The essentials are hand soap and sanitiser dispensers, air care, surface care and washroom accessories. A washroom that works matters. It affects how your employees feel at work and how visitors see your brand, so it needs to stand up to daily use. For hand hygiene, choose wall-mount manual or wall-mount automatic dispensers, or counter mount units for basins. Add passive air care or aerosol air care, surface care for seats and surfaces, and washroom accessories such as baby changing stations and liners, and sanitary bin liners where your site needs them.
Keep hand hygiene, air care and surface care stocked and working at all times. A dispenser that is empty or broken is not only frustrating for users but could contribute to the spread of germs. With absenteeism costing your business money and your reputation on the line, choosing the right products matters as much as regular maintenance. To keep standards up, check dispensers and refills at set points in the day, and clean high-touch surfaces regularly. Make soap easy to reach at every basin and keep seat and surface cleaning products where staff can use them. Choose products that are easy to see, easy to refill and built to last, so they keep working between checks. Touch-free options such as our AutoFoam dispensers use hygienically sealed refills and concentrated dosing, minimising wastage and the need to frequently restock. For more guidance on best practice, see our HandSafe tips and insights.
Hygienically sealed refills keep product fresh and help keep costs down. Each dose is controlled, so there is less wastage, and the concentrated formula gives more applications per refill, which means better cost in use. Although bulk fill dispensers can seem like the cheaper choice, they are a false economy. Bulk fill dispensers are more likely to become contaminated than those using hygienically sealed refills, which can spread bacteria and feed through into sickness and lost productivity. A dispenser built to last use after use also means fewer costly replacements. Look for dispensers that come with long product warranties to give you added peace of mind. What does that look like in practice? See how Durban University of Technology cut costs, improved efficiency, gained more control over wastage and achieved better cost in use, just by upgrading their washroom dispensers. Explore our AutoFoam dispensers or the FLex™ dispenser and its foam refills.
The key to improving hand hygiene in a workplace is making it easy. Place dispensers at multiple touchpoints beyond the bathroom. Think about communal spaces like staff rooms and kitchens and high-traffic areas such as entrances, lobbies and lift areas. If you keep dispensers well stocked and visible people will be more inclined to wash their hands. Touch-free makes it easier still. 92% of people prefer touch-free dispensers, so our automatic dispensers remove a barrier before anyone reaches for the soap. Looks matter too. A flimsy dispenser, or one that looks dirty, puts people off using it, and a dispenser nobody uses does nothing for hygiene. Our wall-mount dispensers suit washrooms, counter mount units suit basins, and hand hygiene stands bring sanitiser to entrances, corridors and busy areas. For practical advice and tips, visit our HandSafe tips and insights.
