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Health Crisis Prevention + Management
For Modern Businesses

Whether you have a growing hospitality group or a major nationwide concept, it’s imperative that you protect your reputation and brand loyalty from illness, outbreaks, and other health crises.

Zero Hour Health’s team of advisors will help you prevent and manage your risk so your team can focus on growing the business.

Advisory from the most knowledgeable industry experts, 24/7/365.

Whether it’s navigating a foodborne illness outbreak, receiving guidance on best practices with your local health department, or general questions about your employees’ health, we’re here to keep you, your staff, and your business safe.
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Detecting and preventing illnesses, before they go public.

The best way to stop a crisis is to prevent it from becoming one in the first place. We’ll help you create a culture of safe working, detect problematic illnesses before they spread, and, most importantly, keep your business out of the news.
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Protecting the most important asset in your businesses: your brand.

An outbreak is one of the few crises that can permanently damage a brand. From local news, to the nightly news, to the trading floors, your reputation is the foundation of your business and its value. Protecting that asset is a top priority.
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Screening and assisting the hiring process for at-risk positions.

Whether you need to do physical examinations to ensure a prospective employee can do the job, or your industry regulations call for a battery of exams, we streamline this process and handle it for every step of the way. Save time, hire quicker, and protect yourself against workers' comp claims.
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A suite of services to support every aspect of your operations.

This is just a core breakdown of the main services we provide to our clients. We build highly customized solutions to support any need you have.

ZHH Pro

ZHH Pro is our industry-best advisory service. We tailor our support to solve your most pressing needs, whether you've got 6 locations or 600 locations. We can provide 24/7/365, high-level clinical support to keep your business running.
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Wellness Checks

The single best way to prevent illness in the workplace is to prevent sick employees from showing up in the first place. ZHH Wellness Checks are the best solution to identify and assess potentially sick employees.
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Vaccination Programs

From Flu to Hep A, vaccinations are a vital part of keeping your workforce healthy. We help businesses identify employee immunization history, track their records, and facilitate vaccinations both on-site and off.
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Exams & Regulatory Testing

Ensure that potential employees are fit to perform their roles safely and effectively using our industry-best pre-employment programs. We help employers maintain compliance with stringent industry standards and regulations without adding friction to the hiring process.
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November 5, 2024
Election stress? 🗳️ Tips to help your team

Health News: 

  • Norovirus is high and rising, especially in the South. 12% of U.S. tests are positive, compared to 13.6% at last year’s peak. (Outbreak Outlook)
  • Cook Children’s Hospital in TX reports spiking Salmonella cases with nearly double the cases as this time last year. The state health department hasn’t reported an outbreak. (Cook Children’s)
  • California and Washington have reported new human cases of bird flu in dairy and poultry workers. CA is up to 20 probably human cases, and WA is at 12. (CIDRAP)
  • H5N1 was found in wastewater in LA County last week, with other positive results in Northern California. (LA Times)
  • It’s respiratory season! Hospitals have to report info on COVID, flu, and RSV starting November 1st. (CDC)
  • Whooping cough is still a major issue nationwide, with cases 5x higher than at this time last year. (Washington Post)
  • Fewer than 1 in 6 U.S. healthcare workers got the COVID booster last year. (Axios)
  • In a first for the U.S., an Idaho health department isn’t allowed to give out COVID vaccines anymore after a board vote. (AP)
  • Four cases of sexually transmitted ringworm have been confirmed in New York since June. These are the first confirmed cases in the U.S. (MMWR)
  • Two TB cases were reported in Elmhurst University students in IL. (Chicago Tribune)
  • Nearly 94,000 children in Gaza received a second dose of polio vaccine this weekend. (NY Times)
  • Mpox in Congo may be stabilizing, but experts say more vaccines are needed to stamp out the virus. (AP)


Mental Health & Substance Use News:

  • The Crisis Text Line is prepared to support you and your employees with election anxiety. Text ELECTION to 741741 to reach a live volunteer crisis counselor in English. Para apoyo en español envía la palabra ELECCIONES al 741741. (Crisis Text Line)

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or need help, call or text 988.


Best Questions:


Any guidance on managing employees’ election stress?

Your teams are likely to feel increased stress and anxiety around Election Day and the days immediately after. 3 out of every 4 Americans report election stress. Studies have shown that cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes, increase significantly after elections. One study showed a 17% increase in the 5 days after the 2020 election, and another found the rate nearly doubled in the 48 hours after the 2016 election. Regardless of what side of the aisle your employees are on, election stress affects them both mentally and physically. It can help when managers acknowledge election stress directly and then provide some tips for managing it. These might include:

  • Exercise: Even gentle exercise that gets your body moving works. Hit the gym, play your favorite sport, or just go for a brisk walk. 
  • Limit social media: Doomscrolling isn’t generally helpful for your mental health. Create guidelines around your media consumption, like checking the news once in the morning and once at night. 
  • Reach out for support: List out any mental health resources your company offers, including your Employee Assistance Program, offerings through your health insurance, meditation apps, or counseling services. 
  • Help others: If you have a volunteer time off program or charity work, this week might be a great time to encourage employees to take some time off of their regular roles (where productivity might take a hit anyway) to give back to their communities. Connecting and helping others is proven to support mental health. 

Sources: CBS, YLE, Forbes


Are your clients reporting an uptick in guest complaints and employee reports of illness since the McDonald’s outbreak and recent recalls?

We always see a small increase in guest illness complaints after a major national outbreak like the E. coli outbreak that appears to be linked to onions. We’ve heard from a number of our clients that they’re seeing an uptick in guest complaints, though none of those cases have been linked to contaminated Taylor Farms onions that likely caused the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak. Ultimately, most of these complaints are just concerned folks who want to be heard and are resolved relatively quickly. Perhaps even more interesting, we also tend to see an increase in self-reported employee illness, particularly for gastrointestinal issues, for a few weeks after this type of big, newsworthy outbreak. We suspect that that bump is related to increased awareness because of a real-world reminder about foodborne illness and the importance of food safety. 

Source: ZHH

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Best Read:

We appreciate the JED Foundation’s work on mental health and always look to them for great resources in stressful times. Here are their tips to manage anxiety about politics:

Election Stress: Tips to Manage Anxious Feelings About Politics | The Jed Foundation

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