newsFine for inadequate welfare facilities on site
A STOCKPROT construction company has been prosecuted after failing to ensure suitable welfare facilities were provided for workers on site.
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newsTeachers make a stand for health and safety
ON FRIDAY, members of NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, at Buchanan High School in North Lanarkshire started their seven planned days of strike action over the failure of the employer to act appropriately to address health and safety concerns.
productHand hygiene campaign
Technical Concepts has launched a
hand hygiene programme aimed at
key market sectors, including
education, food service, healthcare
and commercial businesses.
The Clean Hands Up programme
focusses on three touch-free
productConsider a scenario when half your
While to date the effects of Swine Flu seem to have been less severe than
some feared, its threat raised questions over how well prepared UK Plc is
for a serious pandemic, Mark Cosh offers some advice on reducing the
impac
productWall of resistance
New formula Watco Wallguard now
includes silver ion technology for
superior bacterial resistance. Suitable
for industrial food/drink production
and processing areas, as well as
schools, hospitals and canteens, the
inter
productWinning hygiene
The Society of Food
Hygiene and Technology
has given its Best New
Product award to the
hygiene product, Byotrol,
which has proved very
effective not just in the food
hygiene industry, but also in
hospitals and busines
productSouth Pacific success
Emergency
decontamination
manufacturer Showers
& Eyebaths Services has
completed a contract to
supply 16 cubicle safety
showers with internal
eyebaths and spring
loaded doors for a new
Nickel plant being built
on th
productFast and quiet
Airdri, a specialist in warm air hand
dryers, has launched a new, fast,
energy-efficient dryer, designated
Classic+, which features a low noise
operation of 78dB(A), an average
drying time of 13 seconds, and a
reduced p
productAnti-microbial protection
Class O Armaflex engineered foam
insulation materials from Armacell,
including sheets, tubes and coils are
now supplied with built-in antimicrobial
protection, providing
continuous and lifelong protection
against potent
productBrits learn to wash their hands
According to research unveiled by SCA, the specialist hygiene and tissue paper, 89% of the UK have started washing their hands more often since the outbreak of swine flu.
The SCA 2010 ‘Hygiene Matters’ report shows that since 2009, 89% of the UK have started washing their hands more frequently.
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