A Sydney Morning Herald report on 7 May states, ‘if the number of cleaners at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital is not increased there could be an abrupt surge in patients being infected with potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant ”superbugs”.’ Not only does this convey the severity of the siutation caused by the dispute, but also recognises the important role cleaners play within our healthcare [...]
An update on the cleaning dispute published by 702 ABC Sydney on 4 May reports that ‘members of the Health Services Union at Sydney’s Royal North Shore (RNS) Hospital are due to stop work this afternoon in the 12-week long dispute over cleaning services.’ The meeting will follow a compulsory conference in the Industrial Relations Commission between the union and the contractor [...]
The dispute between Infrashore, the consortium responsible for the $1.1 billion public-private partnership (PPP), the subcontractor ISS Health Services and the government body Health Infrastructure has now reached a turning point. According to a Sydney Morning Herald article (3 March) by Amy Corderoy, ‘infectious patients at Royal North Shore Hospital are being abandoned in corridors for hours because there are [...]
Two recent news articles about poor hand hygiene posted on SMH.com.au are testimony to the ever-increasing awareness and vital role of the cleaning and hygiene industry in public health and the importance of enforcing a national benchmark for hand hygiene standards. This is a major concern for the British Olympic team that has been ‘advised by its top doctor to [...]
A paper published this week by scientists at the US’s Centers for Disease Control suggests a new swine flu virus has the potential to cause an outbreak. A post by writer Jason Koebler on the Chicago Tribune’s www.chicagotribune.com said the A(H3N2)v swine flu strain that has infected at least 18 Americans since September 2010 has shown the potential for human-to-human [...]
The annual Hygiene Matters report conducted by SCA, manufacturer of Tork, aims to raise awareness of the connection between hygiene, health and wellbeing among decision makers, experts and the general public around the world. In 2011 the report’s focus is on women and hygiene, and how it is managed outside of the home and in social siutations, clearly demonstrating the [...]
Delivering world class and leading edge technical information about where the industry, as a whole, is headed, CIRI continues to act as the most substantial forum in which the new science that underpins the entire cleaning sector is presented, reviewed and discussed. By Greg Whiteley* The latest meeting of the Cleaning Industry Research Institute (International) was held in the second [...]
In what could, hopefully, become a trend, an Arizona woman has been campaigning for more hygienic playgrounds. A late October item by the Chicago Tribune’s Monica Eng, reported that Erin Carr-Jordan has spent much of the last eight months calling attention to dirty conditions at indoor fast-food playgrounds. As a result one of the world’s leading fast-food chains has banned [...]
The Institute of Hospitality in HealthCare Ltd (IHHC) is inviting national and international participation in its Topical Topics in the Tropics Conference by submitting an abstract to present at its annual national conference to be held in Cairns, North Queensland, 12 to 14 September 2012. The conference, themed ‘Innovative Practice in Healthcare Hospitality and Support Services’, aims to provide a [...]
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is offering a free, one hour webinar for educators and health professionals about hygienic hand washing techniques. The event takes place Monday October 3 2011 at 6:30 pm US Eastern Standard Time. You can register online at: www2.gotomeeting.com/register/510961714 “In just 60 minutes, we will share up-to-date information about hand washing that will help others raise the [...]
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