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...
Tag - Hand hygiene
2020 was a year unlike any other. At OPHARDT Hygiene, we had the privilege of being a part of the way front line workers, hospital staff, and facility managers...
Accessibility of sanitizer dispensers is a major influencing factor in whether hospital visitors disinfect their hands when entering and leaving the building...
The Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Klinikum Westbrandenburg in Potsdam improves patient safety and infection control in the neonatal unit...
At OPHARDT Hygiene, we’ve outlined three main sustainability goals: improve health and well-being, cultivate stronger communities, and foster a thriving...
In a banner year for uncertainty, it feels like an impossible task to imagine what will come after the COVID-19 pandemic. While it is hard to think of the...
As some countries reopen schools and as others fiercely debate whether to, hygiene practices at our schools are focal points of attention and anxiety. For a...
As many countries are fighting a second wave of COVID-19 infections, researchers have found one new explanation for why the disease has higher transmission...
As we mark the 12th annual Global Handwashing Day, it seems that good hand hygiene—the most effective protection against infectious diseases—has never been as...
Thanks to innovative bracket solutions, the Evangelical Forest Hospital in Berlin-Spandau, Germany (Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus Spandau; EWK) expands its...