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Hygiene in healthcare - is it all about COVID?
9th of April 2021
Outbreaks of MRSA, c.difficile, the norovirus and other hospital-acquired infections used to dominate the healthcare news. But references to such once-common conditions have disappeared virtually overnight. Are they no longer an issue - or has the advent of COVID-19 eclipsed them, asks Ann Laffeaty?
Every winter, the news used to be filled with
Creating awareness of professional cleaning - a campaign in Germany
8th of April 2021
Katja Scholz in Germany reports on the latest news from the contract cleaning association, BIV.
Take part in the discussion on socio-political questions – that is the challenge facing the sector with the largest workforce in Germany. At the beginning of the year, the Federal Association of Contract Cleaners (BIV) took a further step
Prioritising wellbeing, hygiene, safety and visible cleaning
7th of April 2021
Kimberly-Clark Professional recently commissioned a study in the UK, France and Germany to discover how people really felt about returning to work after the first coronavirus peak. It found that wellbeing, hygiene and safety are now very much at the top of everyone’s agenda.
Across Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic has moved wellbeing, hygiene
EFCI engages actively with UN Sustainable Development Goals
6th of April 2021
EFCI, which represents our sector at EU level, is actively engaging with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the UN. It believes the cleaning and facilities sector has a key role to play.
In September 2015, the 193 UN member states unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, an unprecedented 15-year common
National NHS cleaning protocol launched
1st of April 2021
A new protocol for cleaning public spaces in England has been launched in response to COVID-19.
This is said to be the first time that cleaning has been regulated by means of an official standard that can be measured and audited. Organisations previously relied on guidance from HSE and Public Health England for maintaining high levels of
US men are washing their hands more thoroughly than women
31st of March 2021
Men have been more conscientious than women in maintaining good hand washing habits during the pandemic, according to a new survey of 1,050 American adults.
Just under 70 per cent of men claim to have kept up their improved hand hygiene habits since the pandemic began compared with 57 per cent of women. And 62 per cent of men say they were "very
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