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Health, Hygiene and Safety
Are you prepared for the
Teal offer a handy way to
pandemic?
teach hygiene skills
As 5-14 year olds remain the age group predominantly affected by the current
Hand hygiene specialists TEAL have a range of portable warm water
flu pandemic, Midlands based hygiene experts, Deb Limited, advise how
hand wash units that have been specially designed for small children
educational establishments can reduce the risk of catching and spreading flu by
to make hand washing fun and enable youngsters to learn about
adopting good hand hygiene practices, providing adequate hand washing
and take responsibility for their own personal hygiene.
facilities and through promoting the use of a hand sanitiser such as Deb
The units require no fixed plumbing as they store clean and dirty
InstantFOAM which kills 99.999% of common germs in 15 seconds and has
water so can be positioned in convenient locations wherever
been tested and found to be effective against H1N1. Deb products are available
needed. They are safe and easy for children to operate and come in
in over 100 countries and it is estimated that at least 40 million people use Deb
bright colours to encourage use.
products everyday in the workplace.
The Kiddiwash
®
is available in two models – insulated and mains
powered – and provides up to ten 12 second warm washes per filling.
uwww.debgroup.com
It can be placed on any flat surface at a height suitable for pre-school
uenquiry@deb.co.uk
children, while the floor-standing Pinkiwash
®
holds enough water for
u01773 855100
50 ten second warm washes and is ideal for use in schools.
To support the products TEAL supply hand washing posters and
stickers and have a selection of free downloadable hand washing
teaching resources on the website.
uwww.kiddiwash.com
uenquiries@kiddiwash.com
u0121 770 0593
Caswell Group publish guide to managing
asbestos in school buildings
L
eading asbestos removal contractor, are particularly vulnerable to developing fibres, you have a legal duty to manage asbestos
The Caswell Group are advising UK disease after an exposure to asbestos”. (under regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos
schools not to leave it too late to plan If you are responsible for managing the Regulations 2006).
asbestos removal works over holiday maintenance and repair of a school building, you
periods. They are offering all UK Schools a must manage any asbestos in it. As well as
uwww.caswell-group.co.uk
free audit/review of the schools existing protecting people from exposure to asbestos
u
info@caswell-group.co.uk
asbestos registers.
u01438 312504
Asbestos must be properly managed to
prevent people dying from asbestos
diseases in the future. Workers who carry out
building maintenance and repair are
particularly at risk. According to
www.asbestosexposureschools.co.uk “The
majority of schools contain asbestos. The
teaching unions consider that total removal is the
safest option, whereas the Government consider
that "managing" asbestos is the best system. If
asbestos is in a good condition and undamaged
then an effective system of management can be
effective. However there is increasing evidence
that a significant number of schools are not
managing their asbestos effectively and that in
many cases the asbestos is not in good condition.
Much of it is hidden and a normal asbestos
survey will not identify the fact that fibres are
being given off; only comprehensive air-testing
can determine that. The effective management of
asbestos in schools is essential because children
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