Category Archives: Care homes

Sanitisers not as effective as soap and water when it comes to hand hygiene

They were designed as a “stop gap” measure Hand sanitisers were never meant to replace [...]

The “lurking” winter bug that can only be controlled with soap and waster washing

Hand sanitiser won’t protect anyone from norovirus says report Winter last year was punctuated by [...]

Handwashing message still not sufficiently robust as people fail to protect themselves – and others

Strong messaging regarding the effect on others has been suggested People around the globe have [...]

How handwashing prevents microbial infection

Soap and water – and a sound technique – are vital The importance of basic [...]

Soap and water hand washing is the preferred method – but why 20 seconds?

Mathematical model reveals that it needs to be “vigorous” Using soap and water is the [...]

THIS is why you need to wash your hands “for at least 20 seconds”

Effective vigorous techniques take time, says report There has been a great deal of publicity [...]

Why soap and water hand washing will continue to be essential

Those “same old germs” will be back again… Effective soap and water hand washing has [...]

Can care homes adopt new measures with enhanced risk assessments called for post-lockdown?

Adding additional portable hand washing facilities suggested A recent Government announcement stated that care home [...]