Silver cuts sickness

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."