Tork helps support a safe care environment with Tork Vision Cleaning
2022-02-17
Tork offers an enhanced data-driven cleaning solution to help Healthcare EVS and Cleaning Managers improve efficiency and allow cleaning teams to focus more time on hygiene critical cleaning.
Tork, an Essity brand, pioneered the first data-driven cleaning solution in 2014. Back then, few people had given serious thought about how digital solutions could help maximize operational efficiency and allow cleaning teams to spend more time on critical tasks that improve patient outcomes. Now, the pandemic has put an even sharper focus on infection prevention and reducing Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) in healthcare cleaning, which has meant even more cleaning for already busy cleaning teams. Together with staffing issues, new and even stricter cleaning protocols and additional reporting duties, this development has left managers with expectations to perform more work than ever – with the same, or even less, resources.
Tork has unrivaled experience in data-driven cleaning with hundreds of satisfied customers, and now the company is introducing an enhanced offer called Tork Vision Cleaning. By digitalizing cleaning systems, Healthcare EVS and Cleaning Managers can use real-time data to understand when and where there are cleaning needs in their facilities. This increases operational efficiency and saves staff time that can be devoted to more hygiene-critical cleaning. According to data collected from existing Tork customers, switching to data-driven cleaning has helped:
- Save up 20% of cleaning hours1 and use additional time to address more critical tasks
- Make sure dispensers are stocked 99% of the time2 - with stocked dispensers means hygiene supplies are available to support hand hygiene.
- Reduce dispenser checks by 91%, saving hundreds of staff hours each year3
- Achieve up to 30% higher customer satisfaction4
“Over the years, our customers have realized that data-driven cleaning brings many more benefits beyond smarter staffing, faster resolution times and optimal cleaning frequencies”, said Charishma Kothari, Services and Solutions Director at Essity’s professional hygiene business. “Using the insights gained from real-time data has meant that they’ve been able to transform their entire way of working and achieve better results by empowering their cleaners to work smarter and more efficiently. In a current customer survey, 100% said data-driven cleaning helps them improve hygiene in their facility while 85% said it helped them support a safer environment during COVID-19.5”
Upgrading has never been easier
Depending on the needs and requirements of their facility, customers can choose between three data-driven cleaning offers to best suit their specific cleaning operations. Tork Vision Cleaning uses people counters and connected dispensers to give cleaners and managers access to real-time data regarding immediate cleaning needs. Included is everything managers need to make data-driven cleaning an integrated part of their operations:
- Hardware in the form of people counters, gateways and the market’s largest selection of Internet of Things (IoT) connected dispensers with a broad selection of refills to accommodate the needs of any facility
- Facility management software that displays the collected real-time data on desktops, tablets or smart phones and facilitates easy reporting and other administrative tasks.
- An Onboarding and Success Program which includes installation, training, support and evaluation of the business value.
Adds Kothari. “One hundred percent of our customers said they would recommend our digital solution - proving its true value. Tork Vision Cleaning has significantly helped them with sustainable hygiene management during the pandemic and in preparing for the future, get staffing right and adapting to stricter requirements.”
The time for cleaning to go digital is now. Learn more about Tork Vision Cleaning
Footnotes
- Measured across nearly 13,000 connected dispensers between June-December 2019, based on time per month that a dispenser is in an empty status against total time per month.
- Based on customer feedback for dispenser checks over 6 months before vs after installing Tork EasyCube® (between June-December 2019). Measured across 16 sites connected to Tork EasyCube, with each dispenser check taking approx. 20 seconds.
- Based on the documented results achieved by three Tork EasyCube customers, measured before and after the implementation of Tork EasyCube.
- Measurement of visitor satisfaction in two Tork EasyCube restrooms and two traditionally maintained and equipped restrooms at ISSA/Interclean exhibition, May 2016.
- Based on survey results conducted in March 2021 of 34 current Tork Vision Cleaning customers in Europe and North America.
- Based on survey results conducted in March 2021 of 34 current Tork Vision Cleaning customers in Europe and North America.
NOTE: Tork Vision Cleaning was formerly known as Tork EasyCube®.
About Tork
The Tork brand offers professional hygiene products and services to customers worldwide ranging from restaurants and healthcare facilities to offices, schools and industries. Our products include dispensers, paper towels, toilet tissues, soap, napkins and wipers, but also software solutions for data-driven cleaning. Through expertise in hygiene, functional design and sustainability, Tork has become a market leader that supports customers to think ahead so they're always ready for business. Tork is a global brand of Essity and a committed partner to customers in more than 110 countries. To keep up with the latest Tork news and innovations, please visit torkusa.com.
About Essity
Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 46,000 employees. Net sales in 2021 amounted to approximately $13 billion. The company’s headquarters is in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Philadelphia is Essity’s Professional Hygiene headquarters. In addition to Pennsylvania, Essity has U.S. operations in Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. In Canada, Essity has operations in Drummondville, Quebec and Oakville, Ontario. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society. More information at essity.com.
For more information, please contact:
Raquel M Carbonari
Brand Activation Director NA
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