WASHROOM


installations. From factories to offices, from healthcare to food processing and across industrial manufacturing there are well designed and carefully considered dispensing systems that meet almost any requirement.


reputational damage that can result from having a dirty washroom.


With hand hygiene still being the single most important factor in the control of bacterial transference, it is generally held that using disposable paper towels is a fundamental element in attaining and maintaining the very highest of hand hygiene standards. Even when gloves are being used, the National Patients Safety Agency recommends that hands are washed and dried properly every time a pair of gloves is changed. The reason is that gloves make hands sweaty and that can thus provide an ideal environment for bacterial growth. Of course, staff are busy and it is easy for them to forget that basic practice. It is here that the thoughtful situation of the dispensers themselves, can make a major contribution as to how frequently they are used. Easy-to-fit hand towel dispensers can be placed where it is most convenient for people to use and thus the minimum disturbance is achieved. It is true of busy hospitals, care homes and organisations where food is manufactured, prepared or served.


Most of those examples are not customer facing in the accepted use of the term, though good looking dispensers that make the environment more pleasing are always to be lauded.


Those businesses that do have to impress others to establish and maintain perceived levels of excellence amongst third parties are increasingly aware of the significance of the contribution that high washroom standards can make. More properly perhaps, they are becoming more aware of the


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The hospitality industry, restaurants, hotels and sporting venues that host corporate events to generate income when their primary sporting provision is not in action, all know that one bad review on an advisory website can have very negative consequences indeed. It is then a question of not only installing attractive dispensing systems, but keeping them to the required standard, which can entail a lot of costly monitoring. With the minimum wage morphing into the advent of the new living wage in April 2016, staff costs are inevitably going to rise.


“HAND HYGIENE IS


STILL THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE CONTROL OF BACTERIAL


TRANSFERENCE.”


In a competitive, cost sensitive industry, productivity gains are essential if those vital presentation and hygiene standards are to be profitably maintained. So larger capacity dispensers with automatic second roll transfer, simple visual stock level monitoring and an inherent easy to clean design are hugely beneficial, allowing a tighter regular inspection regime and thus reducing the number of costly maintenance visits. Similarly, controlled, single-sheet dispensing helps reduce wastage and creates a tidier washroom environment that encourages users to respect the facility and create less avoidable untidiness.


For some washroom facilities there is the need to do more than be adequate, there is a need to impress. It is here that Bay West®


can add


a little more. The dispensers are available in five dramatic colours that can complement and enhance any washroom décor. When teamed with the new Impressions range of towels and toilet tissue, Bay West®


two-ply hand towels are laminated and micro-embossed to give a softer, more absorbent quality feel to things. Of course the Impressions range is entirely compatible with the standard Bay West®


range of dispensers.


Of course the benefits of sound hand hygiene practice are not confined to just those hygiene critical sectors, but are as valid to almost every major organisation. It is well known that bacteria can be spread throughout the workplace just by touching door handles, computer keyboards etc. Providing the means to wash and dry hands properly is a first step to controlling the spread of infections that can bring misery to employees and negatively affect overall working efficiency.


FACILITIES MANAGEMENT


2016 All these products are featured on Stand Number C606 in the Cleaning Section of the 2016 Facilities Management Exhibition held at the National Exhibition Centre from the 22nd- 24th March.


Exhibiting for the first time under the Northwood Hygiene Products Ltd banner following its the recent acquisition of Disposables UK, the already successful and established Bay West®


brand will benefit even


more from the greater reach and resource of the newly expanded group.


is


reaching out to a premium sector that appreciates the little extra luxury. two and three-ply toilet tissue and


With first class customer support and new developments already in the pipeline, some of which are due to be announced shortly, Northwood Hygiene Products look forward to welcoming you to the Stand.


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