Infection Control

By Sam Greaves, MD and fourth generation owner of The Cleenol Group, a manufacturer and supplier of commercial and industrial cleaning and hygiene products Approximately 70 per cent of health care workers and 50 per cent of surgical teams do ...

Facilities management firm, Incentive FM, has introduced Nordic Chem antimicrobial coating throughout The Mall at Cribbs Causeway, to prevent the spread of harmful pathogens including the Human Coronovirus. Nordic Chem antimicrobial coating has been proven by independent UK laboratories to terminate harmful ...

Chris Wakefield, Managing Director UK & Ireland, GOJO Industries-Europe Ltd, explains how making some smart hygiene choices can help protect staff and customers this winter. Winter is the prime season for germs. Colds, flu, norovirus, and other seasonal viruses rear ...

BiocareUV Ltd has commenced its R&D contract with Public Contracts Scotland as part of the HAARSAIN SBRI Competition ‘Reducing Spread of Airborne Pathogens in Healthcare’. BiocareUV Ltd will research & develop new UV technology with associated control software within NHS Tayside ...

Healthcare providers increasingly find certain stubborn pathogens are a constant presence on particular wards. Despite diligent disinfection, certain Gram-negative or emerging pathogens such as persistent fungus Candida auris seem to create recurrent outbreaks with no clear cause. Emerging research shows that dry ...

The Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, has launched a new GBAC Academy training course focused on increasing knowledge of cleaning for health for individuals in all businesses. The new course, ‘Infectious Disease Awareness in the Workplace: COVID-19 ...

By James Carver, Managing Director, OSC The steady return of workers to offices across the country has been positive news for all. However, this return to normality has coincided with an increase in Covid cases and the fast approach of ...

As Covid cases and other seasonal illnesses sweep the nation, Paul Owen, Regional Director at Kingdom Cleaning shares his top tips for winter cleaning Winter is coming and it’s looking pretty worrying when it comes to public health. Covid cases ...

By Dave Rudge, REACT Specialist Cleaning With an increase in hospital cleanliness, it would be the assumption that there would be a decrease in the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), however, there has been little evidence to suggest such a ...

England’s recent ‘Freedom Day’ saw the majority of restrictions removed throughout the country, including the gradual return of workforces to offices, as the vaccination programme continues to make steady progress. However, as case numbers continue to rise, many employees remain ...