Cover story - advertising feature Hospitals can achieve further sustainability
gains by changing their toilet roll systems. Jumbo rolls are often provided in large institutions because these ensure a long-lasting supply of paper. However, it is all too easy for the user to tear off an extra-long strip of paper from a jumbo roll which leads to over-consumption and potentially blocked toilets as well. And it can be hard for the cleaner to predict when the paper is likely to run out, which means that he or she might be tempted to change a roll before it is entirely empty. As a result, the remainder will be discarded and ultimately wasted. The Tork SmartOne® Twin Mini Toilet Roll
System reduces consumption up to 40 per cent compared with jumbo roll dispensers since it delivers the paper one sheet at a time. This means less paper enters the system with each flush, which minimises the risk of pipe blockages. Alternatively, the Tork Coreless Mid-size Toilet Roll Dispenser reduces carbon footprint by 11 per cent compared with conventional toilet paper systems since there is no core to throw away after use. To help meet carbon targets, a number of key
Tork washroom dispensers for soap, toilet tissue and hand towels have now been certified as carbon neutral. Certified products include the Tork SmartOne
Toilet Paper Dispenser; the Tork PeakServe Continuous Hand Towel Dispenser; the Tork Coreless Midsize toilet paper system and Tork soap dispensers. Essity has reduced carbon emissions for these dispensers by using certified renewable electricity during their production and offsetting the remaining carbon emissions via investments in certified climate projects with ClimatePartner. Supported projects include the supply of
clean drinking water in Cambodia, the provision of energy-efficient cooking stoves in India and forest protection activities in Indonesia. A total of 27 Tork dispensers are now certified carbon neutral. The last of the four pillars – hygiene for all – is particularly crucial in healthcare, since the company aims to create a safe environment for employees and patients, while also helping to
reduce healthcare-associated infections. As part of the “hygiene for all” commitment, Essity has launched a new learning management platform to improve the adoption of hygiene standards in hospitals and healthcare facilities. The Tork learning management system
improves access to free training for healthcare staff, while also enabling managers to assign and track necessary learnings. Training has been a key element of Essity’s healthcare delivery for the past five years and it has been operating two award-winning courses during that period. Tork Clean Hands Training invites users into a digital world where they are confronted with a series of scenarios in which hand hygiene needs to be carried out, while Tork Interactive Clean Hospital provides training modules to make life easier for healthcare cleaners and facility managers. The programme is free to use and allows healthcare managers to improve training access and completion rates, as well as providing professionals with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of hand hygiene and environmental cleaning in an interactive way. The modules are designed to engage and inspire healthcare and cleaning professionals to meet best-in-class standards for hygiene. Environmental cleaning, hand hygiene and other trainings are now available in up to 27 languages via
www.tork.co.uk “We recognise that maintaining hand hygiene
and environmental cleaning is complex and it can be challenging for healthcare staff to manage amidst their already busy and demanding schedules,” says Liam “We are excited to offer healthcare facilities and hospitals an easier and free way to train their
staff, increase productivity and improve time management which, in turn, allows healthcare professionals to focus on providing the best patient care.”
Visit the Tork stand at IPS 2024 to find out more.
References 1. According to ISO 16128 2. Compared to Tork Mildly Scented Foam Soap 3. Based upon the EU Ecolabel, CDV (Critical Dilution Volume) related to toxicity to aquatic organisms is below specified limits and is 2 times lower than the Tork Mild foam soap formula
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