Hassle free handwashing
October 1st 2008 Making hot water handwashing easy is the aim of Teal's new portable unit. It provides
a wash that meets NHS guidelines every time
Hot water handwashing in
hospitals is 'easier than ever
before' with the launch of the
Hygienius Prowash from TEAL.
This purpose built, portable unit
automatically delivers a hot water hand
wash that exactly matches National
Health Service requirements as
described in the document 'Hand
washing techniques with soap and
water'produced by the National Patient
Safety Agency allowing staff and
hospital visitors to have a hand wash that
meets the guidelines every time they use
it.
The Hygienius Prowash features a hot
wash programme that is fully automatic
and requires no adjustment: when hands
are placed in the bowl the Greensensor
starts to flash and the unit delivers a two
second spurt of water to enable users to
thoroughly wet their hands.
There is then a 15 second pause in the
water flow to allow enough time to
follow the recommended hand washing
procedures with antiseptic soap.At the
end of this period the Greensensor stops
flashing to indicate the start of a ten
second hot wash at the correct
temperature of 40-45C plenty of time for
hands to be rinsed thoroughly.On
removing hands from the bowl the
Greensensor comes back on and the unit is
ready to be used again.
Each Hygienius Prowash holds enough
clean water for 45 hot wash cycles and
hygienically stores all dirty water safely.
There is no fixed plumbing or drainage
with water stored inside the unit in a
specially designed TEALtainer Twinbag that
is easy to empty and refill.
Supplied on wheels, the Hygienius
Prowash can be located in wards and
corridors wherever needed and requires a
13 amp power point to operate.To
encourage use the unit has an eyecatching
illuminated sign with the words
'hot water hand wash'.
A prototype of the Hygienius Prowash
was on show at the recent Infection
Prevention Society Conference in
Harrogate, where TEAL says it received a
very positive reaction from healthcare
professionals. Please call the number on
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