Cheap, low quality products being recalled

30th October 2020

This week the news has been filled with more stories of poor quality products being recalled from schools in Ireland.

The main culprit identified so far is the use of Methanol in the products instead of Ethanol.

Over 50 products have now been taken off the market showing that there is still a widescale problem with poor quality hand sanitiser being sold.

This is even more concerning when you consider these products have been used by children and have caused skin problems, eye and respiratory irritation and headaches. You can read more on the BBC website.

It's natural for ClearWater Hygiene to be calling out issues with dangerous products but it is still an issue that many businesses have yet to fully acknowledge.

If these products have made it into schools then the question has to be asked, have they made it into your workplace?

en1276, en1500, en14476

Highly discounted hand sanitiser that does not carry all the required Certification required to be safe and effective should be avoided. There is zero point dealing with the Covid-19 crises by creating an additional Health & Safety issue for your business.

We have written up some concise guidelines for choosing the right quality of hand sanitiser to keep your team and customers safe. The focus of the guide is the accommodation sector although the information is relevant to all business sectors. You can read more here.

As you can imagine, all ClearWater Hygiene Hand Sanitiser is made from Ethanol and is Certified to EN1276, EN1500 and EN14476 standards.

This ensures the quality and protection that your business deserves as we head in to the winter months. EN14476 guarantees the product as virucidal and effective at killing coronaviruses.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) notes that alcohol-based disinfectants have been shown to significantly reduce infectivity of enveloped coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 in concentrations of 70%-80% and our alcohol rub sits at the highest end of the ECDC recommendations.

With ClearWater Hygiene you can be sure that a new future is in safe hands. Explore our range of high quality, 80% Hand Sanitiser here.

Testimonials

“It was important to us to use a product made in the UK and so we were delighted to find ClearWater UK. We worked with them on branded stands for our event, and this process couldn’t have been more straightforward or personal. The stands and dispensers were hugely popular with our customers and staff, who loved how the hand sanitiser dries so quickly, is odourless and wasn’t sticky at all, so no sticky fingers eating our food! We’d definitely recommend ClearWater Hygiene.”

Rachel Sivills-McCann

Events Producer

“The motion sensor dispensers we ordered from ClearWater Hygiene were delivered on time as promised and have proved really popular with our customers and office staff who all love the liquid hand sanitiser – It’s very quick drying and smells great too! We’ve also seen a huge uptake in sanitiser usage in our private hire cars where we have some smaller ClearWater Hygiene bottles for the customers to use, I would happily recommend them to other organisations.”

Phil Willis

Fleet Manager

ClearWater Hygiene have been invaluable providing an informative and exceptional service during the current pandemic. With not knowing the intrinsic differences between competing hand sanitiser products, purchasing from a company that is supplying the NHS and endorsed with two European Standards was reassuring. ClearWater Hygiene’s 80% alcohol content, non-greasy and ‘Made in Britain’ hand sanitiser has proved extremely popular and the Premium Stand epitomises our building’s professional image. The company has understood my requirements and acted in a professional manner.

Paul Hanison MRICS

Ian Scott International

“Working directly with ClearWater Hygiene has given us confidence in a guaranteed supply of a quality products that the normal supply chain has struggled to do. The control measures they have enabled are allowing us to demonstrate good hygiene practice for all our community.”

David Oakley

Churchill College (Cambridge University)

“ClearWater Hygiene were a great company to use for our hand sanitisation needs, they provided an exemplary service within a short timeframe. Even when one of our motion sensor dispensers was found to be faulty, Sam and his team didn’t hesitate to resolve the problem. We would be happy to recommend ClearWater to other organisations.”

Imogen Ensoll

Edinburgh International Festival

“At Lambert Smith Hampton, we have found ClearWater Hygiene to have quality products and are able to turn around orders quickly. The pocket liquid hand sanitisers are popular with staff and are handy to carry.”

Mark Stewart

Lambert Smith Hampton

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