On Monday morning (6th December) the BBC interviewed Prof. Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious diseases from the University of East Anglia. He told the BBC that the Omicron variant is likely to be the UK’s dominant Covid variant within weeks. He went on to say that “I think this virus is around [and] going…
Byretech Ltd are pleased to have supplied the Port of Felixstowe with Liquid Guard® to help reduce the risk of transmission of Covid 19 between employees using the same equipment. Liquid Guard® is an antimicrobial nano-coating that breaks the transmission of bacteria and virus between hands and surface touch points. Liquid Guard’s easy two-part application…
G4S is an extensive global service provider with operations in over 80 countries and employing over 530,000 people, making it the world’s third largest private employer. Its UK operations are equally impressive with 10,000 UK customers serviced by 25,000 employees across a wide range of sectors, from security, custodial and rehabilitation services, to facilities and…
Imperial College London (ICL) Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering published a very timely briefing paper titled ‘Smart surfaces to tackle infection and antimicrobial resistance.’ Back in March 2020, when it began to dawn on us just how much SARS CoV-2 was going to affect the way we went about our daily lives, the Imperial…
With the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the focus on decontamination, deep cleaning, general cleaning and hourly top up cleans have become a mainstay of daily routines for care homes. Irrespective of whether you use a contract cleaning company or your own in-house team, the time needed to clean effectively is not inconsiderable, nor is the disruption to the residents. Advice on cleaning solutions in…
Over recent months, we have heard the term ‘Covid secure’ being banded around in relation to workplaces, retail outlets and leisure facilities, all with the aim of getting the economy moving after lock-down. The Government has issued fourteen guides covering all types of workplaces from offices, fleets of vehicles to home visits. Theses guides are…
As part of the easing of lockdown, hotels are finding ways to open their doors safely, on the 4th July. As with all businesses, the safety of their employees and customers is of the highest priority. To prepare a warm and “safe” welcome back for customers which instils confidence , hotels are having to reappraise…
In recent years there has been a steep increase in the number of building operators offering ‘rent a desk’ or shared office working facilities. These trends build on the traditional system of one floor, one company occupancy, but what links these evolving styles of use in commercial space is the communal areas that continue to…
The optimisation of infection control is high on the agenda of all involved in health care; by achieving it, the health and wellbeing of patients as well as staff and visitors is positively affected. However, maintaining bacterial and viral free surfaces is challenging, as every human touch transfers microorganisms to and from surfaces to the…
Care home managers and proprietors who are looking to optimise infection control and break the ever-challenging chain of infection can now turn to Signo Nanocare UK’s newly launched wipe-on self-disinfection surface coating Liquid Guard®. The coating is effortlessly applied as part of your regular deep clean routines, giving every surface a year-long shield against the…