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RISING COSTS CREATE ROOM FOR UNSCRUPULOUS CLEANING
PRODUCT PROVIDERS The rising cost of raw materials and energy are creating the perfect opportunity for unscrupulous providers of cleaning and hygiene products, CHSA has said. It is asking people to look for CHSA Accreditation Mark to guarantee quality.
“Buyers of cleaning and hygiene products need to beware providers offering low-cost solutions”, explained Lorcan Mekitarian, Chair of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA). “Against the backdrop of the escalating cost of raw materials and energy, those reducing prices are likely to be cutting corners. The only way buyers can guarantee they what they pay for is to look for the CHSA Accreditation Scheme mark.”
This warning follows the publication of the British Chambers of Commerce’s latest quarterly survey published on 1st April 2022. It found almost two-thirds of businesses expect to increase prices during the next three months and more than three quarters cite inflation as a growing concern.
The dramatic escalation in the global cost of energy is having a big impact on the price to the end user. As well as affecting manufacturers’ own operations, it is driving up the cost of raw materials. The resulting upward pressure on the price of end products is unstoppable. In this
TORK CHAMPIONS SAFER
PATIENT CARE FOR WHHD Good hand hygiene prevents up to 50% of healthcare-acquired infections, according to the World Health Organization.
And research carried out by Essity reveals that eight out of 10 healthcare professionals would like to improve their hand hygiene compliance.
Essity’s Tork brand called on all healthcare organisations around the globe to establish an Institutional Safety Climate for this year’s World Hand Hygiene Day. The aim of the move was to encourage hand hygiene role models and build safer patient environments.
“Proper hand hygiene saves lives,” said Essity Professional Hygiene’s Marketing Director Healthcare Thomas Bergin. “It’s the collective responsibility of everyone within healthcare worldwide to maintain high standards, and fostering a culture of institutional safety within
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healthcare organisations keeps hand hygiene top of mind.”
In order to support healthcare professionals and enable safer healthcare environments, Essity has developed Tork Clean Hands Training in collaboration with behavioural scientists and world-leading hand hygiene experts.
Tork Clean Hands Training invites users into a digital world where they can interact and train using WHO’s own ‘My Five Moments of Hand Hygiene’ in a realistic environment. Accessed almost 15,000 times since the end of 2019, Tork Clean Hands Training empowers healthcare professionals to achieve the highest possible safety standards.
Also from Tork are a range of soaps, hand towels and hand sanitisers along with a highly useful dispenser placement guide based on WHO’s My Five Moments of Hand Hygiene.
“Research shows that hand hygiene dispensers have a significant impact
context, companies offering reduced prices are likely to be compromising on product quality and quantity.
The CHSA established its first Accreditation Scheme for soft tissue in 1997. The CHSA’s auditing process, conducted by the Independent Inspector, guaranteed ‘what’s on the box is what’s in the box’ for all soft tissue products sold by Scheme members.
The CHSA now has six Accreditation Schemes: for manufacturers of paper-based products, of plastic- based products, of cotton-based products and of cleaning chemicals, for general manufacturers and for distributors. These, combined with the Association’s rigorous Code of Practice signed by every member, guarantee CHSA members:
• Trade ethically and sustainably;
• Provide quality, fit for purpose products; and
• Make sure ‘what’s on the box is what’s in the box’.
www.CHSA.co.uk
on compliance rates, and the key to success is making sure they are correctly placed.,” said Thomas.
World Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated on 5th May 2022, is the World Health Organization’s annual call to action for healthcare workers. This year’s theme focused on the fifth component of WHO’s Multimodal Strategy for Hand Hygiene Compliance, creating an Institutional Safety Climate that prioritises high hand hygiene compliance to achieve the safety of patients and healthcare professionals on institutional and
individual levels.
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