Firm cleaning up with its hospital plan

Tackling the problem of cross-contamination in hospitals, Waterford company CMC Hygea has come up with a practical solution — a basin and liner system that incorporates germ-killing anti-microbial technology.

Developed over three years, the start-up has registered a patent application and is making plans to start selling it in Ireland, the UK, and Europe.

“We have had a first batch of 1,000 manufactured and are planning to launch at the UK Infection Prevention Society exhibition in Glasgow in October,” says company founder and managing director Michael Malone