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Test your knowledge of ISSA/INTERCLEAN and Amsterdam!
1st of May 2016
If you are currently on your flight across to Amsterdam, grabbing five minutes' break between appointments or meeting colleagues for lunch at the RAI - take time out to test your knowledge of ISSA/INTERCLEAN and Amsterdam. You may be surprised to discover what you know - and what you don't!
1. When two window cleaners met up in an Amsterdam bar
Hand hygiene awareness drives product sales in US
30th of March 2016
Growing awareness of hand hygiene has been driving the market for industrial and institutional (I&I) hand care products in the US. That's according to the latest survey from global market research and management consulting firm Kline - Industrial and Institutional Hand Care: U.S. Market Analysis and Opportunities.
Moreover, sales of
Boeing develops self-cleaning toilet for planes
18th of March 2016
Even the most seasoned of frequent flyers turn into germophobes on a long-haul flight, given the state of the toilet. Now airline manufacturer Boeing is promising a solution with the development of a self-cleaning toilet.
It says it has found a wayto use ultraviolet light to kill 99.99 per cent of germs in the lavatories, disinfect all surfaces
Office staff complain of sub-standard washrooms
10th of March 2016
More than a fifth of UK employees of small to medium businesses are unhappy about the state of their workplace washrooms, according to a study.
And around 32 per cent claim their business has been negatively affected by low washroom standards.
More than half of those questioned in the Initial Washroom Hygiene study said they regularly had to
Chemistry team develops superbug-killing disinfectants
2nd of March 2016
A US team is developing disinfectant compounds that could be used to destroy infectious bacteria, even drug-resistant strains.
And the team hopes to bring its most successful compounds to market - maybe even incorporating them into plastics to make antibacterial surfaces.
According to experts, bacteria have begun to develop resistance to
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