Recently, OPHARDT reached an important milestone with the granting of its 600th patent. It reflects a long-term commitment to research and...
600 Patents Granted – And More to Come
Hygiene Solutions for Schools: Suited to School Life
Modern hygiene solutions for schools are essential to strengthen the safety of everyone in the school environment. Well-functioning systems for hand...
Hand Hygiene on Cruise Ships: What a Recent Study Reveals
A recent scientific study examined how often passengers and crew on cruise ships wash or disinfect their hands – and whether current practices are...
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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...
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...
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...
Workloads in hospitals have been rising, to the detriment of hand hygiene, researchers find.
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, more than four million people are considered to be in need of long-term care, of whom about...
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 design, engineer, and produce custom products for companies around the world. It is here that...
New laboratory results from OPHARDT Hygiene show which steps for cleaning soap and sanitizer dispenser pumps are most effective from a microbiological perspective. While the question of how to most effectively reprocess pumps comes up often, there...
Touchless hand disinfectant dispensers are becoming increasingly popular thanks to their many advantages. As more and more organizations switch to touch-free dispensers, battery life is a pressing question. How hand disinfections can occur before...
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 remain high-traffic areas where many people spend many hours per day. Almost all office...
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 2022. Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox disease is mild in most people...