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2022 - EFCI looks ahead to challenges and opportunities
14th of March 2022
Juan Díez de los Rios, president of EFCI, looks ahead to the association’s activities for 2022, representing the contract cleaning sector at EU level.
Dear colleagues,
I am happy to address you in this first EFCI contribution to the ECJ in 2022, a year that we are convinced will still show the resilience and strength of our industry,
British Cleaning Council joins initiative against domestic violence
11th of March 2022
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has joined an initiative against domestic violence and is inviting the rest of the cleaning and hygiene sector to review and join.
It has become a member of the Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse (EIDA), a network of large and small businesses which supports employers to address the issue in the workplace.
India holds hand hygiene contest
3rd of March 2022
Cash prizes and certificates will be awarded to the winners of a contest being held in India to promote hand hygiene.
The competition, being staged by the India Sanitation Coalition in collaboration with UNICEF India, aims to reward and recognise the country's hand washing pioneers.
Competition organisers seek to promote those product
One in four cleaners stop work due to sickness, union finds
1st of March 2022
Large numbers of cleaners, security guards and people who work with machinery are regularly forced to leave their jobs early due to injury or ill health, new figures reveal.
According to the Trades Union Congress one in four cleaners and manual workers will quit the labour market before their retirement age due to health issues. This compares
Read the new edition of ECJ online now
28th of February 2022
The latest edition of ECJ is now available to read online or via the app.
Highlights include:
• European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards - finalists announced
• Healthcare - what are the requirements of a cleaning regime?
• Business - the personal toll on business owners of the past two years
• Sustainability - what does
NHS hand hygiene complaints soar during pandemic
25th of February 2022
Hundreds of patients took issue with their GPs' and dentists' hygiene standards during the first year of the pandemic.
Patients' complaints about hygiene and equipment rose by nearly 50 per cent in the year 2020-2021, with more than two-thirds of these gripes relating to lax hand washing protocols.
A total of 361 formal complaints about hygiene
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