Green Valet’s range of Pandemic Infection Control PPE Kits are getting keen interest from around the world as well as in the UK. Since being awarded the contract by NHS Supply Chain earlier this year as the exclusive supplier of Pandemic Infection Control PPE Kits to the NHS a number of overseas hospitals and health authorities have expressed interest. As a result, the company has recently fulfilled orders from hospitals in Japan and Dubai and is currently in discussions with hospitals and distributors in a number of European countries.

Green Valet’s kit based concept for PPE for infection control is unique. Research undertaken by responding authorities in the UK showed that the main factors which contributed to slow response times were equipment incompatibility, centralised storage and missing key items. As a result, working in conjunction with a number of NHS Trusts responsible for emergency response, Green Valet developed the emergency kit concept.

The kit concept changes the approach from a top down, centralised provision of PPE for emergency response and instead places the responsibility on individual front line responders. These are provided with pre-packaged kits tailored to meet their specific needs. Kits include complete sets of single use PPE along with infection control agents and disposal bags as well as detailed user instructions. They can be for individuals or small groups of staff in a department but in all situations are stored by end users rather than centrally.

Pandemic Infection Control PPE Kits have been shown to have a dramatic impact on lowering response times. They can also work out cheaper in the long run as users take responsibility for ensuring they are properly protected. Green Valet’s full range of Pandemic Infection Control PPE Kits includes compact mini-packs as well as full kits with robust, lightweight carry cases.

As more hospitals in the UK and around the world become aware of the need to have pandemic response strategies in place Green Valet Pandemic Kits are leading the way in lowering infection control response times.

Avian flu is now thought to have become established in the UK following several years of concern as it spread through Asia and Europe. There were two outbreaks in the UK during 2007, thought to have been caused by migrating wild birds from Europe.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a respiratory disease in humans. There has been one near pandemic to date, between November 2002 and July 2003, with over 8,000 known infected cases and 774 deaths worldwide. The government Chief Medical Officer has said that it is a case of when, not if, an outbreak occurs in the UK.