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Sharing knowledge for a better infection control future
25th of October 2013
Mike Sullivan, managing director of hand hygiene products supplier GOJO Industries - Europe writes his latest hand hygiene blog for the ECJ website. He reports from the recent Infection Prevention seminar in the UK.
Real people better than robots - say Danish residents
25th of October 2013
ECJ correspondent in Scandinavia, Petra Sjouwerman, reports from Denmark, where elderly residents like real cleaners more than robots.
Elderly residents in Denmark prefer real life cleaners. A recent study has shown that a majority of elderly Danes experienced a considerable reduction in their quality of life by having a robot vacuum instead of a
Cleaning products with sustainability built in
24th of October 2013
A growing number of cleaning operations are looking at making their operations more sustainable by using products designed to reduce energy, chemical and water use. We ask cleaning companies and manufacturers about this trend and find out about the latest sustainable products and systems on the market.
Sustainability is no longer seen as an
Ausclean Pulire welcomes international visitors
24th of October 2013
The Ausclean Pulire exhibition took place in Sydney, Australia last week - attracting visitors from Europe, North America and New Zealand as well as the home market.
The event was attended by around 1,000 end users and cleaning product distributors. This year's more international flavour was attributed to Ausclean's partnership with Italian
Attractive new ‘disguises’ for portable toilets
23rd of October 2013
A New York-based portable toilet company has come up with a range of standalone cubicles designed to impress the clientele.
Callahead has taken the traditional portable toilet - often an eyesore - and turned it into an attractive facility with comfortable features inside. The toilets are available in a range of colours and themes to suit any
'Dehumanising' toilet cleaning banned in India
22nd of October 2013
Indian lawmakers have passed a long-promised bill to ban manual cleaning of toilet waste by workers who are seen as the 'ultimate untouchables' under the country's ancient Hindu caste-hierarchy.
Already illegal under a largely ineffective 1993 law, the Congress government pledged to make another attempt at stamping out the practice with the new
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