Practical Infection control training for: NHS, care-homes, food preparation, hygiene, hand washing Hygiene, infection control and hand-washing - making the difference to peoples livesIt all started as a discussion about volunteer training for a national first-aid organisation. Members of the group were interested in further training, but bored with the routine of what we had been doing. With swine flu on the news at the time, one of the emergency planning volunteers said she would be a … [Read more...] about Train the Trainer – Infection Control
Winter viruses and how to beat them – Infection control
Some months ago, the RapidBI team were invited to assist a BBC production team in the production of a scene for this BBC documentary - Winter viruses and how to beat themOur brief for the programme Winter viruses and how to beat them was to work to demonstrate how a virus would spread in the real world.In this pre-release clip (below), the BBC together with the Health & Safety Executive's Laboratory (UK) to explore the spread of the winter vomiting bug "Norovirus". In this dramatic … [Read more...] about Winter viruses and how to beat them – Infection control
Global Hand Washing Day 15th October
How clean are your hands? Today marks the fourth global hand washing day. Started in 2008 its goal is to prevent deaths through cross infection and poor hygiene.The organization behind this (Global hand washing day) have launched some excellent Posters and other resources to help. Of course, hand washing is for life, not just for hand washing day... but it's a great focus. Why is effective hand washing important? Although people around the world wash their hands with water, … [Read more...] about Global Hand Washing Day 15th October
