Healthcare sector

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 ...

Sodexo has partnered up with the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) and Tork, Essity’s global leading professional hygiene brand, to launch an Environment, Cleaning and Decontamination (ECD) programme to support infection prevention practitioners tackle infections in healthcare settings. Infection control has ...

ISS Healthcare has commissioned an innovative project that will take a scientific and behavioural approach to healthcare cleaning and drive the nation’s healthcare journey in our places that heal. ISS worked closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement in the development of ...

Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is introducing 12 brand new cleaning robots to support several NHS hospitals across the UK. Medirest has partnered with cleaning innovation specialist, Killis, to develop the innovative technology which is ideally ...

International PPE firm, Globus Group, has created an innovative sustainable solution for personal protective equipment waste by recycling off-cuts from mask production into cleaning materials for hospitals. The company, the biggest British PPE manufacturer, is already keeping hundreds of thousands ...

A study into a major cause of hospital acquired infections (HAI) has begun. The work is exploring how contagion bacteria survive even deep cleans with chemical products and is evaluating a novel approach to reduce HAI through the use of ...

An Italian-based firm that specialises in the supply of toilet tissue, roll and hand towels and hygiene rolls to hospitals, has acquired a British manufacturer of disposable tissue products to grow its presence in the UK. Lucart S.p.A., part of the Lucart Group based in the Italian city of Lucca, has acquired Essential Supply Products ...

The Dussmann Group, a global multi-service provider, has acquired the Janus Group Vienna, through its subsidiary Dussmann Service Austria. The Janus Group, which employs 1,300 people, is a specialist provider of cleaning and disinfection services to healthcare facilities. It has gained many ...

Commercial linen stain removal specialist, Regenex, has used its textile dyeing expertise to colour 100,000 medical scrub suits for future use on healthcare frontlines. The white workwear, ordered for emergency use, has been dyed in shades of cobalt, raspberry and ...

Samsic UK is fielding support to a growing number of Covid-19 NHS Vaccination and Plasma Donor Centres. The national facilities management services provider is working at the Princess Royal Sports Arena in Lincoln – one of the country’s first mass vaccination ...