Hand hygiene compliance in healthcare
Greg Whiteley shares his thoughts on a recently published paper in the American Journal of Infection Control on hand hygiene compliance.
10 July, 2017Healthcare
Cleaning health facilities will test your processes
Mark Jones looks at the considerations to get cleaning teams and processes up to speed when cleaning health and aged care facilities
6 July, 2017
Green cleaning for health: why it matters
GECA has seen an increase in the number of cleaning and personal care products seeking certification in recent years, suggesting that manufacturers are responding to increased demand for low-impact cleaning solutions.
29 June, 2017
Collaboration key in fight against healthcare associated infections
Many HAIs are preventable with current recommendations, yet only 30 to 38 per cent of hospitals are fully compliant, with only 40 per cent of healthcare personnel adhering to proper hand hygiene.
22 June, 2017
Hospital floors may pose a larger health risk than previously thought, study finds
Industry experts weigh in on new study that suggests hospital room floors may be an overlooked source of infection.
7 June, 2017
How poor cleaning processes can impact the bottom line
Murray McDonald, director of Duplex Cleaning Machines, examines impacts of poor cleaning processes.
22 May, 2017
Spotless buys Victorian laundry business
Acquisition includes a number of new multi-year healthcare laundry contracts, including an initial 10-year contract with Cabrini Hospital.
9 May, 2017
Qld govt calls for new health powers
State health officials to be given new powers to investigate, shut down and fine facilities putting people at risk of serious infections.
7 March, 2017
GJK takes further step into healthcare
GJK awarded the cleaning services contract for the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
13 January, 2017
Dr Ilham Kadri looks at challenges of preventing HAIs
President of the Diversey Care Division of Sealed Air Dr Ilham Kadri has recently shared her view on the challenges of preventing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) on the European Cleaning Journal website.
28 September, 2016
Diversey Care launches industry first automatic hand care dispenser
Sealed Air’s Diversey Care division has introduced a commercial hand care system which features the industry’s first hybrid automatic hand care dispenser with both touchless and manual activation.
20 September, 2016
Study finds improved hand hygiene through electronic hand hygiene monitoring
A recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control has shown that ‘electronic hand hygiene monitoring improves compliance with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) five movements for hand hygiene recommendations’.
7 July, 2016
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