Tork as knowledge partner
When the Chinese Ministry of Health needed a strategic partner in the quest for raising hygiene awareness and hygiene equipment standards at public hospitals – Tork was their choice.
Since spring 2009, Tork has functioned as adviser and committed partner to the Chinese Ministry of Health and the Shanghai Health Education Institute in raising hygiene awareness and standards at public hospitals in Shanghai.
Hygiene always matters, and in hospitals it becomes extremely important. The correlation between hygiene and health is at its most crucial point here. Tork has educated doctors and nurses on how to properly wash and dry their hands. At the same time Tork upgraded the hospitals with dispensers, hygiene equipment and information material.
Tork has provided expertise and in-depth support regarding matters such as suitable placing of equipment. Tork also inspected locations together with the Shanghai Health Education Institute before installing equipment. This was followed by continuous consulting, monitoring the process and development together with the institute.
The Health Education Institute is working actively to upgrade hygiene equipment in all hospitals. An important part of the project is a partnership between Tork and the Institute when carrying out surveys amongst hospital staff before and after the equipment upgrade. The study will focus on how hand washing behavior changes due to improved equipment. The results are to function as arguments to use in the effort to convince other hospitals to upgrade their equipment – and mindsets as well.
For more information, please contact Anna von Porat, Global Communication Manager for Tork.