IndustryNews Charity bike ride WFBSC stages first CEOForum
TheWorld Federation of Building Service Contractors held its first CEO Forumin Rome on 26March 2013. Building service industry leaders fromas far afield as the US, Brazil, Japan and Germany discussed two fun- damental issues for the fu- ture of the BSC sector. The first issue to be dis-
On Sunday 7 July Tibor Killi and four friends will be setting off fromSheffield to cycle 429miles to Paris in six days - arriving at the Eiffel Tower on Friday 12 July. They are riding on behalf ofWeston Park Hospital Cancer Charity, a great charity that does some fantastic work for people in Sheffield and beyond. Tibor Killi said: “We are a group of five slightly out of shape
30 something year olds who grew up together in Sheffield and have all ended up back in the city.When we first came up with the idea late last year, none of us somuch as owned a bike, andmost of us hadn't even ridden one since we were at school. Since starting our training, we've had tears and tantrums and even some broken bones, but we're determined tomake it!” The group is aiming to raise upto £6000 forWeston Park and,
with all the logistics sorted, is embarking on the serious busi- ness of attracting sponsors. The group has a Virgin Giving page -
www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/ONIP2013 - so please show your support for an excellent cause.
cussed was the future sce- nario planning for the sector, building on the ISS 2020 proj- ect. The second was the role of cleaning in developing public health, especially in the light of theWFBSCmem- bership of theWHO Private Organisations for Patient Safety Group. Peter Ankerstjerne from
ISS introduced the work that ISS has undertaken on sce- nario planning the world of cleaning in 2020. ISS had un- dertaken a very detailed piece of work to examine the future prospects of the cleaning industry, including both surveys and in depth in- terviews with employees and customers. For ISS, a number of key
themes were emerging: • Technology would be a
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and environmental, will be key differentiators of quality within the cleaning industry - even in the current context of sluggish economic growth in the developed economies.
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driving ahead in the develop- ing world and the greatest opportunities for service in- dustries were there and not in developed economies. • Job enrichment would be
key. As productivity improved, this was an opportunity to revolutionise building service contracting and lift it out of the low pay, low status trap.
Deb supports clean hands campaign World Health Organisation (WHO) called for healthcare staff
andmanagers across the world to focus on the importance of improving hand hygiene in hospitals through its ‘Dave lives: clean your hands’ campaign day on 5May 2013. For this annual event theWHO enlisted support fromlead-
ing global suppliers of infection prevention solutions. Deb Group, creators of the DebMed GroupMonitoring System and a range of hand hygiene and sanitising products, was among the supporters for this global campaign. “This one-day event calls to attention something that is im-
perative 365 days a year for healthcare staff - effective hand hygiene behaviour according to the 'WHO fivemoments of hand hygiene' recommendations,” said Phil Spark, Deb UK’s marketing director. “The campaign aims to empower health- care staff, patients and ultimately all hospital visitors with the knowledge that can help prevent HAIs.” The DebMed GMS electronicallymonitors healthcare
workers’ hand hygiene events and provides feedback on compliance rates in real-time. Spark concludes: “It provides an accurate, cost-effective solution for fighting HAIs and is the only electronic hand hygienemonitoring systemthat meets theWHO ‘5Moments’ recommendation.”
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