Glove Use In Healthcare (WHHD 2025)

Each year, the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign works toward the ongoing goal of maintaining global awareness about the role of hand hygiene in...

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Hand hygiene in nursing homes with clear deficits

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...

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Solving problems through design

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...

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The best ways to reprocess pumps

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...

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Workplace attitudes towards smart dispensers

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...

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Monkeypox in focus

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...

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The Problems of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

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 Internal Medicine and as an infection and intensive care specialist he knows too well the...

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Hand sanitizer choice increases acceptance

Improving hand hygiene compliance poses major challenges. Researchers at the University Hospital in Geneva have investigated a new type of intervention: using different disinfectants at the same time. There are many different hand sanitizers on the...

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When hand sanitizing opens doors

An Israeli study examined the impact of an innovative hygiene system in a pediatric intensive care unit—with success. While approaches to improving hand hygiene compliance in hospitals abound, not all of them are highly efficient. A team of...

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WHO shares largest study of hand hygiene in healthcare

Scientists working with the World Health Organization (WHO) have undertaken the largest-scale study of the worldwide state of infection prevention in clinics and hospitals. In a unprecedent, cross-national survey, the WHO sought to understand the...