Author Archives: Phil

Office workers have “filthy hand washing habits”

100,000 workers washing patterns studied New research indicates that a mere 38 per cent of [...]

UNICEF – hand washing essential to cut child death rates

Global Hand Washing Day focuses attention More than 800 children die every day as a [...]

Keep customers safe: there are no hand washing shortcuts

Proper hand hygiene “isn’t optional in the food service industry”  Effective and appropriate hand washing is [...]

Take a mobile sink with you on a day out with the kids

A great way to minimise the risk of e coli! A number of outbreaks of [...]

Video – how West Suffolk Hospital launched effective hand washing campaign

Hand washing at the point of need is the key Four mobile sinks were deployed [...]

Wash hands thoroughly after handling animals say Public Health England

Children aged between 1 and 5 years old most at risk 2 million people visit [...]

How hand washing enables children to play in the dirt

Messy play is such an important part of pre-school education Being dirty is a normal part [...]

Care homes – hand hygiene is crucial for infection spread reduction

Staff should be trained in the use of soap and water say Department of health [...]