1. Less is More

3. What is hygiene?

4. Personal washroom hygiene
Less is More - Hygiene
Professional hygiene
Health care
Food preparation
Personal washroom hygiene
Offices, childcare, schools, etc.

5. Professional hygiene – Health care

6. “What’s the hygiene situation in health care today?”
Professional hygiene – Health care
“What’s the hygiene situation
in health care today?”
The EU is hit by 2.8 million nosocomial infections every year, costing 6.3 billion EUR in total.

7. How are nosocomial infections caused?

8. Most infections are spread via the hands
Professional hygiene – Health care
Most infections are spread via the hands

9. The world in a cuticle Professional hygiene – Health care
Under a nail:
As many microbes as there are people in Sweden
Under a ring:
As many microbes as there are people in Europe
Under an inflamed cuticle: As many microbes as there are people on earth

10. Resident flora: Transient flora: Professional hygiene – Health care
Unharmful microbes essential to life
Shield us from harmful microbes
Are found in the body naturally
Microbes that can cause cross-infection
Good hand hygiene prevents and hinders disease

11. What does Katrin mean by good hand hygiene?

12. 3 ways of washing your hands
Professional hygiene – Health care
3 ways of washing your hands
Hand washing
Hand disinfection
Surgical hand washing

13. Professional hygiene – Health care
Wet hands become sore more easily and, thus, increase skin irritation
Wet hands have twice as many bacteria as dry hands
Drying with paper towels mechanically removes bacteria (by up to 91 per cent)

14. How Katrin can help improve hygiene in health care

15. Health care Professional hygiene – Health care
Preventing and hindering nosocomial infections

16. Professional hygiene – Health care
Touch free dispensers
High capacity
Dispencing sheet by sheet
Soft paper prevents skin irritation
High absorbency

17. Professional hygiene – Food preparation

18. “What’s the hygiene situation in the food sector today?”
Professional hygiene – Food preparation
“What’s the hygiene situation
in the food sector today?”
2,000 cases of food poisoning are reported every year.
Examples from Sweden:
The true number could be as high as 500,000 at a cost of 731 million SEK.

19. What causes food poisoning?

20. Professional hygiene – Food preparation
Disease can spread
from person to person,
from person to product and
from product to person.

21. Professional hygiene – Food preparation
Microbes
Useful
Harmful
Bacteria
Production of some milk products, e.g. yoghurt and cheese
Production of sausages
Production of medicine
Wastewater cleaning
Illness
Contamination of food
Mould
Composting
Production of cheese
Production of medicine
Illness
Contamination of food
Poisonous mould i.e. toxin
Yeasts
Production of beer and wine
Baking
Illness
Contamination of food
Viruses
Vaccine
Insect pesticides
Illness

22. Professional hygiene – Food preparation
HACCP system means safe
food from farm to plate
HACCP secures critical points in food production, packaging and serving

23. Personal hygiene: Professional hygiene – Food preparation Hand hygiene
Hands have to be washed
before coming to work, between
different steps in food processing,
after breaks, after toilet visits, after
coughing, sneezing or smoking

24. How Katrin can help improve hygiene in food preparation

25. Food preparation Professional hygiene – Food preparation
Ensuring the safety of the food

26. Professional hygiene – Food preparation
Touch free dispenser
Water-proof
dispenser
Paper with the right function:
– absorbency
– absorption rate
– strong
High performance

27. Personal washroom hygiene

28. “What’s the hygiene situation in public washrooms today?”
Personal washroom hygiene
“What’s the hygiene situation in public washrooms today?”
22% of the population don’t wash their hands after using the washroom.
90% of guests at fast-food restaurants don’t wash their hands before eating.

29. “What’s the hygiene situation in public washrooms today?”
Personal washroom hygiene
“What’s the hygiene situation in public washrooms today?”
Swedish research:
Pupils avoid school toilets because they are dirty, run out of paper and do not flush.
Finnish day-care study:
use of antibiotics reduced by 30%
parents absence from work reduced considerably

30. What causes poor hygiene in public washrooms?

31. “What causes poor hygiene?”
Personal washroom hygiene
“What causes poor hygiene?”
Washrooms cleaned rarely and poorly
The wrong choice of products and systems:
capacity does not match consumption
the product solution does not match the hygiene requirements/needs
Dirty, untidy washrooms promote indifference

32. How Katrin can help improve hygiene in public washrooms

33. Personal washroom hygiene
A clean, fresh washroom is a hygienic washroom.
They should therefore be easy to clean
and simple to maintain.

34. Personal washroom hygiene

35. Personal washroom hygiene – Premium quality and high frequency
OPERA
Design that suits most demanding settings.
High capacity dispensers ensures
that there is always paper and other disposables available.
Paper towels are more hygienic than cotton towels and air dryers.
Soft and absorbent tissue are part
of the image and good service.

36. Personal washroom hygiene – Premium quality and low frequency
RESTAURANT
Trendy and stylish design meet customer expectations.
A fresh and attractive washroom has always paper available.
High-quality paper is part of the service package.
Paper towels are hygienic and easy to use for all.

37. Personal washroom hygiene – Standard quality and high frequency
RAILWAYSTATION
Quick refill and simple service dispenser.
A lot of paper in the dispenser – essential for high traffic washroom.
Durable dispensers even for tough environments.
Reliable functionality and controlled usage.

38. Personal washroom hygiene – Standard quality and low frequency
OFFICE
Always paper in the dispenser.
Dispensers that are easy to refill and fit most washroom settings.
Cost effectiveness with the right paper and dispenser.
Soap, and paper towel make hand hygiene easy.