“Research carried out by Ipsos MRBI this summer


revealed that nurses were the most


trusted workers in Ireland.”


(https://www.tork.ie/about/hygiene/dispenser-placement-healthcare/)


their skin condition to glove and soap usage, frequent hand washing and the use of alcohol hand gels.


The provision of fragrance-free conditioning creams in the healthcare sector can help prevent chapping and soreness of the hands. For example, products such as Tork Non-perfumed Hand & Body Lotion work well in this type of situation.


Advice from the Royal College of Nursing is that moisturising creams, where used, should be applied at least half an hour before putting on PPE and that staff should check their hands regularly for signs of redness or breaks in the skin.


Hand sanitisers are an effective solution for use between hand washes, but the placement of dispensers is all- important since busy nurses and midwives should not be required to waste time hunting around for sanitiser when they need it.


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Studies have shown that the number of sanitiser dispensers supplied is less important than where they are positioned – and, according to one study, optimising dispenser placement can increase usage by more than 50%.


Tork has issued a guide to optimum sanitiser dispenser placement at hospital entrances, at nurses’ stations, in a single bed room and on a four-bed ward. Tork Alcohol Hand Sanitisers are available in dispensers for general use as well as in smaller formats that can be clipped to a patient’s bed or issued to a medical worker.


Nurses do an incredible job – and the coronavirus pandemic has tested them to their limits. As members of the public we can only applaud them, but as representatives of the cleaning and hygiene industries we can also help them by doing whatever we can to make their job easier, and by improving the accessibility of good hand hygiene products.


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