HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE
PROMOTING CLEANLINESS
Stuart Skinner, Senior Product Manager at Rada, discusses why the Covid-19 outbreak underlines the importance of healthcare-specific taps and water controls in encouraging handwashing and supporting infection control measures.
The demands currently facing healthcare facilities are unprecedented. Every day we’re all seeing for ourselves the pressure that facilities are under as they work to stem of the spread of coronavirus and continue to provide the high standards of care that we know and treasure our NHS for.
In a public health emergency like this, infection control is everyone’s responsibility. And I’m sure like me, one of the government’s top-line messages on what we can do to help will be ingrained in your mind: wash your hands.
It’s a hugely important infection prevention method for the public to follow. The practice is already well-recognised as especially important for maintaining the most stringent of hygiene standards in hospitals. We’re seeing that hospitals are rapidly expanding or adapting their facilities to support more handwashing for staff, patients and visitors.
Promoting handwashing is key, but another important part of the response should be choosing taps that can support best practice and actually help guard against the spread
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of infection. In a healthcare setting, a tap simply isn’t just a tap. It requires more thoughtful specification if infection control is to be achieved and, importantly, monitored.
User interaction at the heart of maintaining
clean spaces Water controls specifically designed to meet the exacting demands of healthcare spaces are vital. Products must be easy to clean and maintain, with minimal joins and external components that could present the opportunity for infection-causing pathogens to linger.
Pathogens that cause bacterial or viral illnesses can live on hard surfaces for some time. Increased use of handwashing facilities can mean the risk of cross- contamination and infection is greater. Taps with non- touch controls help manage this risk.
Non-touch operation is well-established in clinical and acute care settings. Given how important an infection
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