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ISSA Hygieia network seeks to mentor young professionals
19th of July 2017
Cleaning industry association ISSA, in partnership with Diversey Care, has established a mentoring programme through the ISSA Hygieia Network (IHN) to cultivate the success of women in the professional cleaning sector. Mentors are currently available to be matched with mentees-professionals at any stage in their careers.
IHN is the women's
Faecal bacteria discovered in ice at three major coffee house chains
11th of July 2017
Ice from three of the UK's largest coffee chains has been found to contain faecal bacteria.
Samples of iced drinks from Costa Coffee, Starbucks and Caffe Nero contained varying levels of bacteria according to an investigation carried out by the BBC's Watchdog programme.
Seven out of 10 samples of iced water from Costa and three out of 10 samples
SCA's hygiene business becomes Essity
7th of July 2017
The SCA Group, best known in the away-from-home sector for the Tork brand, has been split into two independent listed companies. These are the forest products company SCA, and the global health and hygiene company Essity.
Hygiene and health feature highly in Essity's vision and strategy going forward, it says. While SCA's hygiene business had
Hot water is no better than cold for killing germs by hand washing, says study
5th of July 2017
Hot water is no more effective than cold at getting rid of bacteria, a new study on hand washing suggests. Scientists discovered washing in cool water removes just as many germs as hot water.
Not only that, antibacterial soap was no better than normal soap the researchers found.
Food scientist Professor Donald Schaffner said: "People need to
‘HAIs may occur due to germs you bring in hospital with you’
4th of July 2017
The most dangerous germs in the hospital may be the ones you bring in with you, according to a new study.
US researchers from the University of Chicago in Illinois took swabs from more than 250 patients when they arrived at hospital for treatment. Swabs were also taken from the patients' immediate environment and from the nurses and doctors with
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