Hygiene in geriatric care

Professional hygiene and quality assurance both prevent and fight infections. This is a serious danger for facilities of geriatric care and other nursing facilities. Prevention is crucial here, since avoiding infections is much simpler than fighting them. Outpatient nursing service employees assume great responsibility for the care-dependant persons entrusted to them. Their immune system may be weakened, making them particularly susceptible to attack from pathogenic organisms. With our many years of experience in infection prevention, we effectively support you in your daily activities involving highly active hygiene products and antiseptics.

With our partnering company OPAL we think it is our task to provide economic and medical relief for you when it comes to the subject of hygiene. So in the end we will help you to fully focus on the nursing and care of the people under your responsibility.

There are many processes in geriatric and nursing facilities, where an intensive and particularly special hygiene and quality management requires much know-how. OPAL Service GmbH has specialised in providing consultation and training in respect to these sensitive subjects relevant for hygiene.

Your benefits:

• Reduction of time and costs
• Proven increase in quality
• More safety in all areas, especially with legal issues

To successfully battle pathogenic germs, schülke is continuously dedicated to the research and development of innovative hygiene solutions, which also contribute to a higher quality in geriatric care. As an expert in hygiene schülke offers excellent knowledge of the field and the products in the area of geriatric care.

Your benefits:

• Experience and competence in hygiene of over 125 years
• Highly effective products, tested methods and product advancement
• Technical maintenance

Hand hygiene is very important during the daily nursing routine. No matter if it is before visits, preparation of food or after going to the toilet – the washing station should always be provided with wash lotion, hand disinfectants, skin care and protection.

Multi-resistant pathogens are currently taking over a more important role, also in elderly care. Due to this antibiotic resistance has risen and in case of an infection different medicine does not work as treatment anymore. schülke offers an ideal around packaging for the patients suffering of multi-resistant pathogens.

The direct surrounding of residents has a high risk for the transmission of germs. Therefor not only hand disinfection but also surface disinfection must be remembered.