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Preventing scalding hot water in nursing care bathrooms

(04/01/2008)

Honeywell is supporting the warning by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that nursing care homes should follow HSE guidelines to avoid scalding hot water in bathrooms. The latest HSE warning follows the prosecution of care home managers whose staff placed an elderly resident in scalding hot water, causing fatal injuries. “Scalding is wholly preventable and the HSE guidelines are clear: care managers must prevent scalding hot water in basins, showers and baths by installing tamperproof thermostatic mixing devices,” said Martin Strom, Business Manager for Honeywell Water Products. “Yet the deaths and serious injuries caused by scalding continue. “Safe hot water systems include fail-safe thermostatic mixing valves (TMVs). In healthcare, TMVs certified to Buildcert TMV3, such as H... [read full article]

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