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Official Recommendations On Hand Washing and Drying: Paper Towels, Cloth Towels and Electric Hand Dryers (part 4 - Australia - Canada - USA) AUSTRALIA 2011 - From the “Better Health Channel.” Produced in association with the State Government of Victoria Department of Health A fact sheet under the ‘Preventing Infection’ section of a site with [...]
Official Recommendations On Hand Washing and Drying: Paper Towels, Cloth Towels and Electric Hand Dryers (part 1 - WHO - EU - Belgium) WHO 2009 WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care Published for the First Global Patient Safety Challenge (“Clean Care is Safer Care”) From the introduction: “The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene [...]
OUR HANDS, OUR FUTURE! Washing your hands properly matters. Correct choice of hand drying method matters. #GlobalHandwashingDay #Handhygiene
Official Recommendations On Hand Washing and Drying: Paper Towels, Cloth Towels and Electric Hand Dryers (part 2 - France) FRANCE ANSES (formerly AFSSA) - French Agency for food, environmental and occupational health and safety 2005 Hygiene recommendations for the preparation, handling and storage of feeding bottles ANSES is concerned with the safety standards of bottles [...]
SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Safety Rule (Germany) Coordinated by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) the new SARS-CoV-2 occupational health and safety rule was drawn up jointly by the advisory committees on occupational safety and health at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). The SARS-CoV-2 occupational health and safety [...]
Dryers: Many germs in the air By Daniel Krull Dryers with air nozzles are suspected of swirling germs and bacteria in the room air. In a sample, market has had the load checked in five heavily frequented toilets from a lab. There were significantly more germs [...]
SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Safety Rule (Germany) Coordinated by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) the new SARS-CoV-2 occupational health and safety rule was drawn up jointly by the advisory committees on occupational safety and health at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). The SARS-CoV-2 occupational health and safety [...]
Multisite hospital study demonstrates hand drying method can affect risk of bacterial dissemination in real world settings Findings have important implications for minimising risk of cross infection in hospital washrooms A new, real-life multisite study has found that washrooms have significantly less bacterial [...]
Polish primary school and Finnish university win 2015 paper recycling awardsThe European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) launched a call for candidates for the 2015 European Paper Recycling Awards.The awards identify projects, initiatives and campaigns that contribute to Europe’s sustainability through activities supporting paper recycling.On October 2015 the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) announced the winners of [...]
Hospital washrooms with jet air dryers have higher microbial burden suggests pilot study Further studies are encouraged to determine risk of environmental microbial contamination resulting from different hand-drying methods November 2017- A pilot study undertaken by experts from the Microbiology department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Leeds suggests that hospital [...]
