A $60 million expansion of the SCA Kawerau Tissue Site was officially opened by New Zealand’s prime minister John Key, ‘marking a new era for the Bay of Plenty facility’, stated a 30 January press release. ‘President of SCA Hygiene Australasia (SCA HA), Peter Diplaris says the expansion will secure a Kiwi-made future for the […]
31 January, 2014A Sydney Morning Herald story by Julie-anne Davies (28 December 2013), headed ‘Superbug showdown: the time is nigh to get serious about antibiotics’, highlighted the growing danger of growing resistance to antibiotics. The 2,000 word feature covered the danger to patients of acquiring hospital acquired infections (HAIs) after being admitted to both local and overseas […]
30 December, 2013During October this year, ISSA released a new standard industry professionals can use when working in or with kindergarten to year 12 schools to promote a cleaner and healthier indoor environment to benefit children’s learning experiences. The Standard establishes a framework to help schools objectively assess the effectiveness of the cleaning process at their facilities, thereby contributing […]
1 December, 2013‘Doctors are urgently trying to contain a potentially fatal superbug that has been found in 21 of the state’s most vulnerable babies at Monash Medical Centre and Casey Hospital in Melbourne’s south-east’ (Victoria) stated Julia Medew in a 26 November article in The Victoria Age. ‘There are also fears that the antibiotic-resistant bacterium – vancomycin […]
1 December, 2013The inaugural Accord Cleaning & Hygiene Conference: Delivering a Healthy Future, Advancing Community Wellbeing is being hosted at the historic Hotel Windsor in Melbourne on Thursday 7th November 2013. A glamorous conference dinner on Wednesday 6th November 2013 at the renowned No35 at the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins is also part of the program, with […]
30 October, 2013Global healthcare product provider Kimberly-Clark Australia has been recognised for being an ‘Australian leader’ in sustainability, winning the prestigious Banksia award for Leading in Sustainability for large Organisations and was presented with the award 10 October 2013 at the 25th Banksia Sustainability Awards. ‘Kimberly-Clark Australia has transformed its substantial manufacturing and consumer goods business with leading brands into […]
22 October, 2013Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) arising in US acute care hospitals cost America as much as US$147 billion annually, according to a report recently published in the Journal of Medical Economics online edition. The report, by MedERA and funded by an unrestricted educational grant from UMF Corporation, estimates for the first time the societal cost of […]
9 October, 2013The (Melbourne) Herald Sun 20 July reported… The New South Wales opposition is warning of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) outbreaks following reports of a drastic drop in the number of cleaners at some of that State’s busiest hospitals. The newspaper said Opposition health spokesman Andrew McDonald cited a recent report that found Royal North Shore […]
21 July, 2013Radio National 13 July 2013, an interview with Fran Kelly Austin Hospitals’ director of infectious diseases Lindsay Grayson confirmed that ‘old world’ infection control initiatives employed in recent years are highly effective. Grayson pointed out that there are no Australian and no international hospital cleaning standards. He stated that hand hygiene regimes, notably the use […]
14 July, 2013Whiteley Corporation has received an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant, in the mid-year 2013 round, for a project investigating the ‘Developing of Novel Chemistries for Removing Environmental Surface Biofilms to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections’. The grant offers three years of funding into this important area of research and development. ‘The team of researchers will […]
3 July, 2013Integrated facility services provider Spotless is a member of the just announced successful consortium that will build a new Bendigo (Victoria) hospital. The Australian’s (1 June) Sarah Danckert reported that ‘Lend Lease has finalised a $630 million deal with the Victorian government to build the new Bendigo Hospital in regional Victoria.’ Lend Lease will design, […]
2 June, 2013In launching a toolkit of products, educational materials and expertise to combat the spread of norovirus, Diversey is actively educating ‘its customers and distributors on the best practices and most effective products to help reduce the risk of norovirus on employees, customers and facility operations.’ “We are working closely with our customers to ensure they […]
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