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It's well known that staff sickness costs UK business an enormous amount of money every year and good hygiene protocols can make all the difference. The key thing is using the right products and using them properly, something that unfortunately many companies overlook. We are always happy to help so if you want to make some positive changes and protect your staff and customers then drop us a line, even if its just for some advice (we don't charge for that!).email: info@serenityhygiene.com or give us a call on 0330 043 1029

Alcohol Sanitiser Deaths up by 157% in 2019/2020. The truth about alcohol vs alcohol free sanitisers

 

Serenity Hygiene attends the Health and Safety show at the Birmingham NEC

We are quite proud that we have become somewhat known for our alcohol-free hand sanitiser and all the benefits that come with it.  However, we do acknowledge that there are some situations where our customers have no choice but to use alcohol-based sanitisers and we keep hearing things like "we love your alcohol-free sanitiser but our customers have been told to use 60% or higher alcohol, that's what they expect when they walk into our premises so that's what we have to give them" (an actual quote from a high street bank!) It became clear that our customers needed the choice...

It is no surprise that healthcare environments including hospitals, care facilities and doctors surgeries are among the most important places to control bacteria and viruses. However, advice is often out dated or insufficient and confusing as to how exactly to adopt best practice for hand hygiene.  The number one cause of infection in hospitals is poor hand hygiene and busy healthcare workers need the simplest yet most effective solution to carry out this vital yet routine practice.  NHS guidelines state the following in relation to alcohol based hand sanitiser. Alcohol hand rub (alcohol gel or foam) Alcohol hand rub can...