Category Archives: Medical and healthcare
Portable hand wash stations and mobile sinks and basins can provide effective hand washing where it’s required – at the point of need! A key element in the fight against norovirus and C-Diff.
Essential that hand hygiene facilities are available at the point of care
Tackling sepsis with effective hand washing There are around 250,000 case of sepsis in the UK [...]
Feb
Antibac gel vs soap and water – which was the winner?
“If it was my choice I would go with hand washing” Doctors Chris and Xand [...]
Feb
BMJ highlights poor paramedic hand hygiene compliance
Ambulance staff study undertaken across 4 countries The British Medical Journal has expressed concerns about “remarkably [...]
Jan
Handwashing more important than ever in the face of antibiotic resistance
“Urgent” global threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs The UK government has announced a plan which [...]
Jan
Norovirus alerts around the UK – why you should wash with soap and water
Infection control centres around effective hand hygiene The warning that “Only hand-washing will prevent spread [...]
Dec
Most people don’t wash hands correctly – if they wash at all!
Half a minute is all it takes for an effective hand wash Many people are [...]
Dec
Why hand washing is essential after every bathroom break
World Toilet Day 2018 campaign emphasis Effective hand washing measures – with soap and water [...]
Nov
Facilities managers: the importance of staff hand washing – and how it can be made more effective
…and why washing facilities need to be in the right place Staff productivity and wellbeing [...]
Nov