Info - Hygiene Products

Cleanliness

You must:

• provide clean floors and stairs, with effective drainage where necessary
• provide clean premises, furniture and fittings
• provide containers for waste materials
• remove dirt, refuse and trade waste regularly
• clear up spillages promptly
• keep internal walls or ceilings clean

Hygiene and welfare

You must provide:

• clean toilets and hand basins, with running hot and cold or warm water, soap and towels or another suitable means of drying
• drinking water
• somewhere to rest and eat meals, including facilities for eating food which would otherwise become contaminated
• showers for dirty work or emergencies
• drying facilities for wet work clothes, if practical and necessary
• accommodation or hanging space for personal clothing not worn at work (and somewhere to change if special clothing is worn for work)
• rest facilities for pregnant women and nursing mothers

In some circumstances your risk assessment will highlight the need to provide additional specific controls, for example:

• skin cleansers, with nail brushes
• barrier cream and skin-conditioning cream where necessary
• certain facilities for workers working away from base, eg chemical toilets in some circumstances