Hand hygiene saves lives, the way hospitals track it hasn’t changed in decades. Many facilities still rely on short observational audits or rough...
Electronic Monitoring is Shaping the Future of Hand Hygiene
Smart dispensers provide data on hand hygiene in General Practice Offices
As part of a comprehensive study in four Dutch general practice offices (GPO’s), digital hand sanitizer dispensers from OPHARDT Hygiene helped...
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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Touchless functions, signal colours and smart technologies are all components of an hand hygiene dispenser that will provide optimal medical hand hygiene in the long term.
Is dry time more important that consumer preferences? The rapidly growing popularity of foaming hand sanitizers complicates the question for whether healthcare facilities should replace their existing program with these new products. The...
Everyday life in many European prisons is often characterised by overcrowding, drug use and violence, often leading to a higher risk of communicable diseases. As a result of this increased risk, infection prevention is particularly important in...
A multimodal approach to fighting a rising problem The rise of multi-resistant pathogens poses a massive challenge to modern medicine, but the solutions are already in front of our noses. Ominous European infection data published in the Lancet at...
Ground breaking cross-border project studies how children can be motivated to wash hands thoroughly As children, we spend time learning, developing and internalizing many behaviours that are critical to our adult lives. Why shouldn’t this also be...
When dealing with hygiene in public washrooms, there are several components that combine to create a hygenic experience. We recently reviewed an article “Focus on hand drying – paper drying vs. hand dryer” to get a better...
OPHARDT Hygiene Monitoring System® part of a comprehensive study. Antibiotic resistance is an increasing global concern and as a result hand hygiene plays an important role for patient protection within medical facilities. However, numerous studies...
In recent years, foam soaps have dramatically risen in popularity in North America and are now gaining traction in the European market. So what’s behind this trend? There are several advantages that foam soap holds over traditional liquid soap for...
Washing your hands after using the washroom is an essential part of daily hand hygiene. However, washing alone is not enough. Hands should be carefully dried after cleaning as studies show that wet hands can carry a considerable amount of germs. 10...
Hidden costs complicate decision making. Good hand hygiene practices are undisputedly the most important measure for infection prevention. By implementing multimodal interventions, medical institutions continue to work toward raising hand hygiene...