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MRSA found on hospital visitors’ phones
20th of June 2011
Mobile phones belonging to hospital patients and visitors are twice as likely to carry dangerous pathogens as those of healthcare staff, a study has revealed.
And seven patient phones tested in the study were found to contain multi-drug-resistant pathogens such as MRSA. No such pathogens were found on mobile phones belonging to hospital
CEE show has more visitors
16th of June 2011
The fifth edition of the ISSA/INTERCLEAN Central and Europe (CEE) exhibition attracted almost 3,700 visitors when it took place in Warsaw, Poland recently - a 30 per cent rise compared to the last event two years ago.
Organisers say that visitors from outside Poland accounted for 25 per cent of the increase. Cleaning professionals from 57
Toilet cleaners overcome by toxic fumes
15th of June 2011
Three men cleaning a toilet were rushed to hospital after being overcome by toxic fumes. The Scottish dockyard workers were believed to be using hydrochloric acid for cleaning the toilet block at Leith Docks.
Ten emergency vehicles were called to the scene and firefighters wearing breathing masks pulled the men to safety.
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Industry shaping technologies identified
14th of June 2011
An international panel of cleaning industry professionals has defined the technologies most likely to change the direction of the industry over the next decade.
From an initial list of 37 developments in the domestic and industrial sectors, the experts - invited by market research consultancy IntertechPira - identified 21 as having the biggest
Rubbermaid appoints new Europe head
13th of June 2011
Rubbermaid Commercial Products, US-based specialist in professional cleaning and hygiene products, has appointed Anna Whitton as its new vice president and general manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa. She is based at the company's new European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Whitton comes to Europe after being with parent company
Vuvuzelas face Olympics ban for spreading disease
13th of June 2011
A ban on vuvuzelas at the London Olympics may be on the cards following research carried out at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The study revealed that the trumpets made famous at the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa can propel aerosol droplets at the rate of four million per second, potentially spreading germs faster than
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