Author Archives: Phil

Why you need water AND soap to get rid of COVID-19

Chemical and mechanical intervention needed to remove germs A recent article on the Unesco website [...]

Soap and water hand washing is crucial: health problems are looming with sanitisers…

The five perceived dangers of hand gels outlined in report Although hand sanitisers are currently [...]

Call to supervise children’s hand washing as stomach bug hits childcare facilities

Incidents of gastro in Australia show no signs of diminishing Health authorities are concerned that [...]

New care home guidance urges visitors to “wash their hands for 20 seconds”

Reminder that soap and water washing is the preferred cleaning method to sanitisers Fresh government [...]

Why new mobile food businesses must have hand washing facilities

Locally produced food provision is on the increase There has been a huge increase in [...]

Handwashing focus as thousands return to the workplace

Everyone will need to be “hyper-vigilant about germs” As the attention of employers and employees [...]

Beauty industry: why washing hands with soap and water is the healthy option

It’s effective, it works – and there are no side effects “Clean products” is a [...]

Why you don’t need to use antibacterial soap to help prevent COVID-19

Good old soap and water does the job perfectly, says report It’s easy to think [...]