Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs) are defined as infections occurring in a healthcare setting that were not present prior to a patient entering that care setting. In the years 2016/17 the pre-pandemic levels across all NHS Hospitals in England were estimated to be around 834,000 Infections that were acquired during the patients stay.
This number equates to a staggering 28,500 Deaths among the 13.8 million adult patients in hospital. In addition, 13900 healthcare professionals were also infected among its 810,000 front-line HCP’s.
These Infections caused an estimated 5.6 million occupied hospital bed days and 62 500 days of absenteeism among front-line HCPs. The overall cost to the NHS was a whopping £2.7 Billion.
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The term HCAI hospital associated Infections cover a wide range of infections that pose a serious risk to patients, staff, and visitors. They cause significant costs for care providers and cause significant morbidity to those infected.
What Types of HCAI What Are ? The most common include,
Many other acquired Infections are transmitted in care settings every year, these effects billions of people around the globe
Infections on the rise Year by Year
Orbel® designed for healthcare workers. is a patented, wearable personal hand sanitiser unit purpose-built to do just that. The orb-shaped unit can be clipped onto a pocket or belt; and by rolling a single hand across its rollerball system, a premium 72% ethyl alcohol gel is released, killing 99.999% of germs within 15 seconds. Orbel® reinforces the habit of hand hygiene via intuitive hand sanitisation movement and provides immediate access to hygiene in a simple, easy and cost-effective manner. In turn, Orbel® saves lives through improved hand hygiene, reducing the spread of bacteria, viruses, and infection.
Orbel®, was created and patented by the James Dyson Award-winning inventor, Adam Sutcliffe (within the accelerator programme run by Imperial College and the Royal College of Art, London, and was dubbed as “the next big thing” by Sir James Dyson
Contains 60ml or 2fl oz of 72% Ethyl Alcohol and 1% Glycerine for aiding in moisturising your hands. Also contained is a cooling gel with our very own gel’s pleasant fragrance for extra freshness.
BS EN 1500 1272 12737C
Fastens anywhere and is always accessible, specifically designed for Healthcare workers to reduce touch-point Infection. This accesibilty enables hand sanitisation anytime anyplace anywhere.
Designed to use with a single swipe of one hand. Simply swipe the roller balls until enough gel has dispersed for both hands. Then rub together ensuring to cover your whole hands, fingertips and around your nails, then dry and your good to go !
With Orbel® you can just simply swipe before and after touching a resident you can additionally sanitise before and after carrying out procedures of any kind, perfect when Interacting with a resident or visitors alike. It should always be used in support of hand washing and used on hands free of dirt and grease.
Unlike conventional wall mounted dispensers Orbel® delivers the gel evenly and directly to your hand. No drips or excess santiser is applied . We should never replace hand washing this product fills the gaps in compliance its not intended to replace current practise standards.
Award winning design borrows a page from neuroscience, as it is able to convert something that is high attention and time consuming for the brain into an automatic process Increasing the “habit of hand hygiene” which in turn supports other hand hygiene standards like wall-mounted, fills Gaps in compliance no other product can fill. “The habit of hand hygiene”
Orbel® is a personal hand sanitiser designed to immediately deliver cleansing gel with the swipe of one hand. You can easily carry it around and make sanitisation a habit, which is needed for the hour. Orbel® mobile hand sanitiser has a 60 ml capacity,72% alcohol cooling gel.
Orbel®, was created and patented by the James Dyson Award-winning inventor, Adam Sutcliffe (within the accelerator programme run by Imperial College and the Royal College of Art, London, UK) and was dubbed as “the next big thing” by Sir James Dyson himself.
Orbel® is a patented, wearable mobile hand sanitiser unit purpose-built to do just that.
The orb-shaped unit can be clipped onto a pocket or belt, and by rolling a single hand across its rollerball system, a premium 72% ethyl alcohol gel is released, killing 99.999% of germs within 15 seconds.
Orbel® reinforces the habit of hand hygiene via intuitive hand sanitisation movement and provides immediate access to hygiene in a simple, easy and cost-effective manner. In turn, Orbel® saves lives through improved hand hygiene, reducing the spread of bacteria, viruses, and infection.
iF Design award-winning roller ball technology designed for healthcare workers
Supports compliance with the WHO’s “5 Moments” protocols
Kills 99.999% of germs including MRSA, E-Coli, MSSA
Always Accessible, all of the time
Easy to use with a simple swipe rub action with a single hand
Orbel® Cooling Gel contains 72% ethyl alcohol ensuring high efficiency
Disperses without Excess
Orbel® Gel is BS EN 13727 1272 1500 approved
Orbel® is 100% recyclable materials, which if disposed of correctly, are safe for the environment.
Extensive quality testing and assurance
We currently stock black and white Orbel®.
We can also make Orbel® in colours of your choice MOQs would apply.
Orbel® contains 60ml or 2fl oz of 72% Ethyl Alcohol and 1% Glycerine for moisturising your hands. Also contained is a cooling gel with a pleasant fragrance for extra freshness.
Orbel® is simple to use. Swipe your hands down the face whilst applying a little pressure. This compresses the soft reservoir at the back and delivers gel as the rollerballs rotate.
With practice, you should be able to get enough gel, on one hand, to sanitise it in both hands for about 15 seconds. Ensure you sanitise over the palm’s and the backs of the hands between the fingers and the fingertips.
Your hands should feel wetted for about 15 seconds. Once you’ve empty Orbel®, Simply put it in a recycling bin. All the components of all Orbel® are 100% recyclable. a point worth noting is that because you’ll be dispensing sanitiser through the roller balls under pressure it’s almost impossible for any contamination to get inside Orbel®
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Once you’ve empty Orbel®, Simply put it in a recycling bin. All the components of all Orbel® are 100% recyclable if disposed of correctly.
Material Safety Data Sheet for Orbel® procedures for safe handling, first aid suggestions, storage, and disposal. Required for compliance in the workplace.
The EN 1500 is a European Standard test method that evaluates the efficacy of a hygienic handrub. A handrub is defined as a treatment that involves rubbing the hands without the addition of water.
Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics. Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of bactericidal activity in the medical area.
BS EN 1276 certification means that a cleaning product is antibacterial. It is a European standard used in the hospitality industry and food preparation environments.
Orbel® will give approximately 60 hand washes as per WHO 5 moment hand washing protocols however as Orbel® is to support and increase compliance its not used as a completely primary method.
Orbel® also is dependant on size of hand and how hard and often you use it.
Anything from a week to 2 or more, Orbel® rollerball patented system applies the gel directly to the surface of the hand so no waste like other hand sanitisers.
Step 1– Rub: Swipe Orbel® with your palm and cover all the surfaces to get the appropriate amount of gel.
Step 2– Sanitise: Clean your hands thoroughly and ensure the gel has been spread across all the parts of your hand including fingers.
Step 3- You Are Done: Give a few seconds so that your hands get dried. And you are ready to face the world.
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