Maintaining a clean and hygienic environment is crucially important in veterinary practices. As medical facilities that care for animals, veterinary practices must prioritise infection control to safeguard the health of both animals and humans. Effective cleaning and disinfection practices play a vital role in preventing...
We started with the marketing of disinfectants as being labelled as a percentage reduction, and we said that 99.9% reduction sounded like it was almost 100%. However, we now know that unchecked bacteria can grow into enormous populations numbering into the millions, billions and trillions...
Browse any supermarket line of kitchen and bathroom cleaners and you will notice a common theme in their marketing – “kills 99.9% of bacteria”, usually followed by an asterisk exclaiming that the product will kill up to 99.9% if used exactly as dictated under ideal...
Cleaning in doctor’s surgeries and clinics often takes a back seat or neglected all together, and yet the public who use these facilities every day are, by their very nature, more susceptible to illness or more likely to carry an illness. All it takes is...
The requirements under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (and the inspections that enforce those requirements) stipulate that all practices must meet a number of fundamental standards of care, one of those key standards is that premises and equipment must be clean and suitable...