Recently, handwashing has taken on a significant role to prevent the spread of pathogens and maintain the nation’s collective health.
Personal hygiene has become the number one priority, and in healthcare facilities this applies to caregivers that use scrub-up troughs and handwash stations, as well as to other staff, patients, and visitors, that use washroom facilities. Carole Armstrong, Marketing manager at Delabie UK, looks at some of the latest technological and design solutions for improving hygiene and maintaining infection control.
Hygiene has a major role to play in healthcare washrooms to reduce the risk of contamination, both for the users and for the installation. Caregivers are acutely aware of the importance of handwashing routines in reducing the risk of contamination. Patients and visitors to healthcare facilities are now also more alert to NHS advice to reduce the spread of pathogens by washing hands thoroughly and correctly.
Ergonomic designs promote hygiene
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