Healthcare: Is Safety your choice or compulsion?
As the queues for Covid patients are never ending, the queues of non-Covid patients waiting to be operated for other... Read More
Focus on sanitation and healthcare
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is coming up with an action plan for six months with a focus on... Read More
NanoTouch create cleaner healthcare facilities
NanoTouch Materials, in Forest, Virginia, has used new advances in nanotechnology to create NanoSeptic selfcleaning surfaces, enabling healthcare facilities to... Read More
NanoZymes use light to kill bacteria in healthcare settings
A new artificial enzyme that uses light to kill bacteria could become a powerful weapon in the fight against infections.... Read More
AMF Solutions for Healthcare
Different areas and activities in healthcare facilities have different acoustic requirement. A corridor will require a different acoustic treatment to... Read More
Healthcare Linen & Uniforms Cleaning
Most hospitals depend upon external laundry services, and are less worried about hygiene in terms of how the linen and... Read More
Massive CSR fund to flow in sanitation,Healthcare
According to the new Companies Act passed by the Parliament on April 1, 2014, CSR will become mandatory for companies... Read More
Government releases र37 crores for healthcare sanitation
The Rajasthan State Government has released र37 crores to keep the healthcare centres neat and clean. The health department has... Read More
Healthcare-related infections on the rise
A new study published by the American Journal of Infection Control found that 93% of tested laundered towels used to... Read More
Xenex ‘robot’ combats healthcare associated infection
US hospitals are engaged in a ferocious battle against the deadly pathogens and multi drug-resistant organisms which cause healthcare associated... Read More
Personalised feedback sensitizes healthcare workers
A major three-year trial led by researchers at University College London, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown... Read More
Healthcare Infection Control through Cleaning & Sterilization
It is now being widely accepted that efficient pre-washing / cleaning is essential in the sterilization process. Moreover, with the... Read More
MRSA & Healthcare
A recent study proves that antimicrobial copper effectively kills MRSA within two hours while it readily survives on stainless steel.... Read More
Hygiene in Healthcare Effective Management through Outsourcing
Today, a large number of hospitals are looking at outsourcing their housekeeping requirements – fully or partially. But, more clarity is needed as to which are the areas that need to be outsourced and how the outsourced services can be managed to meet the required cleanliness & hygiene standards. A panel consisting of six experts both from the healthcare end and the cleaning industry discussed this pertinent issue across a round table during the Clean India Pulire 2011. Excerpts:
Report on ‘Green cleaning in Healthcare’
A new research report released by the Health Care Research Collaborative in the US, has pointed out the need for... Read More
Hygiene in Healthcare – A Diagnosis
In nine out of ten cases, the criteria for choosing a hospital by any individual would be the medical facilities offered therein. However, when the situation is critical, any hospital in the vicinity becomes the first choice and in a life-and-death situation the scope for making a choice would be limited. Given a choice, how many of us would actually look at how clean the hospital is inside-out? Would we go for a private set up rather than a Government one because it is supposed to be “cleaner”? Are all private hospitals actually hygienic or do they just look “clean”? Mohana M explores…
Forbes Concept:Fortifying Perfection at Fortis Healthcare
Fortis Healthcare is a fast growing chain of hospitals in India. By adopting a “Total Patient Centric Approach”, the teams... Read More
Housekeeping in Healthcare
Hospital housekeeping is very challenging as it involves not only providing hygienic and comfortable environment to the patients and visitors, but also imparting confidence in them, says Sonal Chitroda, Managing Director- A.L.L. Services Under 1 Roof (India) Pvt Ltd.
Ensuring Manufacturing Units function Safely
How can one ensure manufacturing continue operations uninterrupted? By protecting employee health? Well then, how can this be achieved? Yes, by a... Read More
GMR group supports female-led PPE manufacturing efforts
It has trained hundreds of women to earn and support frontline workers during lockdown GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF), the CSR arm ... Read More
