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and your brand with
Zero Hour Health

A healthy workforce boosts productivity, lowers absenteeism, fosters a positive work environment, and most importantly, lowers the risk to your company's brand and reputation.

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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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June 20, 2025
Measles prevention added to the Camp Packing List 📋

Measles News:

  • 3% of measles cases are among fully vaccinated individuals, according to new CDC data. (USA Today)
  • Doctors say the return of measles is a warning — for falling vaccination rates and the need to rebuild trust in public health. (Medical-News Net)
  • More than 1 in 10 people with measles in Texas required hospitalization. (DHS TX)
  • The CDC and many pediatricians are now urging summer camps to screen for measles immunity. (CBS)


Health News:

  • The owners were arrested after a Michelin-starred restaurant in Japan defied a closure order and remained open, resulting in 80 additional diners falling ill with norovirus.  (Kyodo News)
  • Parts of the EU are reporting an unusually high incidence of Hepatitis A this year. (Europa ECDC)
  • Black lung disease, once nearly eradicated, has come roaring back. (NY Times)
  • A vaccine to prevent gonorrhea is being rolled out in Scotland. (Yahoo News)
  • Encouraging trials for a new Lyme disease vaccine show effectiveness across all ages. (Medscape)
  • The FDA approved a twice-yearly vaccine manufactured by Gilead to prevent HIV. (MedPage Today)
  • A Listeria outbreak linked to chicken fettuccine alfredo sold at Walmart and Kroger has caused 3 deaths and hospitalized 6 people. (AP)
  • Researchers found that an oil contained in the herb rosemary may significantly improve symptoms of Alzheimer’s. (Yahoo)    
  • A new study shows that roughly a third of employees don’t feel comfortable speaking up about safety issues at work. (Alert Media)
  • The FAA issued a five-year license to Varda for manufacturing drugs in space that are difficult or impossible to manufacture on Earth. (SpaceNews)

Mental Health & Substance Use News:

  • SAMHSA, charged with leading both mental health and substance abuse treatment, may have lost up to half of its staff. (Wa Po)
  • Addictive use of phones and electronic devices, rather than just frequent use, is linked to mental health issues and higher suicide rates among youth, according to a new study. (JAMA)

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:

Can germs become resistant to disinfectants (like the way bacteria become resistant to antibiotics)? 

In theory, yes, but it’s not very likely. Just like certain bacteria can become drug resistant, it is possible for microbes to develop resistance to chemical disinfectants, but it usually requires improper use of the disinfectant for that to happen. Acquired resistance happens when something (a drug, a chemical) kills most of the microbe population, but the ones that survive then reproduce unchecked, and become harder to kill. With chemical disinfectants, though, we have two key things going for us:

  1. Disinfectants can kill microbes in various ways, like denaturing or oxidizing, and often multiple different ways of attacking them at once. 
  2. Disinfectants are used on surfaces rather than inside the body, so we can use much higher concentrations than the minimum needed to kill a microbe.


It’s important to make sure we’re using disinfectants properly. Before you use disinfectant, make sure it’s:

  • EPA-approved for the pathogens you’re worried about
  • Compatible with the type of surface you’re working on; hard surfaces and soft surfaces often have different needs
  • In proper concentration and contact time
  • Stored correctly and not expired


And as always, make sure your staff is aware of any chemical interactions, has proper ventilation, and has access to proper PPE like gloves or eye protection. 

Sources: Weill Cornell, NIH, Nature

My employee doesn’t want to share their symptoms because of HIPAA. What can I tell them? 

We hear this one all the time from some employees who don’t want to talk about their symptoms when calling out sick. But if you work in any food service setting, the US Food Code takes precedence, and encourages managers and employees to have conversations about foodborne illness. Usually, these employees misunderstand HIPAA (and in some cases the ADA, as well) and forget about the US Food Code. 

HIPAA sets privacy standards for protected health information, which only applies to certain healthcare settings, not workplace conversations. It could prevent a doctor from sharing a diagnosis directly with an employee’s manager, but it doesn’t prevent a manager from asking employees about their potential foodborne illness symptoms or diagnoses. 

Likewise, we sometimes hear employees complain about an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation, but most foodborne illnesses are short-term and not considered disabilities under ADA. 

Instead, employers need to follow the US Food Code, which explicitly requires that employees report possible symptoms of foodborne illness to their managers, and allows questions about relevant symptoms or diagnoses that could spread via food. 

And listen, we get it - nobody wants to talk to their boss about their poop. But people die from foodborne illness in the U.S. every year, so in foodservice, those uncomfortable conversations can literally be life or death. Having open conversations about your symptoms and making sure that nobody works sick can help keep your team and community safe. 

Source: CDC

Best Read:

America’s growing dental health crisis isn’t just a public health concern—it’s a workplace issue. For employers, poor oral health among workers can lead to increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, and higher health-related turnover. 

America's Dental Health Is in Trouble | TIME

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Every organization has factors that make their health crisis prevention team different, but Zero Hour Health works with your team to tailor a program that solves all of your pain points.

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