The flagship sanitizer dispenser turns 55 this year. This year, we highlight Germany’s most popular hand sanitizer dispenser as the ingo-man® is celebrating its 55th birthday. The ingo-man® has a unique success story. The original ingo-man®...
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The five moments of hand hygiene are important - even the last and least observed fifth moment. We explore its importance.
Whether at the theatre, school, restaurant, bar, mall, or sports facility, public washrooms can be highly used spaces. For the past couple of years, the pressing question is what is the risk of getting a COVID infection while using public restrooms...
How many toilets are required by German law in restaurants?
Korean researchers show that at least 92 hand disinfections need to be observed to collect meaningful data on hand hygiene compliance in hospitals. Direct observation of hand hygiene is considered an important tool in hospitals for drawing...
The OPHARDT Hygiene smart washroom series, SanTRAL® Plus, has won a “Best of Best” award in the category Bathroom and Wellness from the ICONIC Awards: Innovative Interior. This award honours the best ideas from the interior design and...
The OPHARDT Hygiene Monitoring System has now been supporting infection prevention in clinics and hospitals for a decade. It is December 1, 2011. The very first dispenser activation has just been automatically recorded with the OPHARDT Hygiene...
Within the OPHARDT Group, our location in Niederbipp is an important site of development. It has produced innovative dispenser systems and has always set standards in high-quality stainless steel manufacturing. The success story of OPHARDT...
At OPHARDT Hygiene, we pride ourselves on having flexible and customizable product lines. Two of our most flexible product series have just become even more flexible. The SanTRAL® Plus series—our most successful product to launch in company...
Why do hand hygiene compliance levels remain so stubbornly low? We have examined the lack of hygiene infrastructure, the need for improved group-based compliance monitoring and feedback, and the possibility of simplifying the steps to disinfect. A...