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Setting the standards – Validation and environmental testing
Grosvenor Contracts are delighted to have achieved a log reduction of 7.6 – 7.8 of our wash disinfection process. A log reduction of 5 or more is required under CFPP01-04 guidelines. These results demonstrate our ability to raise the standards in the healthcare laundry sector and supports our continued investment into the latest technology.
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Arab Health 2016
Grosvenor contracts are pleased to announce the latest laundry contracts Our stand at the Arab Health 2016 exhibition was a resounding success with awareness of our products and services generated and a number of new export orders secured. Here are some photographs from the exhibition:
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Electrolux Professional reveals infection prevention findings
Over a quarter of care home staff in the UK do not feel their laundry is managed in a way that completely avoids contamination, according to a recent report on the sector from Electrolux Professional. The survey covered over 160 care home professionals and Electrolux conducted this study prior to launching an in-depth report on […]
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World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 16-22 November 2015
Antibiotics: handle with care World Antibiotic Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. A global action plan to tackle the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics and other […]
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The healthcare sector has specific laundry requirements
Launderers serving the healthcare market need to conform to a different set of requirements and controls from those that apply to hospitality customers, says Richard Neale of LTC Worldwide There are three main ways in which the requirements for healthcare laundering differ from those in hospitality. First: Healthcare customers require clean linen seven days a […]
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Care Home Laundry Service: Visit us today and tomorrow on Stand I100 at The Care & Dementia Show, NEC, Birmingham
Grosvenor Contracts operate a State of the Art Healthcare Laundry servicing Healthcare Providers and Care Homes. On Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th of November we will be exhibiting at The Care & Dementia Show at The NEC in Birmingham. We’ll be previewing our new promotional film: A Day in the Life of a Healthcare Laundry. […]
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Podcast: Infection prevention and control in hospitals
How do you reduce the risk of cross infection and how do you cut the number of MRSA cases in a hospital? An infection control nurse talks about this and more on our new podcast. Listen to find out more! Antibiotic-resistant organisms such as MRSA as well as particularly pathogenic organisms such as group A […]
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Drug-resistant bugs in the crosshairs of new research initiative
One of the world’s most ambitious collaborations to tackle the rise of drug resistant infections has launched at Imperial College London today. At the official launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborative (ARC), Imperial’s President, Professor Alice Gast, welcomed VIPs including the UK Government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies and Sir Richard Sykes, Chairman […]
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CQC inspection: Are you aware of regulations regarding your in-house care home laundry ?
Grosvenor Contracts operate a State of the Art Healthcare Laundry servicing London and the surrounding counties. Please feel free to contact us for further information. Visit us at Stand I100, Hall 3 at the Care & Dementia Show at the NEC 3rd and 4th November or call Grosvenor Contracts on 020 7237 0099 or […]
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Bermondsey Remembers
A military band, the Army cadets, the MP, the Mayor, the Councillors, local clergy, Sir Simon Hughes and lots of veterans, together with members of the public, gathered this morning in brilliant sunshine for the long awaited rededication of the War Memorial in Old Jamaica Rd, to be performed by the Bishop of Southwark. When […]
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Combination of Three Antibiotics Can Kill Staph Infections
Three antibiotics that, individually, are not effective against a drug-resistant staph infection can kill the deadly pathogen when combined as a trio, according to new research. The researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have killed the bug — methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) — in test tubes and laboratory mice, and believe […]