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30 May 2025

What’s Lurking on Your Hands? The Hygiene Angels Reveal the Truth

Written by Sian Walkling
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Pop-Up Swabbing Station Surprises Dublin Shoppers At Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, a surprising spectacle stopped shoppers in their tracks. Initial Hygiene’s ‘Hygiene Angels’ launched a pop-up stand with one clear purpose: to prove how much bacteria we could unknowingly...
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23 April 2020

Top 3 Tips For Business Reopening Post Coronavirus

Written by Initial Hygiene
The coronavirus pandemic caused temporary business closures across the country. The government had to take extreme precautionary measures to contain and eliminate the threat of this pandemic. Now businesses owners are waiting for these restrictions to be reduced so...
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31 January 2020

Coronavirus: How To Prevent nCOV Transmission At Your Workplace

Written by Initial Hygiene
  On 31st January 2020, the WHO has declared the Novel Coronavirus a Global Emergency. The Novel Coronavirus outbreak began in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China just as 2019 was coming to an end. It did not match...
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18 October 2019

Flu Prevention and Hand Hygiene Services

Written by Initial Hygiene
Why is hand hygiene so important? Harmful germs and bacteria surround us constantly, they are everywhere we go, in everything we touch and they get active especially during the winter months. That is why we have cases of Flu...
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20 February 2019

Germ Hotspots in the Workplace

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Employees are generally more inclined to work productively and experience improve morale when they feel that employers care for their wellbeing. Identifying germ hotspots in the office premises enable employers to select the right hygiene solutions, hence increase office...
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27 September 2018

Global Handwashing Day for Hygiene Awareness

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According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 40% of foodborne illnesses are transmitted via germs on our hands. Moreover, a staggering 80% of communicable diseases are transferred by touch alone. When done properly, good hand...
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03 January 2018

How to avoid cold and flu

Written by Initial Hygiene
As the weather gets colder and wetter and the nights draw in, the number of people with coughs, sniffles and sneezes grows. People are absent from the office, friends cancel engagements and you seem to always get stuck in...
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21 November 2017

Paper Towels Vs Hand Dryers: What’s More Hygienic?

Written by Initial Hygiene
Since you were little you’ve always been told to wash your hands, but why is that? Well, it’s simple improper hand hygiene can cause serious complications to your health. Did you know that 80% of infections such as the flu are...
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06 October 2017

Global Handwashing Day 2017: Our Hands, Our Future

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With Global Handwashing Day fast approaching on October 15th, we take a look at the history of handwashing and consider why it now needs to be taken more seriously than ever. Why hand hygiene is important If we delve...
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18 August 2017

What might happen if you didn’t wash your hands

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Most people know to wash their hands after they’ve used the bathroom or before they prepare food. This makes sense from a purely hygienic perspective and protects people from obvious risks. First of all, consider what happens if you...
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