Mobile sinks – handwashing saves lives

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Portable hot water hand wash stations

WHO – hand washing drastically reduces diarrhoea

45% reduction – and it’s cost-effective say World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) are very strong advocates of regular, effective hand washing and are quick to acknowledge its importance. “Hygiene education and promotion of hand washing are simple, cost-effective measures that can reduce diarrhoea cases by up to 45%. Even when ideal sanitation is [...]

Handwashing with your own choice of towel and soap dispenser

Introducing the new Stop ‘nWash backboard The Stop ‘nWash backboard for the ever popular Hygienius and Hygienius Prowash allows the use of your preferred liquid soap and paper towel dispensers. The Hygienius The innovative and award-winning TEAL Hygienius® is highly portable needing no plumbing, requiring only a 13 amp power socket for operation. A hot [...]

Handwashing habits made visible with portable sinks

“Good hand hygiene achieved through handwashing is considered to be the single-most important practice in reducing transmission of infection (1). But sometimes, there’s no facilities conveniently available and time is the enemy,” said Manty Stanley of TEAL Patents. “We’d love to see more visible hot water, handwashing units on the wards so clinicians and patients could [...]

Hand hygiene reduces infection spread

By Manty Stanley at TEAL Patents. Cross-infection is spread by the transmission of a pathogenic organism from one person to another (1) and is a problem in any setting where groups of people get together. In schools, nurseries, children’s clubs and other social environments where there is inadequate hand hygiene procedures and facilities, cross-infection can lead [...]