STOP N’WASH
Hospitals and healthcare organisations need to improve access and visibility to hand wash facilities if they are to reduce the impact of superbugs, such as MRSA and norovirus, over the winter months. The latest data from Scotland suggests that one in 10 doctors do not meet hand hygiene standards, emphasising the need to educate not just visitors on the importance of hand hygiene, but medical staff too.
TEAL has worked with the infection control departments for over 10 years to develop mobile hand wash
stations, which can be easily located to areas where they are needed. The company’s latest model - TEAL Stop n’Wash™ - not only solves the problem of providing hand wash units in areas where there is no access to mains water or drainage, but it can also be used as a useful educational tool.
Designed to educate and encourage the correct hand washing procedure, it has a synchronised display which takes users through the automatic TEAL Stop n’Wash™ programme, and seven rubbing actions as laid down by NHS guidelines.
Manty Stanley, Managing Director at TEAL, said: “1.89 million Britons caught norovirus during last winter, and medical providers need to start thinking about hand hygiene now as a preventative measure, rather than a means of containing an infection outbreak.
“The average person’s hands carry at least 3,000 different bacteria which, once transferred to an object, can remain unchanged for up to two weeks at room temperature. This means that not only do medical staff have to be rigorous in their hand hygiene regime, but visitors and patients must also have easy access to hand wash facilities to prevent and contain outbreaks from deadly Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs), such as C-diffi cile and MRSA.”
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Teal tell us how to keep infections at bay with their new handwashing innovation.
n’Wash™ solves this problem. Accessible to all, it can be used in areas where it's most needed, or where there is limited access to mains water. It's also highly visible with clear instructions that it should be used by members of the general public. Fully automatic and completely hands-free, there are no levers or taps to re-infect hands. It is also pathogen-safe, if a simple hygiene cycle using 500ppm chlorine solution is carried out every 24 hours.
The synchronised display takes the user through a timed wash programme leading to a 35 second hot water hand wash cycle, which then re-sets itself in 10 seconds. Completely self-contained, the TEAL Stop n’Wash™ uses two, twinbag TEALtainers™, which hygienically retain both fresh and waste water securely in separate 10l, heavy duty LLDPE polyethylene bags. When fully utilised, the TEAL Stop n’Wash™ can deliver up to 80 washes. Fitted with four medical castors, two of which are lockable, it just needs a 13A power socket for operation.
Manty continued: “Hospitals are continually under the microscope, but increased visibility and access to hand wash units will help in the fi ght against superbugs, especially if visitors and patients are continually reminded of the need for good hand hygiene.”
In addition to the Stop n’Wash™, TEAL manufacture a range of other units for purchase or hire, including the Hygienius® Prowash, available for delivery throughout the UK within 24 hours.
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