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Nominations and entries are now being received for the 2012 Loo of the Year Awards – the annual competition to find the best places ‘to go’ in Britain, Ireland and The Channel Islands.


Now celebrating its 25th Anniversary, Loo of the Year Awards is promoted by The British Toilet Association and is run this year in association with Headline Sponsor Lepicol, a probiotic formulation specifically developed to help maintain healthy bowels - naturally.


Other sponsors include Clos-o-Mat and Bonasystems.


Entries are invited from all categories of ‘away from home’ toilets and every entry receives an unannounced, dedicated, inspection visit. Entries gaining a bronze, silver, gold or platinum award are presented with a certificate – to help them promote their Award winning facilities to their customers and staff.


The Attendant of the Year Awards form part of Loo of the Year Awards but relate specifically to


the cleaning staff that look after facilities, rather than the loos themselves. All attendants and/or cleaning staff will automatically be entered for an Attendant of the Year Award.


There are a range of National and UK awards and trophies for the very best entries which will be presented at a special 25th Anniversary Awards Presentation Event to be held on Friday 7th December at the elegant four-star St John’s Hotel in Solihull.


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University College Hospital (UCH) is the first in the country to introduce a 'virtual nurse' to greet staff and patients on their arrival and remind them about the importance of following good infection control practice.


As well as advising staff, patients and visitors about the importance of hand hygiene and cleanliness, the virtual nurse also keeps patients and visitors informed about other Trust projects.


The virtual nurse, funded by Interserve, who provide facilities services at the hospital, is just one tactic being used by the facilities team to improve awareness of the importance of infection control. Others include, signs, recorded messages prompting staff and patients to clean their hands, patient information leaflets and training and education programmes.


The virtual nurse is reflected via high definition


video projectors onto a specially-developed material, which produces a crystal clear image.


Visitors will be regularly prompted by the virtual nurse to clean their hands at the many hand gel dispenser points around the hospital. The unit has two working dispenser units built into the design, so visitors can take immediate action.


A short study suggests the unit is being well received by patients and visitors. One in three people in the UCH atrium used the unit to clean their hands during a two-hour period in November.


Should the trial prove successful, patients can look forward to seeing additional virtual units throughout the Trust, welcoming patients, visitors and staff at its other key locations – providing a wide range of patient and visitor information.


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The Environment Agency have announced that clean up work for the Olympic site in Stratford, east London has now been completed.


London’s largest new urban park in 100 years has been created, with 300,000 wetland plants and 2,000 native trees planted and five miles of the river Lea restored. The park also has


environmentally friendly facilities such as a waste water recycling plant, an energy centre producing low-carbon energy, and over 22 miles of cycleways and footpaths.


Mark Woodhead, Chairman of the British Cleaning Council, commented: "Transforming such a vast and contaminated industrial


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landscape into one of the largest new urban parks in Europe is a huge achievement. The Olympic Park project has shown that large- scale environmental projects can be combined with infrastructure regeneration and development, to create clean and safe public spaces which can be enjoyed by all."


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A golf event in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and the East Anglian Air Ambulance has been arranged for all members of the cleaning industry.


If you’d like to get a hole-in-one for a good cause, tickets are just £45, including the donation fee, and this will include a breakfast, 18 holes of golf and a two-course meal afterwards.


Extras, including Beat The Pro and the Longest Drive Competition, make this a great event in aid of an even greater cause.


Contact Des Fulcher, BICSc East Anglia Chair, at des@trainnice.com for further details or to book.


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