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...
Are our hands cleaner now?
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...
High workloads leads to poor hand hygiene in the ICU
Workloads in hospitals have been rising, to the detriment of hand hygiene, researchers find.
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A large-scale study shows that just one in six necessary hand disinfection is carried out in long-term care facilities and nursing homes. In Germany alone...
Next to western shore of Lake Ontario, in a region known for both its manufacturing and farming, OPHARDT Hygiene’s Canadian headquarters houses teams that...
New laboratory results from OPHARDT Hygiene show which steps for cleaning soap and sanitizer dispenser pumps are most effective from a microbiological...
Touchless hand disinfectant dispensers are becoming increasingly popular thanks to their many advantages. As more and more organizations switch to touch-free...
The pandemic has given hand hygiene a whole new level of importance, especially in the workplace. Even though working from home has become more common, offices...
What is monkeypox? How is it transmitted? How can you protect yourself? Cases of monkeypox have been occurring in Germany and many other countries since May...
Dr. Andreas Glöckner has been employed by OPHARDT Hygiene as Medical Director since August 2017. Thanks to more than 25 years of experience as a specialist for...
Improving hand hygiene compliance poses major challenges. Researchers at the University Hospital in Geneva have investigated a new type of intervention: using...
An Israeli study examined the impact of an innovative hygiene system in a pediatric intensive care unit—with success. While approaches to improving hand...
Scientists working with the World Health Organization (WHO) have undertaken the largest-scale study of the worldwide state of infection prevention in clinics...