Can a safe disposable eating utensil help correctional facilities control the spread of COVID-19?
Shown to be the safest eating utensil for correctional and psychiatric facilities, EcoSecurity®Utensil (ESU) can also help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The sturdy, U.S.-made paperboard eating utensil is safer for lockdown or quarantine because it is disposable, reducing the spread of viral matter. Plus, heightened agitation from restrictions can increase the need for a utensil that can’t be used to harm self or others.
ESU is the trusted, safe utensil for at-risk populations:
• Trusted by hundreds of prisons, jails and juvenile facilities across the country
• Ideal for suicide watch, quarantine, cutters, mental heath populations, SHU
• Includes perforation for quicker breakdown if ingested or flushed
• Allows for alternatives to finger food-only menus
How ESU helps prevent the spread of COVID-19 and improves safety:
• As recommended by the CDC for prison quarantine, all meal remnants should go into a lined trash bin kept in the isolation area. ESU goes right into the bin, preventing others from handling contaminated material.
• For facilities requiring use of disposable flatware for Covid-19, ESU is the safest disposable; it is used by hundreds of facilities across the country.
• ESU allows in-cell meals to include normal menu items requiring a utensil, helping mitigate agitation over finger food-only menus for extended lockdowns.
• ESU removes another tool for harm to self and to others due to aggressive behavior aggravated by stresses of COVID and continuous lockdowns.
• ESUs are packed facing one direction. A stack can be easily inserted into a vessel with the handle side up, to meet BOP sanitation requirements that “self-serve utensils be dispensed so that contamination of food and lip-contact surfaces are prevented.”
