Tag Archives: norovirus

How a lack of hand washing sinks worsened norovirus outbreak

“Significant” operational deficiencies identified at a restaurant Norovirus is often referred to – with good [...]

Childcare centres: hand washing guidance issued in New Zealand

“Gastro bug” outbreak centred on Napier and Hastings A total of seven childcare facilities as [...]

Norovirus outbreaks double in schools and nurseries in 2 weeks!

Hand washing with soap and water is the only effective way to keep it at [...]

UKHSA advocate soap and water handwashing as norovirus spreads in care homes

Reminder that “alcohol hand gels don’t kill norovirus” “Norovirus outbreaks in care homes have risen [...]

Elderly and vulnerable people “at risk” from Norovirus

Hand washing is essential as illness spreads across the UK Press reports across the UK [...]

Why soap and water hand washing will continue to be essential

Those “same old germs” will be back again… Effective soap and water hand washing has [...]

Norovirus “on the rise” prompting hand washing call to caterers

Sanitisers are ineffective against the food-borne virus says guidance Public health officials in the USA [...]

FSIC warning: wash hands with soap and water – not gels

Norovirus can only be controlled with hand washing says Council Vomiting and diarrhoea are some [...]