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Tactical use of portable sinks during a pandemic

Isolation facilities tackling the new coronavirus are now turning to portable handwashing facilities. The tactical use of portable sinks can help increase infection prevention efforts.

We are now experiencing a completely new environment as the virus, COVID-19, has spread rapidly changing daily lives with serious impact on countries, individuals and medical staff around the world. A worldwide lockdown and social distancing have meant behaviour changes and a new focus on preventative measures. 

From these early days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide has included in their advice the most effective way to control the spread of the virus: wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. This message is now becoming part of our new culture as we focus on hand hygiene. 

The message is, and always will be, that hand hygiene is the most important factor against the spread of infection and regular hand washing with soap and water the most effective method. The NHS UK offer specific advice to avoid the spread of viral infections and summarises that the handwashing solution is important but also warns about any reliance on alcohol hand gels as they don’t kill the virus. 

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