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Hygiene in the kitchenette

Crockery, cups, glasses and carafes can easily pile up in your office or agency kitchenette. In any place where lots of people congregate, it is very important to ensure that the items they use get washed hygienically – for the benefit of your customers and your own employees alike. Why? The answer is easy: for the sake of protecting people and keeping them safe. In this regard, a few simple steps can be taken to help people make more hygienic use of the dishwasher in the break room. For instance, staff should always pay attention to good basic hygiene when unloading clean crockery to avoid the risk of recontamination. In other words, they should wash their hands regularly and always before unloading the dishwasher. In addition, users should always ensure the use of sufficient detergent. As an additional safety measure, we recommend using a cleaning agent that contains bleach.

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Hygiene in laundry care

Cleanliness is the watchword in the hotel and restaurant trade. Ensuring the hygienic cleanliness of laundry – such as towels, bed linen, tablecloths, and serviettes – is absolutely essential. Particularly in light of how the laundry is constantly changing hands from one guest to another, establishments need washing processes that not only remove heavy soiling but also kill pathogenic viruses. This is important for many reasons – not least because of the need to comply with the instructions that the health authorities issue in particular cases.

Hygiene in the kitchen

Whether it be in a restaurant, a school canteen or a nursery, you always have to be able to count on hygiene! These are places where lots of different adults and children congregate. Care must be taken to ensure that all items are hygienically clean so that everyone can enjoy their food without any problems. In this regard, a few simple steps can be taken to help people make more hygienic use of the dishwasher in the break room. For instance, staff should always pay attention to good basic hygiene when unloading clean crockery to avoid the risk of recontamination. In other words, they should wash their hands regularly and always before unloading the dishwasher. National infection control authorities and hygiene associations also recommend only using programmes above 60 °C to ensure a hygienic and disinfecting cleaning effect. In addition, users should always ensure the use of sufficient detergent. As an additional safety measure, we recommend using a cleaning agent that contains bleach.

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Hygiene when washing cleaning textiles

Through their cleaning and disinfection work, contract cleaners play a huge part in helping to prevent infection – particularly in areas where hygiene is crucial, such as hospitals, grocery shops or community facilities. This is because surfaces that are touched frequently carry an increased risk of transmitting infectious agents, which can enter the mucous membranes and cause infection. Door and window handles, light switches, banister rails and lift buttons are all typical examples of such contact surfaces. In such cases, wipe disinfection ensures a higher level of protection. However, this depends on the cleaning textiles having been professionally disinfected in the washing machine in the first place. This prevents clinically relevant microorganisms from multiplying. And special wash programmes can certainly help in this regard.
All Miele Professional MopStar machines feature numerous disinfection programmes in accordance with the stipulations of European infection control authorities and hygiene associations. In addition, these programmes incorporate further safety standards, such as a function for monitoring temperature control, thereby ensuring the safety of your cleaning textiles when they come out of the machine. We will be happy to provide evidence of this in the form of a hygiene certificate.

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Hygiene when washing protective clothing

The protection of fire and rescue personal is one of the key aims when washing their protective clothing to make it hygienically clean. Whenever they go out on an operation, there is a risk of their protective clothing getting contaminated by pathogens (germs that cause illness). Consequently, the priorities when washing the clothing are to remove the dirt that has got trapped in the fibres and to avoid contamination. For this reason, fire and rescue clothing should be disinfected and, where applicable, treated with a proofing agent when it is washed. Treatment with a proofing agent stops contaminants from adhering to the fabric as much. Using special thermochemical wash programmes for this ensures clean results. The final stage of any hygienic wash cycle is the drying process. Within this context, it is important to ensure that the clothing is not stored while still damp.