These days, the range of medical treatments available is vast and much of the care people receive is highly sophisticated and technology-dependent. However, one of the most fundamental priorities when it comes to treating patients is something far more basic and this is hygiene.

If your organisation fails when it comes to maintaining suitable levels of cleanliness, the results can be disastrous. With this in mind, you’re no doubt eager to get your hands on all the relevant medical supplies.

Changes in hygiene rules

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has updated its infection control guidance, which was originally published in 2003. Now, GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals are under instructions to decontaminate their hands immediately after having direct contact with patients.

It is hoped that the measures will help in the battle to prevent the spread of infections within healthcare settings.

Minimising patient suffering

If the plans work, the number of individuals who suffer as a result of healthcare-associated infections may fall. At present, around 300,000 people develop complications of this kind every year and certain infections can prove deadly, NICE pointed out.

For example, in 2007, around 9,000 patients in England died in hospital and primary care environments because of Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Understanding the new rules

According to NICE, hands must be decontaminated before every episode of direct contact with patients, and this should now include aseptic procedures as well. Also, hands should be decontaminated after contact with patients or with body fluids. This process must also take place after contact with a patient’s surroundings that could potential pose a risk.

Also, gloves that have been exposed to body fluids and could be contaminated should be disposed of correctly.

The significance of infection control

Commenting on this issue, Dr Julian Spinks, a GP and member of the Guideline Development Group for this update, said: “At a time where increasingly complex procedures are being provided in primary care, infection control is becoming more and more important.

“This guideline provides information about effective and practical measures that primary care clinicians can take to reduce the burden of healthcare-associated infection and forms an important part of the armoury for those of us who wish to provide high quality care in the community.”

Sourcing superb hygiene products

Of course, in order to follow guidelines provided by organisations like NICE, it’s crucial that you have all the right products. This is where we come in. Here at Bound Tree Medical we supply a plethora of items that might be just what you’re looking for.

For example, we can offer excellent quality hand sanitizer and latex gloves, among other things.

To see the full range of items we stock, including our hygiene-related products, just take a look around the rest of our website. The great thing is, as well as making sure we provide a wide variety of products, we also go out of our way to ensure that the process of ordering the goods is simple and quick.

Just like any other professional, medics have to go through rigorous training before they can perform their roles effectively. Indeed, such personal development is particularly crucial in the case of healthcare personnel because of the importance of their roles.

In many cases, people’s lives may be endangered if they make mistakes. This means that such specialists have a high level of responsibility.

Therefore, it is vital that while they are training they have access to all the medical equipment they require and to other development aids too. Practicing using such items can help to build their confidence and ultimately make them better in their roles.

Here at Bound Tree Medical we appreciate the significance of such items and we stock a range of great quality and superb value provisions of this kind.

Some of the most popular and effective training aids around are models. From whole bodies to torsos and individual organs, these objects can help people get a much clearer idea of how the human body fits together and functions. They are more effective than two-dimensional representations.

Other popular items of equipment are training manikins. These can be ideal for emergency responder trainees, among other such people.

To see the full range of first aid training equipment, just take a look around the relevant section of our website. You might be pleasantly surprised by the variety of items we have to offer, and by the great value of our items too. Meanwhile, ordering our products couldn’t be simpler or quicker.

Anyone who provides emergency medical treatment or care needs to undergo training and re-training at several points throughout their career in order to make sure their skills and knowledge are up-to-date and fresh. All workers in this domain need to be able to operate equipment correctly and safely, as well as have a thorough knowledge of the procedures that can be used to save a person’s life.

As well as supplying all the first aid supplies that could be needed for a medical emergency, we also hold a large selection of training equipment which can be used during emergency care training courses, because we understand that the best way to learn something is through practice. We stock full size anatomical models, which can help trainees learn about the outside of the body as well as the inner organs. The model is fully dissectible, meaning that each part can be taken out or off to fully learn about that organ or area and provide a 3D example.

We also hold a number of training manikins, including those for adult and infant CPR, as well as a number of manikins at different potential ‘human’ weights, which can be used to simulate different rescue situations, such as from a tunnel or building collapse, a fire hazard, or other confined or hazardous space. These manikins are life-size and have fully articulated joints, as well as a realistic weight distribution based on human weight to make any rescue simulation as authentic as possible.