Hotel employees arranging the repurposed soap bars after they have been cut.
TO mark World Hand Hygiene Day, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur Hotels is improving health and sanitation for at-risk communities in Malaysia amid the ongoing global pandemic.
“Soapful” is a corporate social responsibility project (CSR) that repurposes leftover soap from Sunway City Kuala Lumpur Hotels for use by the less fortunate.
In partnership with Malaysian Care, a local non-profit organisation, 100kg of soap was collected from Sunway Resort, Sunway Pyramid Hotel and Sunway Clio Hotel, and repurposed into 1,000 bars of soap for use by inmates at Sungai Buloh Prison.
Represented by Dr Chinwe Ochu, Director of Prevention Programme and Knowledge Management at the centre, Dr Ihekweazu said hand washing was an effective way of preventing diseases for health workers, patients and the general public.
While noting that COVID-19 had further underscored the need for hand washing, he said hand washing facilities or sanitisers needed to be provided at the points of care to ensure safety of health workers and patients.
The centre said it launched the “Orange Network” in 2019, a network of dedicated tertiary health facilities in Nigeria supported by NCDC, to become centres of excellence in infection prevention and control.
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Media release from the Health Quality and Safety Commission
Wednesday 5 May 2021, 09:38 AM
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World Hand Hygiene Day on Wednesday 5 May is a reminder of the important role appropriate hand hygiene plays in preventing the spread of illnesses - from the flu to COVID-19.
Dr Sally Roberts, clinical lead for the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s infection prevention and control programme, says it is important that the low number of COVID-19 cases in New Zealand does not make us complacent when practicing hand hygiene.
‘Hand hygiene is one of the most effective actions we can take to stop the spread of infections. With the Trans-Tasman travel bubble now operating and the approach of the flu season, hand hygiene remains crucial for us all.’
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