This year's theme for World Hand Hygiene Day is focused on recognizing that we can add to a facility's climate or culture of safety and quality through cleaning our hands but also that a strong quality and safety culture will encourage people to clean hands at the right times and with the right products.
See what Carolyn Berland, our Senior Scientist has to say.
The world is facing an unprecedented challenge with society’s and economies everywhere affected by the increasing COVID-19 pandemic. Caring for hygiene, health and well-being is key for Essity.
Hand hygiene is especially important in healthcare settings where hand hygiene reduces the risk of patients contracting infections and developing diseases like for example sepsis.
A new survey conducted by Tork spanning five different countries reveals that more than half of surveyed healthcare professionals would like hand hygiene to be given higher priority.
Effective hand hygiene and cleaning solutions have never been more important than now. That's true for hospitals, but also for educational institutions, manufacturer or businesses. Using its extensive global experience in Professional Hygiene our brand Tork has created toolkits for different facilities and industries that match their individual hygiene needs.
Hand washing is critical in reducing the spread of colds, flu and viruses. But teaching kids good hygiene can be a challenge. Our brand Tork put together the Ella’s Handwashing School package, which includes an app, hygiene brochures, teaching material as well as activities to help make hand washing a little more fun.
Read more about improving hand hygiene, download valuable tools
Essity is a proud participant in the Private Organizations for Patient Safety (POPS) initiative facilitated by WHO.
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