Cart (0)
Professor Mark Wilcox consultant Microbiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust goes on to say that "hand hygiene is widely recognised as the single most important factor in reducing the spread of hospital related infections".
TEAL hot water hand wash units effectively meet hand washing requirements in all types of medical and healthcare related situations, including:-
• Acute settings
• Primary care trusts
• Mental health trusts
• Prisons
• Pharmacies
• Therapists.
Some hospitals have ordered TEAL portable hot water hand wash units in case of emergencies such as Norovirus outbreaks or to provide clinics for mass immunisation in the event of an H1N1 flu pandemic.
TEAL hand wash stations have proved invaluable in allowing wards to operate uninterrupted where building work has necessitated the disconnection or disruption of water supplies.
A number of the older hospital have 'beefed up' their hand washing facilities by using additional Hygienius units particularly where old and out-of-date plumbing and drainage systems are present.
As well as with zero tolerance clinics and community nursing situations, the Hygienius® Prowash in particular is much favoured by infection control nurses as a valuable teaching aid.
Wash hand basins are often tucked away out of sight in wards, washrooms and toilets and to meet hygiene standards, toilets in particular are usually enclosed by doors.
Hiding away washing facilities in this manner does nothing to put the priority of hand washing under the noses of the staff or visitors.
To relocate or add additional washbasins has always been both messy and costly and with mains water taps, wet floors due to splashing, can be a serious hazard.
