WASHROOM HYGIENE
A TOUCH MORE
Keeping things ‘hands-free’ in a washroom environment is an ideal way to prevent any cross contamination taking place before, during and after the hand-washing process. Northwood Hygiene recognised this need with the launch of its new ‘touchless’ Leonardo dispensers. Here, we learn all about them.
The newly launched Leonardo Soap Dispensers from Northwood Hygiene incorporate the very latest developments and features in touchless electronic soap dispensing. In particular it addresses the long running concern that when the batteries in any electronic dispensing system run low, there is the risk that, before the maintenance team has a chance to replace them, washroom users will be unable to access sufficient soap to clean their hands properly.
Well no more. With Leonardo’s new soap dispensers, when battery levels fall below a certain level, there is an automatic conversion to a manual operation. The panel on the dispenser lights up, users are directed to ‘Push – the – Cover’ and they are then able to pump the soap out manually. So hand hygiene standards are maintained, which is clearly especially important in those hygiene critical areas such as healthcare or food preparation areas, for example. It has the additional benefit of making life easier for the cleaning operatives too, as they are now visually alerted to the need for replacement batteries to be installed.
The dispensers come in either blue or a silver variant. Designed to be easy to fit, clean and maintain, such is their versatility, they can dispense lotion or
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foam soap or even a hand sanitiser as required. Unlike a bar of soap there is no chance of bacterial transference from one person to another and the sealed pouches ensure that there is no risk of tampering.
Liquid soap wasn’t marketed until the 1970s and foam soap has gained its current popularity only relatively recently. Whilst both versions have their advocates, there is evidence to suggest that foam soap is not just popular with users, (important, as it encourages more frequent hand washing) it has environmental advantages too.
Take water conservation. A study has shown that 16% less water is used to lather and rinse hands when using foam soap as opposed to liquid soap. It goes up to 45% if the foam soap is applied to hands without wetting them first. Foam soap bio-degrades more quickly than traditional liquid soap and because it requires less foam soap per hand wash, it lasts longer and so costs less per hand wash than its liquid equivalent. So being easy on the environment, affordable, efficient and hygienic it represents a real option to the more traditional liquid alternative.
Leonardo foam or liquid soap options are available, both offering perfumed and unperfumed variants and
both are anti-bacterial. The 700ml capacity packs are easy to change with replaceable pumps and there is an impressive list of other benefits. The soaps are dermatologist approved, making them suitable for use on sensitive skin and for those with skin complaints, they are hypoallergenic and allergen free, and are ideal for use in nurseries and children’s wards as they are also paediatrician approved.
Of course the soap dispensers are designed to complement the successful range of Leonardo hand towel dispensers. Electronic or manually operated, this highly successful range can be found in shopping centres, motorway services, leisure facilities and hospitals across the country. The hand hygiene requirements in washrooms can and do differ according to usage and usage patterns. It follows then that the most efficient dispensing systems factor in all those differences and match them to provide the very best hygiene solutions. The wide range of dispensers and the flexibility to work in partnership with end users and distributors means that Leonardo is well placed to deliver the ideal result.
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