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Healthcare workers miss key areas when using hand sanitisers
21st of September 2015
More than half of healthcare workers commonly miss key areas of their hands when applying hand sanitiser, a new study has found.
Researchers discovered that fewer than 40 per cent of clinicians apply sanitiser to their thumbs. The fingertips and backs of hands were also among the top three most frequently-missed areas.
The team of researchers in
Special ECJ Hygiene for Health supplement - read online now!
17th of September 2015
The special ECJ supplement Hygiene for Health is now available to read online.
The professional cleaning sector plays a vital role in maintaining health and wellbeing in so many different applications - professional kitchens, the leisure industry, travel and tourism, in the workplace and in the healthcare sector itself.
Hygiene for Health takes
Technology - the key to better service and adding value for cleaning firms
16th of September 2015
Benoit Maerten is managing director of Temco Facility Services Europe in Belgium – one of the largest service providers in the country. Having joined the company as a newcomer to the sector in 2011, and with a background in management systems, he quickly saw ways in which to make the business smarter and more efficient.
Having come to the
UK cleaning contractor first in Europe to achieve CIMS certificate
15th of September 2015
A UK cleaning contractor has become the first in Europe to achieve the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) first launched by US-based association ISSA in 2006. Based in London, Principle Cleaning underwent a comprehensive assessment process in order to gain this consensus-based management standard originally developed in the US.
The
Speakers share practical resource management insight at RWM 2015
12th of September 2015
Karl Falkenberg, environment director general of the European Commission is one of many notable speakers discussing the circular economy at RWM 2015, Europe's event for resource efficiency and waste management.
Taking place at the NEC in Birmingham next week, from September 15-17, RWM 2015 will provide practical insight into recycling and waste
September edition of ECJ online now!
11th of September 2015
The September edition of ECJ is now available to read online. Special reports include:
• Using social media effectively in business
• Air freshening - the science of scent
• Impact of daytime cleaning on office staff
• Update on REACH legislation
• The ethics of business
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