{"id":246,"date":"2017-03-23T13:15:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T17:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taggcleanhands.com\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2020-01-28T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:40:30","slug":"free-hand-hygiene-dispensers-the-million-dollar-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taggcleanhands.com\/blog\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Free Hand Hygiene Dispensers: The Million-Dollar Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hand hygiene programs are crucial in preventing the spread of infection<\/a>, but the dispensers we rely on have a myriad of hidden costs.  Often overlooked is the fact that the wall-mounted hand sanitizing dispensers take a toll on facilities and are leading to unnecessary damage and waste over the life cycle of the building.  How much?  Let’s take a look at just one of these costs.<\/p>\n

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If we use an example of a typical hospital facility with 500 beds, it would have approximately 5,000 hand sanitizing liquid dispensers mounted to the walls, on average.  While building facilities are meant to last 30+ years, dispenser contracts are typically for three to five years.  Change-over at end of a contract entails removal and replacement of the dispensers by the winning contract which is often in our experience hastily  done.<\/p>\n

Even though the original location was ideal, the new dispensers can’t simply be re-mounted where the old ones were because the holes left in the drywall weaken it and prevent anything from being re-mounted there unless great expense, care and time is taken bringing the drywall back to its original state.  This prevents the mounting location from being used more than once, which  affects ergonomics, accessibility and the overall aesthetics of the space as the dispensers “travel” across the wall over the years.<\/p>\n

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Is this is ergonomic placement? Image \u00a9 North Bay Today https:\/\/www.baytoday.ca\/local-news\/hydro-killing-hospitals-says-mpp-561128<\/p><\/div>\n

These unnecessary costs are likely even greater than you think.  Tagg Clean-Hands\u00ae Compact Wall Sanitizing Stations address these issues and save enough in general maintenance costs to more than pay for itself over a typical facility life cycle.  With hospitals continuing to experience increasing maintenance costs this becomes an important solution for saving these unnecessary expenditures.
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Lets look at the math.<\/p>\n

An average unionized maintenance person receives approximately $40,000 CAD per annum plus benefits which is about $25.00 per hour.  Let\u2019s assume that it would take a half hour to complete each drywall repair properly.  This includes cutting new drywall, taping, mudding, sanding, priming and painting the patched area only \u2013 not the entire wall.<\/p>\n