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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The FDA is investigating a new outbreak of Salmonella Anatum with 10 cases. (FDA)
Southwest Missouri now has a measles outbreak with 7 cases so far. (Post-Dispatch)
The FDA granted full approval to Moderna’s COVID vaccine for children, but limited eligibility to only kids at higher risk. (STAT)
From 2004 to 2019, vaccine uptake nearly doubled in the U.S. after 4 major childhood vaccines were recommended for all kids. In that same time period, antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S. were nearly cut in half. (CIDRAP)
Southern California is experiencing a triple-digit heat wave this week in inland communities. (CBS)
Kissing bugs that carry the parasite for Chagas disease, which can cause heart, brain, or other organ damage if untreated, have established a base in Florida. (CIDRAP)
Nearly 1 in 3 youth in the U.S. have prediabetes. (AP)
Nipah virus continues to spread in India, with 2 more cases, including one fatality. (CIDRAP)
The U.S. has reclosed its southern border to livestock imports as a flesh-eating parasite moves farther north in Mexico. (AP)
Mental Health & Substance Use News:
It’s not just Texas flood victims who are deeply impacted, but also first responders, especially as efforts move into recovery rather than rescue. (AP)
After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer from lingering symptoms for years. (NPR)
Cooking therapists are helping clients unpack trauma…in their kitchens. (NY Times)
If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or need help, call 988 or message the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.
Best Questions:
We have employees who were affected by flooding in central Texas. What resources can we offer them?
Flooding in central Texas has displaced many residents and disrupted lives. If you have employees impacted, here are a few easy ways to support them:
Local news KXAN has compiled a fantastic list of local resources, available here, for everything from immediate shelter to insurance, legal, housing, and FEMA reporting.
There are a number of mental health resources available for those affected, including first responders. Local and national programs are offering both in-person and online counseling for free, many of which are included in this list from Fox 7.
The Health Action Alliance has some great tips specifically for employers, including things like setting up an emergency relief fund and enabling 401(k) hardship withdrawals.
For employers, sharing these links with your teams (via email, text, or posted flyers) is a good first step. If you have an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), remind employees it can be used for disaster-related stress, too.
We’ve all been holding our breath, waiting to see if there’s another summer surge this year, but so far, we’re not seeing anything to indicate a major spike in cases this summer.
Overall, U.S. COVID cases are slowly rising, but not dramatically. Florida and Texas are seeing cases climb over the past few weeks, but emergency department visits are still quite low across the South, even though wastewater is showing a bit of an increase throughout the region. Hawaii has had higher wastewater tests all summer long, and continues to be a bit of a hotspot.
The latest variant, NB.1.8.1 (nicknamed “nimbus”), makes up nearly half of all U.S. cases right now, and while it does seem to spread more easily, it doesn’t cause any more severe illness than previous variants. There are some anecdotal reports that the nimbus variant causes a severe sore throat in some people, which doctors are hearing about more than with previous strains.
The bottom line here is that we’re keeping an eye on COVID rising in the South and Hawaii, but don’t expect to see huge summer surges like we have in the past. Fingers crossed that it stays this way throughout the summer!
NIOSH has led the charge in workplace mental health efforts, but after the majority of its staff were laid off and its budget is set to be slashed, workplace mental health efforts may suffer:
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"Partnering with ZHH was a game changer. The transparency, visibility, technology, consistency, and time spent on supporting our business, it's as if all the stars aligned and it just made sense. We are big fans."
Natalya Harvey, Director of Risk Management, Cooper's Hawk Winery
“Zero Hour Health helps ensure the wellness of our team members and guests. The trusted service helps with industry relationships and is integral to our investment in food safety across the organization. “
"When any potential health crisis arises, we turn to Zero Hour Health to help coordinate the clinical resources necessary- testing, confirming diagnoses and vaccinating employees. Their relationships with health departments have proven critical to Texas Roadhouse. ZHH is an invaluable partner to our brand and we can't imagine operating without them."
Patrick Sterling, Vice President of Legendary People, Texas Roadhouse
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