For more than a year now, the novel COVID-19 has kept the world on edge. Since the virus first appeared in China more than 100 million people worldwide have been infected with it, and nearly 4,3 million people have died. [1] Faced with lockdowns and...
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The popular, plastic RX dispenser series grows with a new 1,000 ml format euro bottle dispenser. Since its introduction in 2017, the RX dispenser system has gained popularity due to its reliability, functionality, and flexibility. The RX 10 M, a 1...
2020 was a year unlike any other. At OPHARDT Hygiene, we had the privilege of being a part of the way front line workers, hospital staff, and facility managers responded to the coronavirus. Meeting the demand created by the pandemic took incredible...
Accessibility of sanitizer dispensers is a major influencing factor in whether hospital visitors disinfect their hands when entering and leaving the building. Researchers uncover the disparities in perceived and actual hand hygiene behaviour in a...
The Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Klinikum Westbrandenburg in Potsdam improves patient safety and infection control in the neonatal unit thanks to easily accessible hand disinfectant dispensers. Neonatal units require the highest...
At OPHARDT Hygiene, we’ve outlined three main sustainability goals: improve health and well-being, cultivate stronger communities, and foster a thriving environment. We strive to make meaningful contributions to the circular economy and...
In a banner year for uncertainty, it feels like an impossible task to imagine what will come after the COVID-19 pandemic. While it is hard to think of the future beyond the day-to-day, our ability to keep people safe may depend on thinking a step...
As some countries reopen schools and as others fiercely debate whether to, hygiene practices at our schools are focal points of attention and anxiety. For a prescient professor and OPHARDT Hygiene, it was already front-of-mind before the pandemic...
At the Institute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology in Freiburg, Germany, we met a true hand hygiene pioneer: Prof. Franz Daschner. We talked to him about the introduction of the Euro bottle almost 50 years ago and its...
As many countries are fighting a second wave of COVID-19 infections, researchers have found one new explanation for why the disease has higher transmission rates than the flu. Clinical Infectious Diseases journal found that the coronavirus (SARS-CoV...