A year back, probably every student had a sanitizer bottle in their pocket or in their school bags. Sanitizers became a fancy and students lost no opportunity of boasting their sanitized hands. All of a sudden, some of the schools imposed a ban on the use of sanitizers much to the disappointment of the children who had by then made it a habit to use hand sanitizers. But why ban sanitizers? Clean India Journal spoke to microbiologists of leading hospitals to get a clear view
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"Are gloves, catheters, bottles and IV sets to be cut before disposing in red bag? "
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Ideally yes, they are cut to prevent misuse. If you have an authorised recycler who can assure you of no reuse, like in the MOM or contract made for recycling you can go ahead," explains Dr Anju Kagal, Prof. of Microbiology, BJ Government Medical College, Pune
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The scissors and knife used for cutting infected waste can themselves become a source of infection. These cutting instruments has to be disinfected too. As per the new guidelines, these disposal items can be used for road making or by fuel companies
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"Second Annual IPHA West Zone Meet "
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The I-Professional Housekeepers Association (IPHA) organised a conference event on 28th April 2018 at IBIS Hotel Nashik. It was the second annual IPHA West Zone Housekeepers Meet. A wonderful event with attendees from cities like Pune, Mumbai and Aurangabad with a blend of supporting sectors of housekeeping like laundry managers, vendors, hotel management institute staff and housekeepers. The agenda of the conference was conducted via expert talks, group activities and knowledge sharing discussions about enhancing housekeeping services
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Plastic-eating enzyme
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Researchers from Britain's University of Portsmouth and the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have accidentally created a mutant enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world's worst pollution problems. Their aim was to study its structure, but they accidentally engineered an enzyme which was even better at breaking down PET plastics
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Dhaka breaks Vadodara Cleaning record
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A cleaning drive, organised by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), including as many as 15,000 Bangladeshi people, managed to break a Guinness world record set in India. It had representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records in attendance. DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon urged the Dhaka dwellers to participate in the two-hour-long mass cleaning programme aimed at raising awareness among people to make the city a clean and healthy one
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14 of 20 most polluted cities in world are in India: WHO
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The World Health Organization (WHO) released its list of the 20 most polluted cities in the world on May 2, which features 14 Indian cities. The air in Kanpur, Delhi, Varanasi, Patna and 10 other Indian cities is considered the most polluted according to data collated in 2016. Kanpur was the most polluted city on the list, followed by Faridabad. Varanasi ranked 3rd, while Gaya was 4th. Delhi occupied the 6th spot. Srinagar, Lucknow, Gurugram and Agra were some of the other cities that featured in the top 20. Bamenda in Cameroon, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Kampala, Narayangonj and Doha were the six non-Indian cities on the list
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Let's end plastic pollution together
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When plastic broke onto the scene in 1907, it was revolutionary and quickly became a significant part of our day-to-day lives; altering everything from how we eat, shop or even travel. But, we collectively overlooked how damaging plastic is for human health, our global ecosystems and climate change. As a result, the ocean - our world's greatest resource - is under attack and we all have to take responsibility for it
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Louise Koch, Corporate Sustainability Lead, EMEA, Dell
Infection control is one of the areas of hospital, which is directly or indirectly associated with patient outcomes as far as infections acquired in hospitals are concerned. Quality care of the patient involves multiple factors and hospital
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Hospital profile for Infection control activities
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I/We hereby agree to share the detailed profile of hospital and infection control for hospital and ensure that the purpose of this exercise is only for educational/academic purpose only and details will remain confidential. Also best practices will be eligible for national level awards.
Addition of chemicals are used for Faster cleaning and better results
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I was on one railway station in Hyderabad area and the cleaning was in progress on platform no.1. but unfortunately no proper supervision and also on ride on machine scrubber drier they were using only water. Using of only water
Best Housekeeper in Asia -- Criteria of Participation
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Out of the entries received, 10 candidates will be shortlisted based on merit by a team of reputed experts from various industries. During the process of selection, candidates will be interviewed if need be by the jury members on the given mobile numbers with prior intimation. The selected 10 candidates will have to be present on July 4, 2018, at the International Housekeepers’ Summit in Colombo by 8.30am. The candidates will join the Summit thereafter.
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The jury will be present in the Summit hall to assess the finer details of the selected candidates. The 10 candidates will face interviews and discussions along with the jury. Five out of them will be shortlisted before the Awards Night. During the function, the three nominated finalists will take the stage to answer a set of questions put up by the jury. Along with the jury’s scores, the votes of the attending delegates will be added to select the winner and the runners up of the Best Housekeeper in Asia Award.
