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The future of hand hygiene according to the WHO

For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published an agenda for research priorities in the field of medical hand hygiene until 2030. To coincide with World Hand Hygiene Day, the WHO published an important document in early May...

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Creating the Cloud Bottle

Could we take our legendary foam quality from our commercial dispensers and shrink it down into a convenience dispenser that could be used at home? This was the challenge that began the creation of the Cloud Bottle Halftime When is a product half a...

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Kanary release notes | June ’23

This month’s release is all about addition by subtraction. Tasks can now easily be deleted, whether one-off tasks or repeating tasks. Main features: A new delete icon (with a prompt before deleting) allows you to quickly delete tasks. Delete...

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PRAESIDIO® Mini wins Red Dot Award

Our latest dispenser is an award-winning before it even ships. The Red Dot Award 2023 recently honoured the PRAESIDIO® Mini for its exceptional design. An international jury of around 50 experts from various fields tested, discussed, evaluated, and...

Customer stories

Smart hand hygiene at St. Franziskus Hospital Lohne

Connected sanitizer dispensers from OPHARDT Hygiene now support the Hospital in Lohne in Lower Saxony’s hygiene department with data on hand sanitizer use. St. Franziskus Hospital Lohne was founded in 1856 and has since developed into an important...

Interview

People at OPHARDT: Daniel Grimm

As Operations Manager in Germany and Switzerland, Daniel Grimm is responsible for over 100 employees and the production of more than a million components per year. We sat down with Daniel to learn more about his eventful career at OPHARDT. Despite...

Research

Are our hands cleaner now?

How has hand hygiene behaviours changed during the COVID-19 pandemic? A study sponsored by European Tissue Symposium took a close look at this very issue. They found that people are indeed washing their hands more frequently, are concerned about the...

Products

Pumping out better pumps

A mechanical, rhythmic sound flows out through the hallways into the next room. Clicks, followed by the hiss of air releasing, creates a kind of diegetic music in the adjacent engineering and marketing workspace. The sound is coming from a row of...

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Kanary release notes | March ’23

Get information quickly with a new dashboard and report. Our new Activity Dashboard available on the Kanary homepage. We are rolling out new features we showcased in our latest Product Launch Event. The highlight of this update, the new Activity...

Research

Global study on MRSA in nursing homes

Arguably the best-known hospital germ, MRSA continues to pose major challenges to healthcare systems worldwide and is a particular risk in immunodeficiency settings. A recent study looked at MRSA in nursing homes for the elderly. Thanks in part to...