Editorial DISINFACTS 2|2024 Dr. Heide Niesalla 2024 is coming to an end. It has been a special year for us. Together with you, we have looked back on a successful century of company history: 100 years of BODE Chemie with amazing progress in hand and surface hygiene. Reason enough to look back on our anniversary year in this issue of DISINFACTS. At the same time, in view of the unmistakable global changes in the environment, we are looking ahead with focus: at HARTMANN, we also see environmental protection as health protection. Our goal is is to be carbon neutral by 2050. In this issue, you can read how we intend to achieve this. With the new Bacillol® Zero Tissues, we have already ushered in a new - sustainable - era in surface disinfection a year ago. As you can see, the product family is growing. This is sustainable growth, if you will, and it should set a precedent. The tests carried out by an independent testing laboratory, which we present in this issue, also deliver exemplary results: We wanted to know if two hand disinfectants in our range would meet the efficacy requirements of the EN 1500 test standard at a shortened exposure time of 15 seconds. As you can see, this latest issue of DISINFACTS is full of news and ideas. They will help us to ensure that health and environmental protection are considered equally important goals. In this way, we can achieve both: protection against infection for patients, care recipients and carers, and a healthy environment for our children and grandchildren. Get inspired! Yours Dr. Heide Niesalla Head of HARTMANN SCIENCE CENTER 3
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