Akut SOS Clean GmbH also offers online training courses on how to properly disinfect. They are aimed at hotels, restaurants, fitness studios, hairdressers, transport services and bus companies who want to regularly ensure that their facilities and the working environments of their employees are free from viruses and germs.

1. The Hygiene Star
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Hygiene is a series of practices performed to
preserve health. According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and
practices that help to maintain health and prevent the
spread of diseases."[2] Personal hygiene refers to
maintaining the body's cleanliness. Hygiene activities
can be grouped into the following: home and everyday
hygiene, personal hygiene, medical hygiene, sleep
hygiene and food hygiene. Home and every day hygiene
includes hand washing, respiratory hygiene, food
hygiene at home, hygiene in the kitchen, hygiene in the
bathroom, laundry hygiene and medical hygiene at
home.
Poster to raise awareness about the importance of clean water for good hygiene (poster designed for use
in Islamic countries).[1]

2. Many people equate hygiene with 'cleanliness,' but hygiene is a broad term. It
includes such personal habit choices as how frequently to take a shower or bath,
wash hands, trim fingernails, and wash clothes. It also includes attention to keeping
surfaces in the home and workplace clean, including bathroom facilities. Some
regular hygiene practices may be considered good habits by the society, while the
neglect of hygiene can be considered disgusting, disrespectful, or threatening

3. FOOD HYGIENE STAR RATING
EXPLAINED
The food hygiene rating sign can be found outside any premises where you can purchase
food from, such as supermarkets and sandwiches shops, farms, butchers, but also hospital
canteens and care homes. The food hygiene rating sign is a big black and green badge,
stating the numbers 1 – 5. The number that is circled and highlighted, reflects the current
food hygiene standard rating of that particular premises that was awarded during the last
inspection by an Environmental Health Officer (EHO) from the relevant local authority.

4. Find out how 5 stars can help your business
The scale from 1 to 5 informs customers and visitors, not just of premises’ standards of
hygiene and cleanliness, but also what is going on behind the scenes. The areas where you
are not allowed to enter, such as the kitchen, the stock room, cellar or even the back yard. It
also gives you an indication that their supply chain is vetted and approved and all their
paperwork is up-to-date, such as the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points).
If you have ever watched Gordon Ramsey's kitchen nightmares you will have a good
understanding of what inspectors are looking for when they turn up unannounced. The
purpose of an unnanounced visit is that nobody from the premises was notified or had any
inclination, that an EHO is coming to inspect. Furthermore, inspectors must be given full
access at all times and nobody has the right to refuse entry.
As a customer you can feel assured, a food hygiene professional has taken their time to look
behind closed doors and given advice where necessary for possible improvements. During
an inspection, the EHO will check for the following points in order to score the business:
 Is there a system in place on how hygienically the food is handled, where the food is stored
and is it kept at the right temperature?
 Is there a procedure followed for preparing, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storing food?
The next thing the Environmental Health Officer looks for is the condition and structure of
the premises and building:
 Is it clean?
 What is the layout like?
 Is there enough light in the building?
 Is there enough ventilation and is there a regular maintenance for the ventilation and facility in
general in place?
 How does the business make sure their food is safe and can standards be maintained?
These elements are essential for making sure that food hygiene standards meet
requirements and the food served or sold to you is safe to eat.
0 (zero), the lowest score, requires urgent improvement and 5 at the other end of the scale
means, the hygiene standards are very good. If a low rating has been given to the business,
the business will be re-inspected at a later date after recommended improvements have
been carried out. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not offer an app for their food
safety rating scheme and it is currently not compulsory for businesses to display the food
hygiene rating sign at the door.
But if you would like to know what score rating the restaurant, café or eatery you are going
to visit has before you leave home, you can check this out by
visiting www.food.gov.uk/ratings and adding the business’ name and location. However, the
food hygiene rating scheme (FHRS) is not a guide to food quality. This is content in the
awareness stage, aimed at turning strangers into visitors and high volume searches.

5. ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Investment in WASH urgent for Covid-19
response: WaterAid
StDeveloping economies like Bangladesh will be boosted by millions of dollars in water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH) over the next two decades if clean water, toilets and hygiene are brought to everyone,
said a report published by WaterAid yesterday.
Investment in WASH by governments, businesses and international donors is essential for public health
response to Covid-19, for economic recovery and a core element of future pandemic preparedness plans,
said the report of the international aid agency.
The report was published after the UK government slashed bilateral funding for overseas WASH projects
by more than 80 percent.
The report, titled "Mission Critical: invest in water, sanitation and hygiene for a healthy and green
economic recovery", shows that investment in water and sanitation infrastructure meets the criteria for a
strong "green" economic stimulus investment.
The global report, that highlighted case studies of WASH investments in Ethiopia and Bangladesh, show
significant health and time-saving benefits, especially for women and girls and marginalised groups.
"Providing access to improved sanitation facilities in schools benefits adolescent girls in particular," said
the report.
It stressed that in 2020, Bangladesh experienced flood damages costing around $476 million in repairs and
reduced WASH benefits which could have been potentially saved by spending about $90 million in
building resilience.
Saline intrusion from coastal flooding threatens long-term supply of safe water; affecting 20 million people
each year and leading to negative health outcomes, said the report.

6. Hasin Jahan, country director of WaterAid Bangladesh, said, "Investing in WASH can unlock economic
opportunities and health savings at relatively low cost. The investment can also address key objectives of
stimulus spending post-Covid and can build resilience to increasing climate risks.Top of Form
Enter your of FormBig Issue teams up with
hygiene poverty charity
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THE Big Issue is teaming up with a charity tackling hygiene poverty in a bid to
raise awareness of its work.
This week’s issue of the magazine will feature a special supplement on the
Hygiene Bank, which warns that many people have to choose between eating
and keeping clean.
The charity was set up in 2018 by Lizzy Hall after she was moved by watching
the depiction of a mother who could not afford hygiene products in the Ken
Loach film I, Daniel Blake.
She said hygiene poverty was a “hidden crisis” affecting communities across
Britain.
Demand for help from the Hygiene Bank has accelerated rapidly because of
the pandemic, with the charity distributing £3.5 million worth of products last
year — seven times more than in 2019 — ranging from shampoo and soap to
household cleaning items.
Hygiene Bank head Edgar Penollar said: “We know that, of the people in
poverty, many are the working poor, people who are getting up each day
working two or three jobs to put food on the table and pay their bills.”
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