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However, the situation is different in public places. While washroom facilities are readily available in restaurants, pubs, shopping centres and hotels, these will all be particularly crowded due to the Christmas rush. And this makes it more difficult for cleaning teams to maintain high standards of hygiene while also ensuring a constant supply of soap and hand towels.


“The simple acts of hand washing and drying can


significantly reduce


the risk of contracting colds, flu, norovirus and stomach bugs.”


Pubs and restaurants will also be hosting office parties where large numbers of people may be drinking more excessively than usual. This means the guests will potentially be paying more frequent trips to the washroom and cleanliness standards may be compromised.


In busy shopping centres there will be a high risk of dispensers running out between maintenance checks because washroom traffic can be difficult to predict. Here staff need to be able to maintain the toilets quickly and unobtrusively to avoid clashing with washroom users and potentially putting cubicles out of action.


Queues will form for the toilets and basins in all these venues if supplies of toilet paper, soap or hand towels have been allowed to run out. Air dryers in particular tend to lead to queuing since even the fastest air dryers take at least 10 seconds to dry the hands.


In these types of situations it is important to install long-lasting systems that speed up the washroom visit and that are also easy to top up.


A good soap solution for busy washrooms is Tork Foam Soap. This


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comes in cartridges that contain two and a half times the amount of soap housed in most liquid soap systems. This means the soap is less likely to run out between maintenance checks and the cartridge can be changed in seconds when it does.


A long-lasting supply of toilet paper that reduces the risk of run-outs is also essential during the busy Christmas period. Tork SmartOne has been designed to give out just one sheet of toilet tissue at a time, reducing consumption by up to 40% which again helps to save maintenance time.


Another good toilet tissue option for a busy venue is the Tork Twin Coreless Mid-Size Toilet Roll Dispenser. This comprises two tightly-wound rolls which are together equivalent to nine conventional rolls. When the first roll has been used up, the second can be accessed to ensure a continuous supply.


In high-traffic washrooms in busy shopping centres, a continuous supply of hand towels will be required to avoid run-outs. A system such as the Tork PeakServe Continuous Hand Towel will dramatically reduce queuing since each user is supplied with a towel in just three seconds. This allows washroom visitors to take a towel and move on, leaving the space free for the next person. Meanwhile, the patented dispenser eliminates the risk of jams in order to speed up hand-drying.


It’s all very well ensuring that the washrooms in pubs, hotels, restaurants and shopping centres are kept clean and well stocked during the Christmas rush. But people carrying out their last-minute shopping or heading home on the train, by air or on the underground will not necessarily visit the washroom. This means they may miss out on a valuable hand hygiene opportunity.


However, it is all too easy to pick up bacteria from surfaces such as stair rails, escalators, door handles and the hand straps on trains. And every time we use an ATM or a touchscreen in order to buy a railway ticket or check in for a flight we are adding to that risk.


It therefore makes sense for these types of venues to install hand sanitiser stations to enable people


to carry out a quick, waterless hand clean where no washing and drying facilities are readily available. While these products will not remove any soiling from the hands they will help to keep the number of harmful bacteria in check until a hand washing opportunity occurs.


It can be hard for maintenance staff to anticipate washroom needs in a busy leisure complex or retail centre over Christmas, since the size of the crowds on any given day is impossible to predict. Tork EasyCube removes the need for guesswork, since the sensors inside ‘connected’ Tork washroom dispensers will alert maintenance staff immediately via smartphone or tablet when a dispenser is running low.


“It is all too easy to pick up bacteria from


surfaces such as stair rails, escalators, door handles and the hand straps on trains.”


Cleaners can then head for the washroom in question and target only those dispensers where refilling needs to take place. EasyCube also enables cleaners to find out remotely which washrooms are experiencing particularly heavy traffic, alerting them to the need to carry out extra maintenance checks in high-use toilets and allowing them to address any potential issues before they lead to complaints.


Catching a cold is a trivial affair but it can cast a blight over Christmas. And illnesses such as flu, the norovirus and food poisoning can also cause much misery.


However, by reminding everyone of the importance of hand hygiene, and by making it easy for public venues to keep their washrooms clean and well stocked at all times – and providing hand sanitisers where necessary – we can help to ensure that everyone enjoys the festive season.


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