‘IHC’ is International Hygiene Certification awarded by International Hygiene Certification Division of Hygiene Standard Institute. IHCD’s International Hygiene Certification programme ensures high standards of hygiene. Organisations submit their hygiene systems and training packs for independent auditing and assessment under this service. Units which conform to the international hygiene standards of HSI and have been proved to have hygienic merit will receive the International Hygiene Certificate. Download application form and brochure

Why IHC so important?

Good hospital hygiene is an integral and important component of a strategy for preventing nosocomial infections.

Improperly cleaned surfaces can become colonised with infectious bacteria and could play a role in hospital acquired infection. Surfaces near a patient with MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) are commonly contaminated with MRSA (Boyce et al., 1997).

Hygienic preparation of food, effective cleaning of food preparation areas and equipment, and high standards of personal hygiene are important in ensuring the food safety standards in food production facilities and hotels.

Air travel has introduced its own special hygiene problems by way of food and water borne disease, waste disposal & transmission of illness by flying insects/rodents. Maintaining high hygiene standards is important to prevent iatrogenic health hazards.

Failures in hygiene can be dangerous and costly, not only in terms of public health and safety, but also organisation’s reputation, business, customer satisfaction, financial penalties and shareholder value. IHC, the international standard for hygiene specifies the requirements for hygiene systems and enable your organisation to project yourself over competitors as hygiene compliant thus earning more business in terms of customer satisfaction.

Who can apply for IHC?

Those organisations such as hospitals, food production facilities, aquaculture facilities, hotels and tourism industry, airports, airline industry, educational institutions etc. who needs to maintain high standards of hygiene for promotion of their business.