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Updated Full Consensus statement on hygienic hand drying (Panel meeting 11 October 2022) The importance of good hand washing to prevent the spread of infection is widely accepted by scientists and the public. However, hand drying receives much less attention. Some potentially harmful microbes remain on the hands after washing, and these are [...]
Eurofins-Inlab Study Eurofins-Inlab is a leading Institute for Microbiology of food, analyses, hygiene of companies and environmental hygiene. Inlab was founded in 1992 as a microbiology laboratory of food. Inlab is member of the Eurofins Group since December 1st, 2007. • ETS commissioned a study at Eurofins-Inlab for the assessment of the microbiological contamination of three types of hand drier equipment in [...]
The European Tissue Symposium has developed a Position Paper and additional documents which compare the different Hand Drying Systems. This Position Paper is a short but comprehensive summary of a number of extremely important studies which have compared the hygiene aspects of using Paper Towels or Electric Hand Dryers. Some of these studies have [...]
Leaving the lightest possible footprint Sustainable development means a situation where today's use of resources will leave no negative impact on the next generations’ welfare. It also means that the industry takes its responsibility to heart and strives for solid progress in all aspects of its operations: environmental, social and economic. All member companies of [...]
The Environment section includes the following pages:Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Integrated Waste Management (IWM) Product Specific Requirement (PSR) Cotton Today
Leaving the lightest possible footprint Sustainable development means a situation where today's use of resources will leave no negative impact on the next generations’ welfare. It also means that the industry takes its responsibility to heart and strives for solid progress in all aspects of its operations: environmental, social and economic. All member companies of [...]
At Infection Prevention Society Conference Leading Medical Microbiologist Professor Mark Wilcox presented the latest results of a multisite study across three countries and in real life settings in a in-depth session on October 1st. At this IPS Conference, now in its 11th year, leading experts in their field have presented on [...]
2 Investigators: Some Hand Dryers Harbor Dirty Secret May 19, 2016 10:01 PM By Dave Savini A very interesting article has appeared on May 19, 2016 in the Blackdailynews section of the CBS website. To read the full article, please use the following link: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/2-investigators-hand-dryer-harbors-dirty-secret/ Here are reproduced some images and passages of the [...]
Hand hygiene guidance published by SF2H in their prestigious French hospital hygiene journal highlights the risks posed by electric dryers Guidance recommends the use of single use paper towels as the most effective hand drying method in minimising the spread of microorganisms New guidance on hand hygiene [...]
The following data on European and Global Capacity shares are from RISI World Tissue Monitor: Capacity Shares of the Main Western European Tissue Suppliers end of 2022 (based on WTBM Q4 2022) Capacities of the top 10 Global Tissue Suppliers (based on end of 2020 capacity) ================================================================================ Past data: Capacity Growth of Top [...]
