Silver cuts sickness
October 1st 2011 PHS Washrooms has launched
a campaign to target the
financial impact of sickness
absence, with the
implementation of antibacterial
surface protection in UK
washrooms.
SteriTouch harnesses the
natural sterilising properties of
silver and is a permanent
antibacterial protection that the
company claims will reduce the
spread of germs and minimise
cross infection. The treatment is
now incorporated as standard
into a core selection of its
washroom products.
According to the latest
CBI/Pfizer Absence and
Workplace Health Survey,
workplace absence cost the UK
economy £17bn in 2010, thanks
to 190 million lost working days.
"While not all workplace
sickness can be attributed to
infection transmitted at work,"
explains Ian Osborne,MD,
"there is a causal link between
poor hand hygiene and cross
infection. We now offer a high
level of antibacterial protection
as standard within our range." More articles from PHS Group plc: | 
