Plastics in OPHARDT Plastics play a crucial role in the design and functionality of OPHARDT’S products, from durable dispensing systems to single-use...
OPHARDT’s Plastics Use and Sustainability Breakthroughs
Best Paper award for OPHARDT research team
A team of scientists working on an innovative project was honoured at the 31st International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and...
Study about digital hand hygiene at Giessen and Marburg University Hospital
The Department of Hospital Hygiene at Marburg University Hospital is conducting a comprehensive study on digital hand hygiene together with OPHARDT...
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The availability of hand disinfectants in the immediate vicinity of the patient has a positive influence on compliance. The five moments of hand hygiene are regarded as a milestone in infection prevention. This concept developed by the World Health...
ingo-man® plus disinfectant dispenser part of a scientific study at the Rottal-Inn clinics. Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI’s) are a growing global concern and a burden on healthcare systems worldwide. In Europe alone, 2.6 million HAI’s occur each...
Millions of people use the subway every day to commute to work, or use it for private purposes. One thing can hardly ever be avoided: Contact with surfaces or objects. Whether it’s holding on to the handle while driving, or pulling the ticket...
Portable dispensers had no effect on hand hygiene compliance, when used in hospitals with adequate dispenser equipment. A recently published Swiss study has found that portable dispensers do not improve observed hand hygiene compliance. These tiny...
Eye-catching dispensers show increase in hand hygiene compliance Whether a red stop sign at an intersection, or orange warning vests on construction sites. High-visibility colours lead to increased attention and warn us of dangerous situations...
Deaths resulting from antibiotic resistance increased in Europe since 2007 The increasing risk of (multi-)resistant pathogens poses a serious threat to modern medicine. The latest figures collected by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and...
New study shows advantages of hand disinfection for infection protection in educational institutions Running noses and long-lasting, irritable cough: pathogens are quickly and easily transmitted through both direct and indirect contact...
Protecting health through hand washing Although nearly everyone knows that washing hands helps prevent the transmission of diseases, not everyone appears to know when to do it. According to a nationwide survey conducted by the Federal Centre for...
Research results show problems in the implementation of guiding principles of hand disinfection. Nosocomial infections are a great challenge to health care systems worldwide. They occur comparatively frequently on intensive care units. In Germany...
Non-intensive care units show a gap in patient-side dispenser systems. In medical facilities, the immediate opportunity for hygienic hand disinfection at the point of care is a vital prerequisite for high compliance. There is increased need for...