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Controlling infection and supporting facilities

Chris Whieldon, sales director for Teal Patents Ltd, discusses how the use of portable sinks has helped the NHS to control infection outbreaks and support facilities maintenance, an approach that could also offer benefits in residential care homes

We are now coming to the end of what is widely recognised as peak season for illnesses such as influenza and the increasingly prevalent norovirus, the impact of which can be severe, particularly in elderly people. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in five cases of acute gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach or intestines) that leads to diarrhoea and vomiting is caused by norovirus. It results in 685 million cases of acute gastroenteritis annually, making it the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide.1 

In the UK, hospital ward and school closures have become a regular response and figures from Public Health England in 2019 showed an increase in cases of 28 per cent year on year.2 

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