As dementia cases rise and healthcare services face growing financial and workforce pressures, dementia-friendly washroom design is becoming increasingly important. As Catherine Grinstead observes, thoughtful product choices, clear visual cues and easy-to-use hygiene systems can help promote independence, dignity and safety for patients and residents, while supporting infection prevention, reducing waste and easing the demands on busy care teams.

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In a bid to improve hygiene Paul Mulready offers a myriad of advice on what healthcare settings should look for in a washroom.

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When mental health charity St Andrew’s Healthcare needed a reliable, cost-effective solution to support its on-premises laundries, it partnered with Electrolux Professional to create a bespoke service contract. Paul Frost describes the tailored maintenance package that keeps operations running smoothly across five UK sites - ensuring uninterrupted care for over 650 service users.

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Liam Mynes looks at the many ways in which digital solutions can help to enhance cleaning and hygiene protocols in healthcare – and considers how technology in general is being used to improve patient outcomes.

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Cleaning teams in hospitals and care homes put a huge amount of effort into their housekeeping operations. The aim is to create and maintain safe facilities that provide a pleasant environment and protect patients, guests, staff, and visitors against infections. But, asserts Donna Mitchell, doing the work is only part of the equation – people also need to “feel” safe and that often comes down to “perceptions.”

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How will hospitals ensure that their premises are clean and hygienic when out-patients and visitors finally return in large numbers? Liam Mynes poses this question as the healthcare sector works towards reopening for business as usual.

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While governmental lockdowns forced many businesses to close their doors, many Ecolab textile care customers rapidly transformed their operations to support in the fight against COVID-19. Bert Bakker, vice president corporate accounts Textile Care at Ecolab Europe, reflects on the past few months and provides insight that will help commercial laundries restart safely and build resilience in the future.

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The sheer volume of discarded textiles at an average hospital or healthcare setting can go un-noticed – almost hidden as part of the wider waste headache. But linens are one area, unlike many others, in which it is relatively easy to increase sustainability and save money, argues David Midgley, managing director, Regenex

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Miele Professional looks at how hospital and healthcare settings can monitor infection control in laundry and dishwashing processes

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Keeping pests at bay is a daunting challenge for hospitals and other healthcare environments such as doctors surgeries and care homes. By their very nature they are designed to be open buildings with many exit points. They are easy for people to access and easy for pests to access too, explains the British Pest Control Association (BPCA).

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Fighting infection and creating spotless hospitals, wards, doctors' surgeries and departments is top of our agenda.

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With our bird proofing solutions you can be assured you’ll never get in a flap over bird problems and you have taken the most effective steps towards preventing birds from inhabiting and damaging your building. Bird control offers a long-term solution and when installed correctly, is 100% effective.

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The importance of using products and methods that minimise adverse impacts on health and the environment grows stronger every day.

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We thoroughly clean all common areas of residential blocks and estates.

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