HOSPITAL & HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
busy to wash”. Hand washing stations should be plentiful and easily accessible to minimise the time spent locating them. And dispensers should be designed to minimise the risk of soap and hand towels running out precisely when healthcare staff need them most.
Mild soaps and soft hand towels will help to alleviate the problem of dry, sore hands, while better hand hygiene education will insure that everyone is informed about the risks posed by contaminated hands.
“An average of 61% of healthcare workers fail to adhere to these practices according to WHO.”
Tork Foam Soaps are particularly suitable for the healthcare sector since they are quick to lather and housed in a dispenser that requires a minimal amount of push force. Each cartridge contains 2,500 shots of soap – more than double the amount that can be housed in a liquid refill of the same size. This means the soap supply is less likely to run out between maintenance checks.
Air dryers, which take at least 10-12 seconds to dry the hands, are rarely found in hospitals since hand-drying here needs to be a quick, easy and thorough process.
For particularly busy areas in healthcare facilities the Tork PeakServe Continuous Hand Towel system works well because the dispenser delivers a clean towel in just three seconds. The fact that the high-capacity dispenser holds up to 2,100 towels also makes it highly unlikely to run out between maintenance checks.
In hygiene-critical areas such as intensive care units, hand washing needs to be carried out even more frequently. Here an extra soft towel such as the Tork Xpress Extra Soft Multifold Hand Towel may be preferred since this will provide a gentle hand-dry and minimise the risk of chapping and soreness.
In May this year the World Health Organisation staged its annual SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign in a bid to improve hand hygiene compliance in healthcare. This year sepsis was the core theme and Essity supported WHO with its own campaign urging healthcare staff to: Think hygiene. Act to prevent. Care for patients.
Healthcare-acquired infections – together with the life-threatening complications they bring – need to be avoided as far as is humanly possible. It is excellent news that scientists around the globe are working on new technologies that are designed to improve the situation.
However, since hand hygiene plays a significant role in keeping hospital patients safe, it is crucial that healthcare facilities get the basics right first –in other words, they need to place improved hand hygiene at the top of their agenda.
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