COVID-19 Special Report - Cleaning up healthcare environments

This article explores the challenge of ensuring hospitals and other health and care settings are cleaned thoroughly to prevent the spread of coronavirus, with environmental decontamination and hand hygiene key

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Specifying pure water systems for disinfection processes

Sabine LeMercier, business development manager at Veolia Water Technologies UK looks at the Health Technical Memoranda ...

New plan to help protect care homes from coronavirus over winter

Free PPE, a £546m infection prevention moneypot, and new nursing lead to ensure care homes are protected from second ...

1,700 GP practices contribute patient data for COVID-19 research

Oxford researchers praise widespread response from primary care operators to call for valuable patient data on which to ...

Do users benefit from HEPA air filters on hand dryers?

Neil Butler of Mitsubishi Electric discusses whether hospital washrooms can benefit from high-performance HEPA ...

Government delivers 250,000 clear face masks to support people with hearing loss

Deal with US firm addresses communication difficulties posed by traditional face masks

COMMENT: How hospitals can prepare for the next challenges of COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated change in NHS hospitals, and healthcare staff must embrace it to deal with the ...

COVID-19 tests offered to every care home for elderly or those with dementia

Nearly 9,000 testing kits already sent to homes across the UK as part of COVID-19 response

BES completes first phase of pharmacy and aseptic suite project

Specialist delivers landmark facility at Weston Park Hospital

Case study: Sherwood Forest NHS minimises the risk of Pseudomonas

Engineering risk assessment minimises the risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination and saves lives

A specialist approach for sterile facilities

Garry Horrocks from BES discusses the importance of managing the financial and operational risk associated with ...

Scientists call for review of link between humidity and respiratory health in wake of COVID-19

Global petition calls on World Health Organization to set clear guidelines on minimum air humidity levels in public ...

Britain’s biggest network of COVID-19 diagnostic labs completed in five weeks

Sites in Milton Keynes, Glasgow and Alderley Park in Cheshire are now live and are testing thousands of patient samples ...

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Comment: Protecting water tanks from bacterial growth

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The future of hand hygiene compliancy in healthcare

Better sanitary ware design for infection control

Maximising infection control in healthcare equipment