The CHITS (Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon) in Toulon is an avant-garde hospital, always seeking to innovate in every field. 

This explains how this major hospital came to decide to sweep their floors with a dry microfibre and clean them simply with water with a Decitex cleaning system composed of Fluid and the Dispomop® 3D system. This technique resulted in a sustainable development whose object was to dramatically reduce the amount of detergents and disinfectants used by the hospital which are so harmful to the environment. With this new method, the hospital effectively recovers virtually 100% of its dust and bacteria.  This method has been the only one used by their resuscitation service since 2012. 

Samples taken after 2 years of use have shown that there has been no change in the level of bacteria either on the floors or in terms of the bacterial ecology of patients at the CHITS. Management has therefore decided to extend the method throughout the entire establishment (1200 beds) thus becoming the first hospital to clean its floors with water using a short use microfibre mop. The cleaned microfibres are identified by the services dept and returned after use.

On a day to day basis the advantages of this method are not inconsiderable. Above all, since microfibre is lighter than cotton, its easier to carry about and should also provoke fewer musculosceletic problems for staff. The floors dry quicker, which in turn reduces the risks of allergies and health problems associated with contact and repeated and prolonged breathing in of chemical products. The service has also decided to do another analysis of work related troubles with this new procedure in association with the hygiene, health and safety committee.