Focus on the washroom
Kimberly-Clark Professional asks: does your washroom provide hygiene control and instil confidence in your healthcare facility?
As England continues with lockdown and fighting the pandemic, the healthcare sector has put critical focus on hygiene in all its areas from the waiting room to the operating theatre. The heightened focus on ensuring staff safety and protecting patients across all sectors should start with washroom hygiene.
Olena Neznal, Vice President of Kimberly-Clark Professional EMEA, said: “The pandemic has put the healthcare sector further under pressure to keep everyone safe, whilst continuing to deliver essential care.
“Washrooms can be a primary source of contamination risk in a healthcare environment. COVID-19 has brought new challenges focused on infection control, prioritising hygiene whilst balancing budgets. So, as many contaminants start in the washroom, it is critical to ask the question – does your washroom provide the hygiene control you need?”
It’s more important now more than ever to ensure the consistent application of good hygiene practices in healthcare facilities, but just how confident are people in the cleanliness of their healthcare facilities?
A survey about how COVID-19 has affected perceptions of cleanliness and hygiene in the healthcare sector, conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Kimberly-Clark Professional, shows that only 28% of respondents are confident with levels of cleanliness and hygiene in hospital and healthcare locations, and only 68% feel safe visiting a healthcare location now.
As the leaders in workplace hygiene, Kimberly-Clark Professional is keen to fully uncover the concerns and issues around attending healthcare facilities. The company
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commissioned the research to discover how people really felt and discovered that 80% of consumers are now more aware of hygiene practices when outside the home.
According to the research, across all hospital and healthcare locations, waiting rooms and washrooms are the top two areas for urgent hygiene improvement. 75% think waiting rooms are the most important area to improve hygiene levels, while 67% think public washrooms also need improvement. 70% of respondents wanted to see more sanitisers, while 59% want to see employees actively cleaning, with cleaning and disinfecting procedures clearly communicated.
Looking at senior care homes, or long-term care facilities, 86% of respondents perceive visiting as high to moderate risk. In care homes, 77% showed concern about toilets, while 61% considered hygiene levels in washrooms as the most important aspect.
Get with the programme
Kimberly-Clark Professional has introduced the 360° Hygiene & Protection programme to help the healthcare sector deliver the highest possible levels of hygiene and restore confidence.
Hygiene is obviously already top of the agenda in a clinical healthcare environment. However, the new data shows that additional focus must be given to public areas such as foyers, waiting rooms and most importantly washrooms, to ensure hygiene provisions and surface wiping protocols are not only effective in these high traffic areas but are also reassuring.
Kimberly-Clark Professional offers specific healthcare facility support through considering need areas, and tools to assess your facility and identify germ hotspots. Hotspots
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