MOVING ANNOUNCEMENT
We have moved our hand hygiene blog to another location. Our new site will give the chance to comment our posts and search older posts easier. We hope that these changes will bring us closer.
Hand dryers can spread bacteria in public restrooms
2014.12.01.
Scientists from the University of Leeds have found that high-powered jet-air and warm air hand dryers can spread bacteria in public restrooms. Airborne germ counts were 27 times higher around jet air dryers in comparison with the air around paper towel dispensers. Read more
Public awareness on Ebola
2014.11.28.
The WHO releases a new video on Ebola symptoms and prevention for the public, to understand how can they protect themselves and others from the deadly virus.
Most NHS trusts unaware of impact of HAIs
2014.11.24.
Most UK National Health Service trust hospitals are unaware of the full scale, cost and impact of healthcare-acquired infections, such as sepsis and norovirus, a report reveals. Fifty eight per cent of the NHS trusts which responded to a Freedom of Information request are failing to collate the total number of cases of five common infections. Read more
Reflection on Medica
2014.11.20.
The MEDICA is the world‘s largest medical marketplace annually organized in Düsseldorf. During the 4 days of exhibition nearly 5,000 exhibitors attracted around 130,000 visitors (60 % from 120 foreign countries) who had a chance to benefit of their product innovations in health care.
Hand-in-Scan @ Balkan Venture Forum
2014.11.17.
The Balkan Venture Forum is the largest venture capital, private equity and investment forum in the CEE region, created to facilitate assess to finance, to improve investor readiness, to catalyze innovation into global business and to foster development of entrepreneurship capability.
British Ebola treatment centre opens in Sierra Leone
2014.11.07.
The British-built treatment centre opened in Kerry Town, near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown includes 80 beds that will be managed by Save the Children. A further 12 bed centre will be staffed by British Army medics specifically for health care workers and international staff. Read more
EU pledges €24.4m boost for Ebola research
2014.11.05.
Funding for Ebola is to receive a boost after the European Commission announced €24.4m investment would be plugged into research. Read more