Hygiene stations in the convenience industry

For one of Europe's leading companies in the production of fresh convenience food with around 1,750 employees in four production plants, Mohn GmbH planned and implemented several hygiene stations for the staff as well as hygiene and cleaning technology in the new production plant in Austria.

Task

Not only "normal" staff hygiene stations should be installed in various access and exit areas to allergenic and non-allergenic production lines of the company. Particular attention was paid to the fact that on the way back from the production area, hand hygiene as well as disinfection of shoe soles should also be conducted compulsorily. In addition, for each staff hygiene station, either a material area with a drive-through disinfection basin for disinfecting the wheels of forklift trucks or a handrail gate with a magnetic locking device had to be included, which opens the escape route in case of panic.

In terms of quality management, great importance was attached - due to the non-allergenic areas - to the highest level of safety and reliable hygiene technology of the highest perfection.

From the numerous installed high-risk staff hygiene stations, we are presenting below two concepts of hygiene station as examples.

 

Staff hygiene stations planned in the narrow corridor - Please click on images to enlarge.

Project description and special features - Hygiene station no. 1

Two separate access areas - for the shift managers and for the staff - were to be passed through in a controlled manner in the direction of the "poultry" hygiene area within an approximately 538 sq.ft. (50 sqm) narrow corridor (upper row of 3 pictures). The shift managers pass through the "grey area" using an access controlled door in order to be able to enter the separated hygiene station area of the shift managers.

Here, the shift staff clean their hands using an automatic soap dispenser at a so-called “clean centre”. After the force-guided cleaning of the hands has been successfully carried out, the control system signals to the compact "Clean-Check Highline" hygiene station installed downstream with automatic overflow sole cleaning machine and 2-hand disinfection unit with turnstile that its functions have been enabled in order to carry out the force-guided passage of the employee. The electric turnstile is released in the direction of the main staff station area only after the shift managers have also carried out the correct hand disinfection with sole cleaning. 

In order to finally gain access to the "Poultry" hygiene area and to leave the main station area, a force-guided entry by the double-lane hygiene station of the type “Control-Star Highline” must be used. The shift manager, like the production staff, passes through a continuous disinfection trough with a downstream draining zone. Hand disinfection with activation of an electric turnstile is carried out here once again for the shift managers. 

Staff wishing to enter the main station area from the social rooms had to first pass through the automatic hand soaping system with subsequent turnstile activation in order to be able to clean their hands at the subsequent multiple hand washing basin.

Further access in the direction of the "white area" then follows, as described above, by the double-lane hygienic station of the “Control-Star Highline” type.

Staff return by the second lane of the "Control-Star", which has an overflow sole cleaning machine with electric turnstile in this area. The electric turnstile only blocks access on the inward way by this lane of the hygiene station, so that the staff can also carry out the force-guided personal hygiene properly.

The shift managers must provide proof by means of electronic access control in order to be able to make their way back by the separate "shift managers’ station".

As part of the staff route concept of the hygiene station, three handrail gates with magnetic locks were integrated to provide the legally required escape route from the production areas, social rooms and the shift managers’ area in the event of a panic.

The complete "corridor" hygiene station was controlled centrally from a control cabinet mounted on the wall in the area of the "shift managers’ station". During maintenance and service work, the staff routes are always clear and no one gets "in the way".

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Project description and special features - Hygiene station no. 2

Staff hygiene station with material lock - Please click on images to enlarge.

A high-care staff hygiene station with integrated, separate industrial truck/material lock for wheel disinfection was planned and installed within an approximately 226 sq. ft. (21 sqm) subarea between two corridors (middle 3 row of images).

It had to be taken into account that the staff should carry out force-guided hand cleaning for both outward and return by the hygiene station, but also hand disinfection only on the outward way. Passage through the material lock using a chip control system by means of a handrail gate system with surface holding magnet lock had to be taken into account as well. It had to be avoided that the staff with the industrial truck cannot "bypass" the hygiene procedure of the staff hygiene station by simply passing through both gates of the material lock. This was successfully implemented by means of sophisticated control technology and RFID chip system recognition for the respective authorised employees.

  • In the high-care area, the implemented concept provided for the respective employee with a pallet truck to register for the use of the material lock by means of an RFID chip. The control unit checks the employee's access authorisation for the area and opens the magnetically locked handrail gate. As a result, the “Check-In-Station II Highline” staff hygiene station released an opening impulse for the second handrail gate at the same time that a staff member must perform the force-guided personal hygiene in order to be allowed to enter the material lock on the opposite side.
  • The staff member cleans his/her hands at the parallel staff hygiene station of the type “Check-In-Station II Highline” using touchless 2-hand soap application. After the force-guided cleaning of the hands has been successfully carried out, the control system triggers the activation of the functions of the automatic overflow sole cleaning machines and 2-hand disinfection units with turnstile installed downstream.

    Then, the staff member must also carry out the correct hand disinfection with sole cleaning so that the electric turnstile is released in the direction of the high-care area.
  • It is only after the electrical turnstile has been released after the personal hygiene has been correctly carried out that the counter-locked handrail gate in the high-care area also receives a release impulse and the pallet truck can be taken over by the employee from the material lock.
  • The material lock for industrial trucks (pallet trucks) was equipped with a drive-through disinfection basin including drip zones for disinfected wheels. The lye is filled and re-sharpened automatically by means of a wall-mounted dosing station in the hygienic design control cabinet.
  • It should be mentioned here that, of course, every employee can carry out the personal hygiene process at the hygiene station - even without using the material lock- as long as he/she have the necessary access authorisation by RFID chip.
  • The staff's way back from the high-care area to the grey area is also by the single-lane hygiene station. In order to ensure personal hygiene during the way back as well, the "check-in station" was networked with the “Clean-Centre” hand hygiene station by using control technology. 
  • Here, the staff is first forced to clean their hands at the washbasin with touch-free 2-hand soap application at the "Clean Centre" so that the electric turnstile of the compact hygiene station allows the employee to pass through. Otherwise, the turnstile remains barred.
  • The control of the complete "corridor" hygiene station is ensured by a central control cabinet, which is Wall-mounted and easily accessible. A big advantage is that during maintenance and service work, the staff route is always free, as no one gets "in the way".

In case of questions on this project, we would like to advise you by telephone on +49 (2354) 94450, or please use our contact form.

We would also like to call you at the requested time. So you can determine the date and time.

For this, just use our callback service.

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