Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 29th November 2018 Issue no. 848
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Products Doctor diagnoses 'serious health risk' from badly stocked washrooms Dr Sally Ferguson, a Hong Kong registered doctor who visits the Macau Grand Prix every year, was dismayed to discover that there was no soap in 'the ladies' at the Lisboa Bend grandstand for an entire weekend at the recent meeting. She spoke to cleaning ladies about the "serious health risk" this posed, but says they laughed and shook their heads. IICRC seeks volunteers for new BSR/IICRC S530 and BSR/IICRC S590 Standards
Trojan Battery Company acquired by C&D Technologies
Unger floor cleaning system in comparative test
The study, led by Prof. Dr. Ing. Karsten Kluth, involved the ergonomic evaluation of floor cleaning systems to determine what - if any - stresses and strains were caused to cleaning personnel, through the various cleaning systems' different designs. The little accident box - helping teachers survive children's classroom accidents
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! News this week that investigators found traces of faeces on every McDonald's food ordering touchscreen unit they tested as well as other types of harmful bacteria at some, has sent social media into a frenzy of disgust. What on earth did people expect? In case you're unfamiliar with the story, the hygiene studies were carried out by metro.co.uk and the London Metropolitan University School of Human Science, on touchscreens at eight stores in London and Birmingham. These touchscreens are being trialed by McDonald's at a number of its restaurants throughout the UK with a view to emulating the rollout that started in the US in 2015, through which most of its 14,000 US locations will be fitted with touchscreens by 2020. Used by diners to place their orders before they head to the counter to collect their food, they are said to increase restaurant efficiency, speed up the ordering process and reduce potential worker error. McDonald's says it cleans its touchscreens throughout the day and that it provides facilities for customers to wash their hands before eating. Although I haven't eaten in McDonald's in years, I have waited in stores for friends to order and have noticed that staff are very quick to use their sprayers and cleaning cloths when they're able, but unless this happens after each and every diner (or touchscreen user), then there's every chance that germs will be picked up by other restaurant users and staff and people will get sick. And when did you ever see anyone washing their hands between opening their potentially contaminated container and beginning their meal? No - neither did I! With these touchscreens becoming so much a part of our daily lives, from the self-service checkouts blighting our supermarkets to self-check-ins at the GP surgery and hospital departments, as well as the more familiar units at cashpoints and on card payment machines and even the units we use to stop traffic so we can cross the road, we're potentially picking up someone else's germs. It's life. Never has the advice that used to be on toilet paper decades ago been more important: 'Now wash your hands please'. And may I add, 'Don't read or even flick through the magazines left in piles in waiting rooms of any sort'. You simply don't know what's on them... Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
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        This Week's News
'World first' has global health & safety implications
This aftermarket, injection moulded, fitted and self-sealing castor wheel cover is manufactured from clear or coloured Liquid Silicone Rubber or Thermoplastic Elastomer and it makes the cleaning of equipment for use in high level hygiene environments more time efficient and sanitary. Gloves are a potential barrier to hand hygiene, especially amongst nurses
The World Health Organisation says that while hand hygiene and the use of examination gloves in healthcare is critical, healthcare personnel should perform hand hygiene procedures, either using alcohol-based hand-rub or soap and water, both before and after donning gloves, and that gloves should only be worn in certain scenarios. A recent study has found, however, that the use of gloves can create 'a missed opportunity' when it comes to hygiene. Hospital curtains, lab coats and scrubs are turned into germ-fighting shields
Now, Prime Medical, in partnership with Clorox Professional Products, is introducing hospital privacy curtains, scrubs and lab coats that harness the sanitising effects of sodium hypochlorite-based bleach, to help make these soft surfaces part of the solution in reducing healthcare-associated infections. Increasing demand for natural fragrances will fuel aroma chemicals market
Unger erGO! floor cleaning system achieves top marks in University comparative tests
Unger has now informed us that the system achieved significantly better results than the two competitor products tested in both analysis and practical use.
Kärcher to open new facility near Denver, Colorado next September
"Innovation is top of mind with Kärcher's plan to optimise advanced manufacturing capabilities, with new technologies such as digital and automation where appropriate," says Javier Gonzalez, CEO Region North America. "In doing so, it will also position us for future innovation and growth/expansion, not just US but globally." Register now for 'Smart & sustainable' themed Tissue World Milan 2019
The conference will open with a full day of Senior Management Symposiums, followed by Technical Sessions and Yankee Dryer Workshop on the subsequent days. Magnus Groth, CEO and EVP of Essity and board member of Acando AB and Vinda, Hong Kong, will deliver the conference keynote address. Enforcement patrols help keep the lid on litter
"Litter is a blight on our towns and villages and we take it very seriously at East Hampshire District Council," says Cllr Ingrid Thomas, portfolio holder for Neighbourhood Services. BrainOS featured in new commercial cleaning robot, initially for Japanese market
Available early 2019 and focused initially on the Japanese market, the machine will be powered by BrainOS, Brain Corp's proprietary operating system. Lanes Group helps reduce flood risks on Manchester roads through planned gully cleaning
Lanes has begun work on a contract, awarded by Manchester City Council, to clean all 58,000 roadside gullies in 18 wards across the south of the city over the next two years. New record for Lucart's plant in Avigliano: 2,000 days without injuries
"We achieved this goal through excellent teamwork," notes Saverio Sarubbo, manager of the plant. "Sharing the 'value' of safety with all our workers, and not just with our external suppliers, has certainly laid the foundations for this success.
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Soapbox: Fly tipping problems... a potential solution?
"Making the public and companies aware that they have a legal duty of care to ensure their rubbish/rubble/waste material is disposed of by a licensed operator who's issued a waste transfer certificate, should be undertaken by local authorities and groups like Keep Britain Tidy. Very heavy fines can be handed down by the Courts for those caught, who don't comply. Recycle Week 2018: 'the best ever'
Clarity-The Soap Co wins in two categories at The Planet Mark Awards
At a glittering ceremony, with keynote speaker Sir Tim Smit KBE = co-founder of the Eden Project - encouraging the audience to redouble efforts to inspire others to reduce their carbon footprint and develop more sustainable businesses, Clarity-The Soap Co was acknowledged as a social enterprise that is setting best practice in its sector and beyond for reducing its carbon footprint via a series of green initiatives. Principle retains REM portfolio properties in five-year deal
Minster Cleaning Services roll out TemplaCMS to 26 franchises
Interserve Facilities Management fined for safety failings Interserve Facilities Management has been fined after multiple safety failings at a laboratory site for the Animal Health & Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge. Hove Crown Court heard how, in September 2014, mains power was lost at the site which includes high containment laboratory facilities required to safely handle high hazard pathogens that are a serious risk to human health and the environment. Gritting crews ready for Winter
We have mail: business rates relief for public toilets... and an endorsement!
Having been involved, as Director of BTA and owner of Loo of the Year Awards, giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee in 2008 demanding changes that would require the Government to make a legal requirement on local authorities to provide adequate public toilets, I welcome the budget changes. Soapbox: A good week for toilet talk
"It has been a good week for toilet talk. First we had the chancellor making numerous toilet jokes as he announced in the budget that owners will no longer pay business rates on public toilets. Then Microsoft founder Bill Gates unveils a futuristic toilet that doesn't need water by making a presentation with a jar of human faeces on show beside him. Waste management company fined £650,000 plus costs after worker killed while cleaning A waste management company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a large ballistic separator machine. Aylesbury Crown Court heard how, in August 2016, a Viridor Waste Management employee climbed into the top level of the ballistic separator - a machine that sifts through and separates recyclable materials - to clean it, before it was suitably isolated from the power supply. Events & Exhibitions Interclean China 2024 American Cleaning Institute Industry Convention, London Cleaning Show ISSA Pulire 2025 ISSA Show North America |
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