelweis required chloride-of-lime handwashing. Puerperal-fever deaths in the first clinic fell. Chlorinated lime, not a polite bar of soap.
https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/media/pdfs/guideline-hand-hygiene-p.pdf (opens in a new tab)
Seat Belts Save Lives
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · n.d. · Safety
Buckling up in the front seat cuts the risk of fatal injury in a crash nearly in half.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/seat-belts-save-lives (opens in a new tab)
Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the FLSA
US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division · n.d. · Labor
Federal cash wage for tipped employees can be $2.13 per hour if tips make up the difference to $7.25. Many states require more. Assimilation: stiffing the server is not a protest against the labor model.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/15-tipped-employees-flsa (opens in a new tab)
Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees
US Department of Labor · n.d. · Labor
State-by-state tip-credit table. Federal floor remains $2.13 cash wage under the FLSA; several states require the full minimum before tips.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped (opens in a new tab)
Sleep Deprivation and Deficiency
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH · 2022-03-24 · Hygiene
With sleep deficiency "you might have trouble learning, focusing, and reacting", might find it hard to judge other people's emotions and reactions, and can feel frustrated, cranky or worried. Date is the page's last update.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/sleep-deprivation (opens in a new tab)
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis’ studies of death in childbirth
National Library of Medicine (PMC) · n.d. · History
In 1847 Semmelweis required chloride-of-lime handwashing. Puerperal-fever deaths in the first clinic fell. Chlorinated lime, not a polite bar of soap.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3807776/ (opens in a new tab)