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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Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) place an economic burden on healthcare systems around the world. A study from the Journal of Hospital Infection has now looked at exactly how much HAIs cost the healthcare system in Scotland. An HAI or...
The availability of hand sanitizer dispensers is a key factor in increasing hand hygiene compliance. Researchers have now investigated the state of dispenser provision in Swiss hospitals. Thorough hand hygiene with alcohol-based sanitizer is known...
The disinfection of disposable medical gloves is a topic that is being hotly debated and researched. We looked over recent studies to provide an overview of the debate. Wearing disposable medical gloves is an integral part of everyday hospital life...
As COVID-19 outbreaks continues to rage in the Global South, Indian researchers have discovered the most cost-effective measure against the virus.
What do 57 research papers tell us about the current state of hand hygiene research in healthcare environments?
The ingo-man® delivers consistent dosage even after 1,000,000 hand disinfections, based on comprehensive testing by TÜV SÜD. For over 50 years, the ingo-man® euro dispenser has reliably supported doctors, nurses and medical staff in effective hand...
Healthcare workers want electronic feedback to improve hand hygiene in their workplaces, but they want this feedback to be tracked on a group level, not individually. These findings, recently published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, highlight...
Germany‘s public health insurer is reporting that hospitals and clinics are hiring more hygiene staff. This trend is primarily due to new funding made available through national health insurance funds. Even with these new measures, is there still a...
A simpler alternative to the well-established 6-steps of hygienic hand disinfection is now being proposed. Is this a fundemental change for hand hygiene? Hygienic hand disinfection is known to be the most important measure for preventing nosocomial...
For more than a year now, the novel COVID-19 has kept the world on edge. Since the virus first appeared in China more than 100 million people worldwide have been infected with it, and nearly 4,3 million people have died. [1] Faced with lockdowns and...